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Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (2001)

Country of Origin: USA/UK
Year of Production: 2001
Running Times: 152m 13s (UK - theatrical)
Length: 13,699 ft
Format: Super 35mm
Colour Format: Technicolor
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital/Surround EX/DTS/SDDS-8


DIRECTION

Director: Chris Columbus


CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Heyday Films/Warner Brothers/1492 Pictures/Duncan Henderson
Executive Producers: Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan, Duncan Henderson
Producer: David Heyman
Co-Producer: Tanya Seghatchian
Associate Producers: Paul DuPré Pesmen, Todd Arnow
Production Manager: David Carrigan
Unit Production Manager: Todd Arnow
2nd Unit Unit Production Manager: R.J. Mino
Production Supervisor: Janine Modder
2nd Unit Production Supervisor: Russell Lodge
Production Co-Ordinators: Kate Garbett, Hazel Cook
2nd Unit Production Co-Ordinator: Kate Ledger

SCRIPT
Script: Steve Kloves
Book: J.K. Rowling

DIRECTION
2nd Unit Directors: David Ellis, Robert Legato
Assistant Directors: Chris Carreras, Michael Stevenson, Fiona Richards, Michael Michael, Jan Dray, Duncan Henderson, R.J. Mino
Key 2nd Assistant Director: Robert P. Grayson
2nd Unit Assistant Directors: Josh Robertson, Jamie Christopher, Dan John, Nick Shuttleworth
Script Supervisor: Annie Penn
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Ceri Evans Cooper

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Seale
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Gavin Finney
Camera Operators: Peter Robertson, Peter Cavaciuti
2nd Unit Camera Operators: Simon Finney
1st Assistant Camera: Rawdon Hayne
Assistant Camera: Mary Kyte
2nd Unit Assistant Camera: Chyna Thomson
Supervising Gaffer: John Higgins
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: Sam Renton
Electrician: Eugene Grobler
Supervising Gaffer: John Higgins
Video Co-Ordinator: Bob Bridges
Video Assist Operator: James O'Reilly (uncredited)
2nd Unit Video Assist Operator: Dan Hartley
Video Assistants: Aaron Jones, Phoebe Tait, Stuart Bridges
Video Assist Equipment: BBVC/Kelly's Eye Ltd
Video Trainee: James O'Reilly
Lighting Equipment: AFM Lighting Ltd

EDITING
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Apprentice Editor: Jo Dixon
Post Production Supervisor: Mark Marshall
Post Production Co-Ordinator: Jessie Thiele

MUSIC
Music: John Williams
Music Editor: Peter Myles
Assistant Temp Music Editor: Steve Browell
Chorus Supervisor: Terry Edwards
Chorus: London Voices
Orchestrations: Conrad Pope, Eddie Karam
Supervising Music Editor: Ken Wannberg
Music Editor: Peter Myles
Music Scoring Mixer: Simon Rhodes

SOUND
Sound Designer: Paul Munro
Sound Mixer: John Midgley
2nd Unit Sound Mixer: Ian Munro
Re-Recording Mixers: Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel, Adam Daniel
Supervising Sound Editor: Eddy Joseph
Assistant Engineer: Jake Jackson
Supervising Sound Editor: Eddy Joseph
ADR Recording: Gareth Bull
ADR Editor: Nick Lowe
ADR Mixer: Gerard Roche
Dialogue Editor: Colin Ritchie
Sound Effects Editor: Martin Cantwell
Foley Artists: Pauline Griffiths, Felicity Cottrell
Foley Mixer: Edward Colyer
Foley Editor: Peter Holt

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Amanda Knight
Make Up: Jane Royle, Clare Le Vesconte
2nd Unit Make Up: Michelle Taylor, Lisa McDevitt
Hair Designer: Eithné Fennell
Hair: Betty Glasgow, Jane Body, Zoe Tahir
2nd Unit Hair: Jeannette Freeman, Andrea Fennell
Costume Designer: Judianna Makovsky
Costume Supervisor: Graham Churchyard
Costume Buyer/Co-Ordinator: Martin Mandeville
Costume Assistant: David J. Evans

