Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

European poster displaying the Philosopher's Stone title (left) and the American poster, designed by Drew Struzan, displaying the Sorcerer's Stone title (right).
Directed by Chris Columbus
Produced by David Heyman
Written by Screenplay:
Steve Kloves
Novel:
J. K. Rowling
Starring Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
Richard Harris
Robbie Coltrane
Maggie Smith
Alan Rickman
Ian Hart
Music by John Williams
Cinematography John Seale
Editing by Richard Francis-Bruce
Studio Heyday Films
1492 Pictures
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s) London premiere:
4 November 2001 (2001-11-04)
United States:
16 November 2001 (2001-11-16)
Running time 152 minutes
Country United Kingdom
United States
Language English
Budget US$125,000,000[1]
Gross revenue $974,733,550[2]
Followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States and India as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)[3][4][5] is a 2001 fantasy-adventure film directed by Chris Columbus and based on the novel by J. K. Rowling. The film is the first installment in the popular Harry Potter film series and is written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. The story follows Harry Potter, a boy who discovers on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard, and is sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his magical education. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The adult cast features Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman and Ian Hart.

Warner Bros. bought the film rights to the book in 1999. Production began in 2000, with Columbus being chosen from a short list of directors to create the film. Rowling insisted that the entire cast be British or Irish, in keeping with the cultural integrity of the book and the film. Rowling also approved the screenplay, written by Steve Kloves. The film was shot primarily at Leavesden Film Studios, as well as historic buildings around the country, and was released in the United Kingdom and the United States in November 2001. Along with mostly positive critical reception, it made an excess of $976 million at the worldwide box office, received three Academy Award nominations and is the seventh highest-grossing film of all time.

Contents

Plot

Further information: Philosopher's Stone's plot

Harry Potter is a seemingly ordinary boy, living with his negligent relatives, the Dursleys. On his eleventh birthday, Harry learns from a mysterious stranger, Rubeus Hagrid, that he is actually a wizard, famous in the Wizarding World for surviving an attack by the evil Lord Voldemort when Harry was only a year old. Voldemort killed Harry's parents, but his attack on Harry rebounded, leaving only a lightning-bolt scar on Harry's forehead and rendering Voldemort powerless. Hagrid reveals to Harry that he has been invited to begin attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After buying his school supplies from the hidden wizarding street Diagon Alley, Harry boards the train to Hogwarts via the concealed platform 9¾.

On the train leading to Hogwarts, Harry meets Ron Weasley, a boy from a large wizarding family, and Hermione Granger, a witch born to non-magical parents. Once they arrive at the school, Harry and all of the other first-year students are sorted into four different houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. As Slytherin is noted for being the house of darker wizards and witches, Harry successfully begs the magical Sorting Hat not to put him in Slytherin. He winds up in Gryffindor, along with Ron and Hermione.

At Hogwarts, Harry begins learning wizardry and also discovers more about his past and his parents. Harry inadvertently makes Gryffindor's Quidditch team as a Seeker, learning that his father was also a member of the team. One night, he, Ron, and Hermione find a giant three-headed dog on a restricted floor at the school. The dog is guarding the Philosopher's Stone, an item that can be used to grant its owner immortality. Harry concludes that his potions teacher, Severus Snape, is trying to obtain the stone in order return Voldemort to a human form.

After hearing from Hagrid that the dog will fall asleep if played music, Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to get to it and find the stone before Snape does. They face a series of tasks, which include surviving a deadly plant, flying past hundreds of flying keys trying to find one to unlock a door, and winning a violent, life-sized chess match. After getting past the tasks, Harry finds out that it was not Snape who wanted the stone, but Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Quirrell. Quirrell removes his turban and reveals Voldemort to be living on the back of his head. Voldemort tries to convince Harry to give him the stone (which Harry suddenly finds in his pocket as the result of an enchantment by the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore), by promising to bring his parents back from the dead, but Harry refuses. Quirrell tries to kill him but Harry's touch burns him to death. When Harry gets up, Voldemort's spirit forms and passes through Harry, knocking him unconscious, before fleeing.

