Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Movie Overview

Watch it at Amazon I enjoyed this movie immensely. But, like "The Phantom Menace," I’ve had a very hard time viewing it objectively. There was so much anticipation leading up to its release, I simply enjoyed the experience of being there. Having read all four books in the series a few times each, I am overly familiar with the events in the story. As I watched the movie, my continuing thought was "How well will the next part of the story be translated to the screen?" rather than "How entertaining is this film overall?" I have trouble answering the latter question because I was already entertained by watching a wonderful story dramatized, so I’ll never know how I’d have reacted had I seen this movie without having read the books.Critics talk about how incredibly faithful the movie is to the book, and perhaps I’d have had an easier time detaching the two in my mind had the movie set off on its own course. Indeed, many classic children’s movies, like "The Wizard of Oz" and "Mary Poppins," are so successful partly because they’re so different from the books that inspired them. But these are exceptions; in my experience, most children’s… Source

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Movie Details
• Director: Chris Columbus
• Official Sites: Warner Bros. [uk], Warner Bros. [us] Awards Site – trailer, screenings, Warner Bros. – [es]
• Tagline: Let The Magic Begin.
• Country: USA , UK
• Run Time: 152 min | 159 min (extended version)
• Genre: Adventure , Family , Fantasy , Mystery

• Cast Overview
• Richard Harris as Professor Albus Dumbledore
• Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall
• Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
• Saunders Triplets as Baby Harry Potter
• Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
• Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia Dursley

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Movie Details from Imdb

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series based on the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Source

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