SPECIAL MAKE UP
Creature/Make Up Effects: Nick Dudman
Creature Designers: Rob Bliss, Paul Catling
Key Prosthetic Make Up Artist: Mark Coulier
Make Up Effects Co-Ordinator: John Lambert
Special Make Up Effects: Kate Murray

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: John Richardson
Floor Supervisors: Rick Thompson, Tim Willis
2nd Unit Floor Supervisor: Digby Milner
Workshop Supervisor: Paul Stephenson
Senior Technicians: Nigel Brackley, Peter Pickering, Mike Clarke, Paul Whybrow, Jonathan Angell, Paul Taylor, Stuart Digby, Peter Aston
2nd Unit Senior Technician: Anthony Phelan
Senior Technician: Nik Cooper 
Technicians: Rosie Richardson, Marcus Richardson, Matthew Harlow, Michael Durkan, Michael Kerby, Ceri Nicholls, Patrick Johnson, Alan Perez
Key Animatronic Model Designers: Paul Spateri, Chris Barton, Gary Pollard, Astrig Askeralian
Animatronic Model Designers: John Coopinger, Esteban Mendoza, Malcolm Evans, Kate Hill, Tamzine Hanks, Jonathan Klahr, Melissa Lenihan, James Sanys, Simon Williams, Shaune Harrison, Martin Reid, Stuart Bray, Brian Best, Karl Derrick, Andrew Lee, Stephen Murphy, Charlotte Greenwood
Animatronic Designers: Guy Stevens, Adrian Parish, Daniel Brunet, Simon Hewitt, Michael Scanlan
Animatronic Engineers: Anton Prickett, Frank Guiney, Jason McCameron, Tim Mitchell
Animal/Troll Animatronic: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Animal/Troll Animatronic Project Supervisor: Jamie Courtier
Creatures Producer: Myf Hopkins
Head of Creatures Design: Sharon Smith
Creature Sculptors: Chris Fitzgerald, Ian Whittaker, Graham High, Steve Jolley
Fabrication Supervisor: John Lambert
Fabricators: Rachel Impey, Marika Malm, Joanne Glover, Linda Bennett, Tahra Kharibian-Zafar
Model Unit Supervisor: Robert Scott
Model Unit Co-Ordinators: Sally Ross, Johnny Brosnan
Supervising Modeller: Pierre Bohanna
Senior Modellers: John Weller, Terry Bridle, Brian Smithies
Modellers: Mark Bullimore, David Allum, Alistair Bell, Oona Bell, Mark Beverton, Sophis Chowdhury, Jason Chalmers, Steven Deahl, Jenny Dodwell, Sander Ellers, Kevin Gilmartin, Ricardo Evangelista, Philip Harrison, Laurence Harvey, Chris Hayes, Jenny Heppenstall, Greg Horswill, Christopher Hobbs, Robert Jones, Ian Kerr, Simon Lee, Steve Loveday, James McKeown, Ian McWilliams, Jon Meakins, Duncan Mude, John Murphy, Craig narramore, Matt Oakley, Peter Seymour-Howell, Andrew Proctor, Sebastian Sue, Richard Thomas, Mark Topping, Ton Vane, Jan Walker
Sculptors/Modellers: Jane Headford, Tania Wanstall, Richard Northcroft, Natalie Staniforth
Model Build Unit Co-Ordinator: Sarah Jane Griggs
1st Assistant Director of Models: David Pearson
Model Director of Photography: Nigel Stone
Senior Workshop Technicians: Nigel Blake, Greg Morgan
Model Sculptors: Fred Evans, Charlotte Greenwood, Emma Hanson, Bill Thomas
Mould Shop Supervisor: Kenny Wilson
Mould Makers: Lars Henrik Svenson, Terry Sibley, Dave Kelly, Malcolm Mister
Workshop Supervisor: Geoff Paige
Electronic Supervisor: Julian Manning
Skin Technology Supervisor: Mari Fraser
Motion Base Supervisor: Verner Gresty
Motion Base Electronics/Mechanics: Pete Bell, David Dunsterville