Harry wakes up in the school's hospital wing, with Professor Dumbledore at his side. Dumbledore explains that the stone has been destroyed, and that, despite Ron's nearly being killed in the chess match, both Hermione and Ron are fine. The reason Quirrell burned at Harry's touch was because when Harry's mother died to save him, her death gave Harry a magical, love-based protection against Voldemort. Before Harry and the rest of the students leave for the summer, Harry realizes that while every other student is going home, Hogwarts is truly his home.

Cast

Main article: List of Harry Potter films cast members

Rowling personally insisted that the cast be kept British.[6] Susie Figgis was appointed as casting director, working with both Columbus and Rowling in auditioning the lead roles of Harry, Ron and Hermione.[7] Open casting calls were held for the main three roles,[8] with only British children being considered.[9] The principal auditions took place in three parts, with those auditioning having to read a page from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, then if called back, they had to improvise a scene of the students' arrival at Hogwarts, they were then given several pages from the script to read in front of Columbus.[9] Scenes from Columbus's script for the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes were also used in auditions.[10] On 11 July 2000 Figgis left production, complaining that Columbus did not consider any of the thousands of children they had auditioned "worthy".[10] On 8 August 2000 the virtually unknown Daniel Radcliffe and newcomers Emma Watson and Rupert Grint were selected from thousands of auditioning children to play the roles of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively.[11]

Production

Development

In 1997, producer David Heyman searched Hollywood for a children's book that could be adapted into a well-received film. He had planned to produce The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones, but his plans fell through. His staff at Heyday Films then suggested Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which Heyman believed was "a cool idea."[1] Heyman pitched the idea to Warner Bros.[1] and the following year, Rowling sold the company the rights to the first four Harry Potter books for a reported £1 million (US$1,982,900).[26] A demand Rowling made was that the principal cast be kept strictly British, nonetheless allowing for the inclusion of Irish actors such as Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and for casting of French and Eastern European actors in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where characters from the book are specified as such.[6] Rowling was hesitant to sell the rights because she "didn't want to give them control over the rest of the story" by selling the rights to the characters, which would have enabled Warner Bros. to make non-author-written sequels.[27]

Although Steven Spielberg initially negotiated to direct the film, he declined the offer.[28] Spielberg reportedly wanted the adaptation to be an animated film, with American actor Haley Joel Osment to provide Harry Potter's voice,[29] or a film incorporated elements from subsequent books as well.[1] Spielberg contended that, in his opinion, there was every expectation of profit in making the film, and that making money would have been like "shooting ducks in a barrel. It's just a slam dunk. It's just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts. There's no challenge."[30] In the Rubbish Bin section of her website, Rowling maintains that she has no role in choosing directors for the films and said "Anyone who thinks I could (or would) have 'veto-ed' him [Spielberg] needs their Quick-Quotes Quill serviced."[31] Heyman recalled that Spielberg decided to direct whichever project, out of A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report, Memoirs of a Geisha or Harry Potter, "came together first," with him opting to direct A.I.[1]

After Spielberg left, talks began with other directors, including: Chris Columbus, Terry Gilliam, Jonathan Demme, Mike Newell, Alan Parker, Wolfgang Petersen, Rob Reiner, Ivan Reitman, Tim Robbins, Brad Silberling, M. Night Shyamalan and Peter Weir.[1][25][32] Petersen and Reiner then both pulled out of the running in March 2000,[33] and the choice was narrowed down to Silberling, Columbus, Parker and Gilliam.[34] Rowling's first choice director was Terry Gilliam,[35] but Warner Bros chose Columbus, citing his work on other family films such as Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire as influences for their decision.[36] Columbus pitched his vision of the film for two hours, stating that he wanted the Muggle scenes "to be bleak and dreary," but those set in the wizarding world "to be steeped in color, mood, and detail." He took inspiration from David Lean's adaptations of Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), wishing to use "that sort of darkness, that sort of edge, that quality to the cinematography," taking the colour designs from Oliver! and The Godfather.[1]

