Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Theatrical Release Date: 2001 11 16 (USA)

UPC: 085391173618

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Mild Violence, Excellent For Children, Scary Moments]

Summary: 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. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Fantasy

Awards: Best Digital Effects – American Film Institute Best Digital Effects – American Film Institute Best Digital Effects – American Film Institute Best Young Actor/Actress – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Composer – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best British Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best British Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Production Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Costume Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Special Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Makeup and Hair – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Live Action Family Film – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: Includes free collectible trading cards

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/11/2007

Audio: DD-EX Dolby Digital Surround EX (simulated 6.1)

Runtime: 152 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
1. Doorstop Delivery [4:05]
2. Vanishing Glass [4:05]
3. Letters From No One [4:06]
4. Keeper of the Keys [6:07]
5. Diagon Alley [3:18]
6. Gringotts [2:57]
7. Ollivanders [4:07]
8. The Boy Who Lived [2:15]
9. Platform 9-3/4 [3:00]
10. Ron and Hermione [3:43]
11. Welcome to Hogwarts [3:39]
12. Sorting Hat [4:43]
13. Nick and Other Residents [4:15]
14. Potions and Parcels [4:35]
15. New Seeker [5:50]
16. Three-Headed Sentinel [2:48]
17. Facts and Feathers [4:04]
18. Mountain Troll [5:55]
19. Quidditch [:05]
20. Interference Overcome [6:28]
21. Christmas Gift [3:36]
22. Cloaked in Darkness [4:37]
23. Mirror of Erised [3:09]
24. Norbert [4:59]
25. Forbidden Forest [5:51]
26. Up to Something [6:29]
27. Through the Trapdoor [4:16]
28. Wizards Chess [4:47]
29. Sacrifice Play [5:34]
30. Man With Two Faces [3:11]
31. Magic Touch [3:59]
32. Mark of Love [3:23]
33. House Cup Winner [3:10]
34. Not Really Going Home [4:14]
35. End Credits [2:26]

Derek Armstrong

For all but the most nitpicking Potterphiles out there, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is nothing less than the perfect visual incarnation of J.K. Rowling's world of swooping owls and flying broomsticks. However, it's never precisely more than that, either; the very act of giving image and voice to these rich literary precepts places them in a realm inevitably less magical than the imagination. Still, it's hard to picture a more essentially faithful adaptation of Rowling's tone and story, which weighs in at a hefty two and a half hours despite streamlining some of the more vestigial elements of a quick 300-page read. Steve Kloves' adaptation of the wildly popular bestseller lingers less on some of the episodic Hogwarts' adventures, only briefly touching on such red herring plot points as the wise centaur and Hagrid's dragon. The eye-popping visuals have numerous other opportunities to shine, chief among them the grippingly rendered Quidditch match, in which players on broomsticks zoom and jockey like the speeder bikes of Endor in Return of the Jedi. It's no surprise that Harry Potter should occasionally invoke a Star Wars movie, since its hero is an orphaned boy who yearns for a destiny beyond what his aunt and uncle can provide, and who possesses unparalleled mystical powers that the dark side seeks to corrupt. The landscape Chris Columbus and cinematographer John Seale have created -- with its levitating banquet hall decorations, animated games of wizard chess, ominous trolls, and three-headed dogs -- is of equal vividness and complexity as that galaxy far, far away, and it should make just as much if not more money. Besides the film's many technical achievements, the actors really deliver, well beyond the who's who of British thespians who comprise the Hogwarts' teachers. Daniel Radcliffe has the look and reluctant heroism of Harry down perfectly, if a little too languidly; he's bested by Emma Watson's deliciously petulant and precocious Hermione, as well as the masterful line deliveries and comic timing of Rupert Grint as Ron. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Chris Columbus  Director 
Chris Columbus  Executive Producer 
Duncan Henderson  Executive Producer 
Steve Kloves  Screenwriter 
Mark A. Radcliffe  Executive Producer 
John Williams  Composer (Music Score) 
David Heyman  Producer 
Michael Barnathan  Executive Producer 
Daniel Radcliffe  Actor 
Emma Watson  Actor 
Rupert Grint  Actor 
Maggie Smith  Actor 
Robbie Coltrane  Actor 
Alan Rickman  Actor 
Richard Harris  Actor 
Richard Griffiths  Actor 
Ian Hart  Actor 
John Hurt  Actor 
Warwick Davis  Actor 
Warwick Davis  Actor 
Fiona Shaw  Actor 
John Cleese  Actor 
Julie Walters  Actor 
Sean Biggerstaff  Actor 
Zo� Wanamaker  Actor 
Tom Felton  Actor 
Harry Melling  Actor 
Matthew Lewis  Actor 
David Bradley  Actor 
Bonnie Wright  Actor 

Country: UK,USA