MOTION CONTROL UNIT
Producer: Rob Delicata
Supervisor: Malcolm Wooldridge
Cameramen: Malcolm Wooldridge, George Theopanous
Operators: Jay Mallet, Yan Hamkond, Ray Moody
3D Motion Control Previs Supervisor: Chris Shaw
3D Motion Control Previs: Andy Bull
Kuper Operators: Matthew D'Angibau, Caroline Wilson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Sony Pictures; Imageworks Inc; Industrial Light & Magic; Mill Film Limited; Rhythm & Hues; The Moving Picture Company; Cinesite {europe) Limited; The Computer Film Company; Smoke & Mirrors
Visual Effects Supervisors: Robert Legato, Nick Davis
Visual Effects Associate Supervisor: Michael D. Kanfer
Visual Effects Producers: Cari Thomas, Karen M. Murphy
Visual Effects Line Producer: Marcia Gay
Visual Effects Production Manager: Tracey Gibbons
Visual Effects Co-Ordinators: Sofia Hodges, Rich Cole, Jennie Hall
Visual Effects: Allen Cappuccilli, Simon Burchell
Visual Effects Unit 1st Assistant Director: Jamie Christopher
Visual Effects Unit Boom Operator: Paul Munro
Visual Effects Concept Artist: Vladimir Todorov
Match Mover: Jon Brown
Model Unit Photography: Nigel Stone
Plate Supervisor: David Takemura
Compositing Artist: Julia Egerton
Senior Lighting Technical Director: Jake Morrison (uncredited)
Technical Director: Alan Precourt
Visual Effects Editor: Tom Barrett
Visual Effects Additional Editor: Matt Glen
Pre-Vizualization Editors: Jennifer Mangan, Simon Wearne
Titles: The Computer Film Company; Capital FX (London)
Opticals: Cinesite

ILM
Digital Artist: David Weitzberg

Mill Film
3D Digital Artist: Gabriel White
Visual Effects Editor: Nicholas Atkinson
I/O Supervisor: Tim Caplan

DIGITAL EFFECTS
Technical Character Animator: Maks Naporowski
Senior Digital Artists: Aimee Campbell, Nicole Herr
Digital Artists: Steve Murgatroyd, Sam Stewart, Michael Illingworth (uncredited)
Digital Compositors: Olivier Sarda, Grant Connor, Pete Oldroyd, Ian Plumb, Olivier Sarda, Ben Turner, Katherine Granger (uncredited)

The Computer Film Company
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Drew Jones
Visual Effects Producer: Dominic Sidoli
Digital Visual Effects Supervisor: Robert Duncan
Supervising CG Animator: Dominic Parker
CG Artist: Joel Meire
Digital Paint Artists: Robert Hall, Scott Marriott, Victor Wade, Corrina Wilson
Digital Colourist: Adam Glasman
Digital Lab Producer: Jan Hogevold
Digital Lab Operators: Michael Demming, Jenny Simonds, Merrin Jensen, Maria Stroka-Robinson, Adam Inglis
Compositing Artist: Jonathan Fawkner, Gavin Toomey, Matthew Twyford
Visual Effects Editors: Andy Hague, Roz Lowrie
Data Support: Darrel Griffin, Chad Rogers, Dylan Wyn Owen

SPI
Senior Digital Artists: Aimee Campbell, Nicole Herr
Digital Artist: Gustav Melich