"Harry Potter is the kind of timeless literary achievement that comes around once in a lifetime. Since the books have generated such a passionate following across the world, it was important to us to find a director that has an affinity for both children and magic. I can't think of anyone more ideally suited for this job than Chris."
— Lorenzo di Bonaventura[36]

Steve Kloves was selected to write the screenplay for the film. He described adapting the book as "tough", as it did not "lend itself to adaptation as well as the next two books."[37] Kloves was sent a selection of synopses of books proposed as film adaptations, which he "almost never read",[1] but Harry Potter jumped out at him. He went out and bought the book, and became an instant fan of the series.[37] When speaking to Warner Bros. he stated that the film had to be British, and had to be true to the characters.[37] Kloves was nervous when he first met Rowling as he did not want her to think he was going to "[destroy] her baby." Rowling admitted that she "was really ready to hate this Steve Kloves," but recalled her initial meeting with him: "The first time I met him, he said to me, 'You know who my favourite character is?' And I thought, You're gonna say Ron. I know you're gonna say Ron. But he said 'Hermione.' And I just kind of melted."[1] Rowling received a large amount of creative control, being made an executive producer, an arrangement that Columbus did not mind.[7]

Warner Bros. had initially planned to release the film over 4 July 2001 weekend, making for such a short production window that several proposed directors pulled themselves out of the running. However due to time constraints the date was put back to 16 November 2001.[38]

Filming

Alnwick Castle was used as a principal filming location for Hogwarts.
Store in London was used as the exterior of The Leaky Cauldron

Two British film industry officials requested that the film be shot in the UK, offering their assistance in securing filming locations, the use of Leavesden Film Studios, as well as changing the UK's child labour laws.[1] Warner Bros. accepted their proposal and filming began in October 2000 at Leavesden Film Studios, and concluded in April 2001, with final work being done in July.[25] Principal photography took place on 2 October 2000 at Goathland railway station in North Yorkshire.[39] Canterbury Cathedral and Inverailort Castle in Scotland were both touted as possible locations for Hogwarts; Canterbury rejected Warner Bros. offer due to concerns about the film's "pagan" theme.[40][41] Alnwick Castle and Gloucester Cathedral were eventually selected as the principal filming locations for Hogwarts,[1] with some scenes also being filmed at Harrow School.[42] Other Hogwarts scenes were filmed in Durham Cathedral over a two week period,[43] these included shots of the corridors and filming for some classroom scenes.[44] Oxford University's Divinity School served as the Hogwarts Hospital Wing, and Duke Humfrey's Library, part of the Bodleian Library, was used as the Hogwarts Library.[45] Filming for Privet Drive took place on Picket Post Close in Bracknell, Berkshire.[43] Filming on the street took two days, with the producers only having planned for one, the delay meant that they had to pay the street's residents more money than they had anticipated. As such, for all of the subsequent film's scenes set in Privet Drive, filming took place on a constructed set in Leavesden Film Studios, which proved to have been cheaper than filming on location.[46] Australia House in London was selected as the location for Gringotts Wizarding Bank,[1] whilst Christ Church, Oxford was the location for the Hogwarts trophy room.[47] London Zoo was used as the location for the scene in which Harry accidentally sets a snake on Dudley,[47] with King's Cross Station also being used as the book specifies.[48]

Owing to the film's title difference in America and the United Kingdom, all scenes that mention the stone had to be filmed twice, once with the actors saying "philosopher's" and the second with them saying "sorcerer's".[25] The children spent their days filming for four hours and then doing three hours of schoolwork, as well as all developing a fondness for having fake facial injuries added to them by the makeup staff.[1] Radcliffe had to wear green contact lenses as, unlike Harry's, his eyes are blue. In some scenes computer animation was used to paint his eyes green, because of Radcliffe's discomfort.[1]

