from Warner Bros.
Directed by
Chris Columbus
Starring
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley)
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger)
John Cleese (Sir Nicholas De Mimsy-Popington)
Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall)
Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid)
Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon)
Ian Hart (Professor of the Dark Arts Quirrell)
Alan Rickman (Potions Professor Snape)
Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia)
Richard Harris (Professor Dumbledore)
Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley)
Zoë Wanamaker (Madame Hooch)
Written by
Steven Kloves
J.
K. Rowling (books)
Original Music by
John
Williams
Rated: 
(for some scary moments and mild language) |
 Harry
Potter is the central character in a series of books for children
and adults alike that has swept the world. Written by British
author J. K. Rowling, the books follow the exploits of a boy
who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son
of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of
his own. He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to
become a student at Hogwarts, a boarding school for wizards.
There, Harry meets a close circle of friends that becomes his
new family. Ultimately, with their help, he takes on the powerful
figure who was responsible for his parents' death.
Harry Potter And the Sorcerer's Stone stars 11-year-old Daniel
Radcliffe (The Tailor of Panama,
BBC
TV's David Copperfield) in the title role, with newcomers
10-year-old Emma Watson and 12-year-old Rupert Grint as Harry's
friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively. The
film also stars John Cleese (A Fish Called
Wanda, Monty
Python) as Nearly Headless Nick aka Sir Nicholas De Mimsy-Popington;
Robbie Coltrane (Nuns
on the Run) as the world's favorite giant, Hagrid; Richard
Griffiths (Sleepy Hollow, Naked
Gun 2-1/2) as Harry's Uncle Vernon; Richard Harris (Gladiator,
Unforgiven, Camelot)
as Hogwarts' all-knowing Professor Dumbledore; Ian Hart (Land
and Freedom, Backbeat)
as Professor of the Dark Arts Quirrell; Alan Rickman (Sense
and Sensibility, Die
Hard) as Potions Professor Snape; Fiona Shaw (My
Left Foot, The Butcher Boy)
as Harry's Aunt Petunia; Maggie Smith (Richard
III, The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) as Dumbledore's loyal deputy,
Professor McGonagall; Julie Walters (Billy
Elliot, Educating Rita)
as Mrs. Weasley, mother of Harry's best friend, Ron; and Zoë
Wanamaker (Wilde,
Raggedy Rawney, The Hunger) showing how to master the art of
broom riding as Madame Hooch.
see also: Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets
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