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Stuart Craig
Supervising Art Directors: Neil Lamont, John King
Art Directors: Michael Lamont, Andrew Ackland-Snow, Steven Lawrence, Lucinda Thomson, Peter Francis, Simon Lamont 
Assistant Art Director: Stephen Morahan
Scenic Art Director: Steven Sallybanks
Set Designers: Michael Boone, Peter Dorme, Toad Tozer (real name: Sarah Tozer), Rosie Hardwick, Patricia Johnson
Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan
Creature Designer: Vladimir Todorov
Film Stylists: Ravi Bansal, Paul Catling, Cyrille Nomberg
Conceptual Artists: Ravi Bansal Gert Stevens
Illustrator: Cyrille Nomberg
Concept Modeller: Dominic Hailstone
Storyboard Artists: Nicholas Pelham, Dan Sweetman, Adam Brockbank, Peter Chan, Vladimir Todorov, Tony Wright
Graphic Artists: Miraphora Caruso, Ruth Winick
Decor/Lettering Artists: Robert Walker, Julian Walker
Scenic Artist: David Nicoll
Junior Draughtsman: Heidi Gibb
Art Department Runner: Jordan Crockett
Sculptors: Andrew Holder, Bryn Court, John Robinson, Kate Murray
Art Finish Supervisor: Tacy Kneale
Art Supervisors: Annabel Tait, Bobbie Roberts, Julie Wright, Daniel Auber

OTHER CREW
Financial Controller: John Trehy
Assistant to Producer: Ivan Cook
Personal Assistant to Nick Dudman: Nicki Hughes
Senior Floor Manager: R.J. Mino
Floor Runners: Phil Clarke, Kate D. Lewis
Dialogue Coach: Mel Churcher
Production Consultant: Nisha Parti
Preview Consultant: Katherine Quittner
Animal Co-Ordinator: Gary Gero
Animals: Birds and Animals Unlimited
Head Trainers: Dave Sousa, Larry Madrid, Jules Tottman
Animal Trainers: Anthony Bloom, Kate Parkin, Joanna Vaughn

LOCATIONS
Locations: Martins Heron, Berkshire, England, UK (Picket Post Close, Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house); Australian High Commission, London, England, UK (Gringotts Bank); Christ Church College, Oxford, England, UK; Divinity School, Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, UK (Hogwarts School - sanatorium); Duke Humfrey's Library, Oxford, England, UK (Hogwarts School - library); Durham Cathedral, County Durham, England, UK; Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England, UK (Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry); Kings Cross Station, London, England, UK; Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England, UK; London Zoo, Regent's Park, London, England, UK
Location Manager: Keith Hatcher
Location Co-Ordinator: Sue Binfield

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Marc Cass, Greg Powell
Stunt Doubles: Joss Gower; Theo Kypri (for Voldermort); Gary Powell

CASTING
Casting: Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins, Susie Figgis, Karen Lindsay-Stewart
Casting Assistant: Amy McKee
Extras Casting: The Casting Collective Ltd
Background Casting: Chuck Douglas


CAST

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley)
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger)
John Cleese (Nearly Headless Nick)
Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid)
Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon Dursley)
Richard Harris (Albus Dumbledore)
Ian Hart (Professor Quirrell/Voldemort)
John Hurt (Mr Ollivander)
Alan Rickman (Professor Severus Snape)
Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia Dursley)
Maggie Smith (Professor Minerva McGonagall)
Oliver Wood (Sean Biggerstaff)
Warwick Davis (goblin bank teller/Professor Flitwick)
Julie Walters (Mrs Molly Weasley)
Zoë Wanamaker (Madame Hooch)
David Bradley (Argus Filch)
Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy)
the Saunders triplets (baby Harry Potter)
Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley)
Derek Deadman (bartender in Leaky Cauldron)
Ben Borowiecki (Diagon Alley boy)
Verne Troyer (Griphook)
Richard Bremmer (He Who Must Not Be Named)
Geraldine Somerville (Lily Potter)
Harry Taylor (station guard)
Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley)
Chris Rankin (Prefect Percy Weasley)
James Phelps (Fred Weasley)
Oliver Phelps (George Weasley)
Jean Southern (dimpled woman on train)
Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom)
Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe)
Josh Herdman (Goyle)
Devon Murray (Seamus Finnegan)
Alfie Enoch (Dean Thomas)
Leslie Phillips (voice of The Sorting Hat)
Eleanor Columbus (Susan Bones)
Terence Bayler (the Bloody Baron)
Simon Fisher-Becker (fat friar)
Nina Young (the Grey Lady)
Luke Youngblood (Lee Jordan)
Elizabeth Spriggs (fat lady)
Danielle Taylor (Angelina Johnson)
Leilah Sutherland (Alicia Spinnet)
Emily Dale (Katie Bell)
David Holmes (Adrian Pucey)
Will Theakston (Marcus Flint)
Scott Fern (Terence Higgs)
Adrian Rawlins (James Potter)
Ray Fearon (Firenze)
Katharine Nicholson (Pansy Parkinson - uncredited)
Joe Sowerbutts (voice of Harry Potter in some scenes - uncredited)