Design, special effects and music

Judianna Makovsky designed the film's costumes. She re-designed the Quidditch robes, having initially planned to use those shown on the cover of the American book, but deemed them "a mess." As such, she dressed the Quidditch players in "preppie sweaters, 19th century fencing breeches and arm guards."[49] Production designer Stuart Craig built the sets at Leavesden Studios, including Hogwarts Great Hall, basing it on many English cathedrals. Although originally asked to use an existing old street to film the Diagon Alley scenes, Craig decided to build his own set, comprising Tudor, Georgian and Queen Anne architecture.[49]

Columbus originally planned to use both animatronics and CGI animation to create the magical creatures in the film, including Fluffy.[7] Nick Dudman, who worked on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, was given the task of creating the needed prosthetics for the film, with Jim Henson's Creature Shop providing creature effects.[50] John Coppinger stated that the magical creatures that needed to be created for the film had to be designed multiple times.[51] The film features nearly 600 special effects shots, with numerous companies handling different things. Industrial Light & Magic created the face of Lord Voldemort on the back of Quirrell, Rhythm & Hues animated Norbert; and Sony Pictures Imageworks produced the film's Quidditch scenes.[1]

John Williams was selected to compose the film's score.[52] Williams composed the score at his homes in Los Angeles and Tanglewood before recording it in London in August 2001. One of the main themes is entitled "Hedwig's Theme", Williams retained it for his finished score as "everyone seemed to like it".[53]

Differences from the book

Columbus repeatedly checked with Rowling to make sure he was getting the little details in the film correct.[50] Kloves described the film as being "really faithful" to the book. He added some dialogue, of which Rowling approved. One of the lines originally included had to be removed after Rowling told him that it would directly contradict an event in the then-unreleased Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.[54]

Even so, as with many book to film transitions, there are differences between the plot of the film and the original source material. The first chapter of the book is from the point of view of Vernon and Petunia Dursley the day before they are given Harry to look after, highlighting how Muggles react to magic. The film scraps this, beginning with Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Hagrid leaving Harry with the Dursleys (although McGonagall references how she had been watching the Dursleys all day). Next, a month of Harry's summer, including several of Vernon's attempts to escape the constantly arriving Hogwart's letters and his less than pleasant times at Mrs. Figg's, is cut from the film while the boa constrictor from Brazil in the zoo becomes a Burmese Python in the film. Some conflicts, such as Harry and Draco's encounter with each other in Madam Malkin's robe shop and midnight duel, are only in the book, and not in the film. The character of Piers Polkiss is cut and some of Nicolas Flamel's role is changed or cut altogether. Norbert is mentioned to have been taken away by Dumbledore in the film; whilst the book sees Harry and Hermione have to take him by hand to friends of Charlie Weasley. Rowling described the scene as "the one part of the book that she felt [could easily] be changed".[49] As such, the reason for the detention in the Forbidden Forest is also changed. In the novel, Harry and Hermione are put in detention for being caught by Filch when leaving the Astronomy Tower after hours, while in the film, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are put in detention because Malfoy caught them in Hagrid's hut after hours. The Sorting Hat's song is axed, as is Snape's potion riddle task and Quirrell's troll room on the way to the stone.[55] Visual changes included both Aunt Petunia and Dudley being made brunette, and Firenze, who in the book is described as being palomino with light blonde hair, is shown to be dark in the film.[56] Additionally the Quidditch pitch is altered from a traditional stadium to an open field circled by spectator towers.[49]

Marketing

The first teaser poster for the film was released 30 December 2000,[57] with the first teaser trailer being released via satellite on 29 February 2001 and then debuting in cinemas with See Spot Run.[58] The film's soundtrack was released on 30 October 2001. A video game based on the film was released in 2001 by Electronic Arts for several consoles.[53] Another video game, for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox was released in 2003.[59] Mattel won the rights to produce toys based on the film, to be sold exclusively through Warner Brothers' stores.[60] Hasbro also produced products, including confectionery items based on those from the series.[61] Warner Bros. signed a deal worth US$150 million with Coca-Cola to promote the film,[48] and Lego produced a series of sets based on buildings and scenes from the film, as well as a Lego Creator video game based on the film.[62] Warner Bros. later released an ultimate edition of the film. It includes the existing "Special features disc", Radcliffe's, Grint's and Watson's first screen tests, an extended version of the film with deleted scenes, a feature-length special Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 1: The Magic Begins, and 48-page hardcover booklet. [63]

