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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Country of Origin: UK / USA
Year of Production: 2001
Running Times: 152 mins 13 sec (UK - theatrical)
Length: 13,699 feet
Format: Technicolor Super 35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital / Surround EX / DTS / SDDS-8
SELECTED CREDITS
(Full Credits)
 PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Heyday Films / Warner Brothers
Executive Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Duncan Henderson,
Mark Radcliffe
Producer: David Heyman
SCRIPT
Script: Steve Kloves
Book: J.K. Rowling
DIRECTION
Director: Chris Columbus
2nd Unit Directors: David R. Ellis, Robert Legato
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Seale
EDITING
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
MUSIC
Music: John Williams
SOUND
Sound Mixer: John Midgley
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up Artist: Clare Le Vesconte
Hair: Zoe Tahir
Costume Designer: Judianna Makovsky
SPECIAL MAKE UP
Make Up Effects Designer: Nick Dudman
Make Up Effects Co-Ordinator: John Lambert
Special Make Up Effects: Kate Murray
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks; Cinesite (Europe) Ltd; Industrial
Light and Magic; Mill Film; Rhythm and Hues
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
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Stuart Craig
Supervising Art Directors: John King, Neil
Lamont
Art Directors: Andrew Ackland-Snow,
Michael Lamont, Neil Lamont, Steve Lawrence, Cliff Robinson, Peter Francis,
Steven Lawrence, Lucinda Thomson
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
STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Marc Cass, Greg Powell
CASTING
Casting: John Dartigue, Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins, Susie Figgis
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)
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.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Critical comment was and is redundant on this phenomenally
successful adaptation of the phenomenally successful first book of the
phenomenally successful series. So we wont comment... except it is really
quite good.
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 Sorcerer's Stone - US 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
MAGAZINES
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
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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