Body Double: Martin Bayfield (for Robbie Coltrane)


PLOT SUMMARY

Ten year old Harry Potter has spent the whole of his life living in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of his appalling Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. He's rescued by Hagrid, a giant, who invites him to study to become a wizard at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.


AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers GmbH

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers


CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: Atp

Germany
Rating: 6

Netherlands
Rating: AL

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG (for some scary moments and mild language)


AWARDS

2002
The Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), UK

The Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year (David Heyman, Chris Columbus) - nominated
Performance By An Actor in a Supporting Role (Robbie Coltrane) - nominated
Production Design (Stuart Craig) - nominated
Costume Design (Judianna Makovsky) - nominated
Sound (John Midgley, Eddy Joseph, Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel, Adam Daniel) - nominated
Achievement in Special Visual Effects (Robert Legato, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Roger Guyett, Jim Berney)
Make Up/Hair (Amanda Knight, Eithné Fennell, Nick Dudman

74th Academy Awards, USA
Achievement in Art Direction (Stuart Craig (art direction), Stephanie McMillan (set decorator)) - nominated
Achievement in Costume Design (Judianna Makovsky) - nominated
Achievement in Music in Connection With Motion Pictures: Original Score (John Williams) - nominated


TIMELINE

2001
November

4: UK - world premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square, London
9: UK - theatrical release (in Jersey)
16: Canada, UK, USA - theatrical release
21: Belgium - theatrical release
22: Argentina, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore - theatrical release
23: Austria, Denmark, Sweden - theatrical release
29: Australia - theatrical release
30: Iceland, Norway - theatrical release

December
1: Japan - theatrical release
5: France - theatrical release
7: Brazil - theatrical release
20: Hungary - theatrical release
21: Lithuania - theatrical release

2002
May

11: UK - DVD release
28: USA - DVD release


ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Harry Potter a kámen mudrcù - Czech title
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers - French/French Canadian title
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - UK title
Harry Potter E a Pedra Filosofal - Brazilian title
Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale - Italian title
Harry Potter en de steen der wijzen - Flemish Belgian/Dutch title
Harry Potter és a bölcsek köve - Hungarian title
Harry Potter i kamien filozoficzny - Polish title
Harry Potter i la pedra filosofal - Catalan Spanish title
Harry Potter ja viisasten kivi - Finnish title
Harry Potter och de vises sten - Swedish title
Harry Potter og de vises stein - Norwegian title
Harry Potter og de vises sten - Danish title
Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen - German title
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal - Argentinean/Mexican/Spanish title


LINKS

SEQUELS
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

SEE ALSO
Omnibus: J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and Me (2001)


REFERENCES

PERIODICALS

Cinefex no.88 (January 2002) pp.68-108 (USA)
illustrated production notes (Sleight of Hand by Joe Fordham)

Empire October 2000 p.33 (UK)
illustrated note

Filmlink Magazine no.7 pp.20-21; 22-23 (UK)
illustrated production notes; illustrated interview with Duncan Henderson

Sight and Sound vol.12 no.1 (January 2002) pp.43-44 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by Rob White)


KEYWORDS

sorcerors, magic, children, books into films, birds, owls, schools, giants, cupboards

 


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