Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [With Movie Cash Offer] [Blu-ray]

Director: Chris Columbus

Overview

The best-selling novel by J.K. Rowling (titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in England, as was this film adaptation) becomes this hotly anticipated fantasy adventure from Chris Columbus, the winner of a high-stakes search for a director to bring the first in a hoped-for franchise of Potter films to the screen by Warner Bros. Upon his 11th birthday, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), who lives in misery with an aunt and uncle that don't want him, learns from a giant named Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) that he is the orphaned son of powerful wizards. Harry is offered a place at prestigious Hogwarts, a boarding school for wizards that exists in a realm of magic and fantasy outside the dreary existence of normal humans or "Muggles." At Hogwarts, Harry quickly makes new friends and begins piecing together the mystery of his parents' deaths, which appear not to have been accidental after all. The film features alternate-version scenes for every mention of the titular rock. Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, John Cleese, and Fiona Shaw co-star.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/15/2011
UPC:	0883929177462
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	PG
Source:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[stereo, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:33:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter
Emma Watson	Hermione Granger
Rupert Grint	Ron Weasley
Maggie Smith	Prof. Minerva McGonagall
Robbie Coltrane	Rubeus Hagrid
Alan Rickman	Prof. Severus Snape
Richard Harris	Albus Dumbledore
Richard Griffiths	Uncle Vernon Dursley
Ian Hart	Prof. Quirrell
John Hurt	Mr. Ollivander
John Cleese	Sir Nicholas "Nearly Headless Nick" de Mimsy-Porpington
Fiona Shaw	Aunt Petunia Dursley
Harry Melling	Dudley Dursley
Julie Walters	Mrs. Weasley
Sean Biggerstaff	Oliver Wood
David Bradley	Mr. Filch
Tom Felton	Draco Malfoy
Matthew Lewis	Neville Longbottom
Warwick Davis	Prof. Flitwick/Goblin Bank Teller
Terence Baylor	The Bloody Baron
Richard Bremmer	Lord Voldemort
Alfie Enoch	Dean Thomas,Dean Thomas
Simon Fisher-Becker	Fat Friar
Devon Murray	Seamus Finnegan
Katharine Nicholson	Pansy Parkinson
James Phelps	Fred Weasley,George Weasley
Chris Rankin	Prefect Percy Weasley
Geraldine Somerville	Lily Evans Potter
Will Theakston	Terence Higgs
Verne Troyer	Griphook
James Waylett	Vincent Crabbe,Crabbe
Bonnie Wright	Ginny Weasley
Zo? Wanamaker	Madame Hooch
Nina Young	The Grey Lady
Josh Herdman	Goyle
Harry Taylor	Station Guard
Eleanor Columbus	Susan Bones
Derek Deadman	Bartender in Leaky Cauldron
John Williams	Composer
Ben Borowiecki	Diagon Alley Boy
Jean Southern	Dimpled Woman on Train
Leslie Phillips	Voices

Technical Credits

Steve Kloves

Steve Kloves	Screenwriter
David Heyman	Producer
Chris Columbus	Executive Producer
Duncan Henderson	Executive Producer,Producer
Mark Radcliffe	Executive Producer
Michael Barnathan	Executive Producer,Producer
Greg Powell	Stunts
Jane Jenkins	Casting
John Dartigue	Casting
Janet Hirshenson	Casting
John Richardson	Special Effects,Special Effects,Special Effects
Robert Duncan	Special Effects
Robert Legato	Special Effects
John Midgley	Sound Mixer
Martin Cantwell	Sound Effects
Simon Chase	Sound Effects
Adam Daniel	Sound Effects
Henry Allen	Stunts
Simon Brown	Special Effects
Andy Kind	Special Effects
Jason Snyman	Special Effects
Ceri Nicholls	Special Effects
Dave Sullivan	Special Effects
Todd Arnow	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a red-blooded adventure movie, dripping with atmosphere, filled with the gruesome and the sublime, and surprisingly faithful to the novel.