Reception

Reviews

The film received generally positive reviews from critics, garnering a 78% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[64] as well as a score of 64 out of 100 at Metacritic representing "generally favorable reviews".[65] Roger Ebert called Philosopher's Stone "a classic," particularly praising the visual effects used for the Quidditch scenes.[66] Praise which was shared by both The Telegraph and Empire reviewers, with Alan Morrison naming it the "stand-out sequence" of the film.[67][68] Brian Linder of IGN.com also gave the film a positive review, comparing it closely to the book and concluding that it "isn't perfect, but for me it's a nice supplement to a book series that I love".[69] Although criticising the final half-hour Jeanne Aufmuth stated that the film would "enchant even the most cynical of moviegoers."[70] The sets, design, cinematography, effects and principal cast were all given praise from Kirk Honeycutt, although he deemed John Williams' score "a great clanging, banging music box that simply will not shut up."[71] Jonathan Foreman recalled that the film was "remarkably faithful," to its literary counterpart as well as "consistently entertaining if overlong adaptation."[72]

Richard Corliss of Time, considered the film a "by the numbers adaptation," criticising the pace and the "charisma-free" lead actors.[73] CNN's Paul Tatara found that Columbus and Kloves "are so careful to avoid offending anyone by excising a passage from the book, the so-called narrative is more like a jamboree inside Rowling's head."[74] Ed Gonzalez wished that the film had been directed by Tim Burton, finding the cinematography "bland and muggy," and the majority of the film a "solidly dull celebration of dribbling goo."[75]

Box office

The film had its world premiere on 4 November 2001, in Leicester Square, London; with the cinema adapted to have a Hogwarts design.[76] Harry Potter was greatly received at the box office. In the United States it made $33.3 million on its opening day, breaking the single day record previously held by Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. On Saturday, the second day of release, the film increased to $33.5 million breaking the record for biggest single day once again. In total it made $90.3 million during its first weekend, breaking the record for highest opening weekend of all time that was previously held by The Lost World: Jurassic Park.[77] Harry Potter held the record until the following May when Spider-Man made $114.8 million in its opening weekend.[78] Similar results were achieved across the world. In the United Kingdom it broke the record for the highest opening weekend ever, both including and excluding previews, making £16.3 million with and £9.8 million without previews.[79] The film went on to make £66.1 million in the UK alone, making it the second highest-grossing film of all-time in the country (after Titanic), until both were surpassed by Mamma Mia!.[80]

In total, the film earned $974.7 million at the worldwide box office, $317.6 million of that in the U.S. and $657.1 million elsewhere,[2] which made it the second-highest grossing film in history at the time,[81] as well as the highest grossing of the year.[82] As of 2010, it is the unadjusted seventh highest-grossing film of all-time.[83]

Awards

The film received three Academy Award nominations: Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score for John Williams although it did not win in any category.[84] The film was also nominated for seven BAFTA Awards. These were Best British Film, Best Supporting Actor for Robbie Coltrane, as well as the awards for Best Costume Design, Production Design, Makeup and Hair, Sound and Visual Effects. The film won a Saturn Award for its costumes and was nominated for eight more. It won other awards from the Casting Society of America and the Costume Designers Guild. It was nominated for the AFI Film Award for its special effects and the Art Directors Guild Award for its production design. It received the Broadcast Film Critics Award for Best Live Action Family Film and was nominated for Best Child Performance (for Daniel Radcliffe) and Best Composer (John Williams, also for A.I. Artificial Intelligence). [85]

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