Hello. Here is today's movie.
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER”S STONE
The wizard Dumbledore deposits
the orphaned Harry Potter with his non-magical relatives the Dursleys. They
treated him horribly for the next ten years and strange things seem to occur
when Harry’s around, like a python escape when the family visits the zoo on his
cousin’s birthday. One day Harry gets a mysterious letter, which is seized by
his Uncle Vernon. Copies of the letter continue to arrive and Vernon decides
they will leave their house. They travel to a hut on an isolated island. On
Harry’s birthday the gigantic Hagrid arrives and tells Harry that he is a
wizard and the letter was his invitation to attend Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry’s aunt and uncle oppose this, but are powerless
to stop it. Hagrid takes Harry to
London where they visit the magical Diagon Alley. The visit Gringotts bank and
Hagrid removes a package from vault 731 for Dumbledore. Harry collects his
inheritance and purchases all his magical school supplies. Hagrid tells Harry
that the dark wizard Lord Voldemort killed his parents and tried to kill him,
but couldn’t and vanished. Hagrid gives
him a train ticket to Hogwarts that references Platform 9¾, so Harry has to
rely on the aid of a magically family he fortuitously meets to get on the
platform. On the train he meets the red-haired Ron Weasley and the rather bossy
know-it-all, Hermionie Granger. At
Hogwarts Harry is sorted into Gryffyndor House, like his parents. Harry begins
his study of magic, complicated by the fact that the potions professor, Snape
takes an instant dislike to him. Harry learns that someone tried to break into
vault 731 at Gringotts. Harry discovers he has natural ability at broomstick
flying and is drafted for the Gryffyndor quidditch team. Harry, Ron and Hermionie end up in a forbidden third floor
corridor and find a gigantic three-headed dog is guarding a trapdoor. On
Halloween, Harry and Ron save Hermionie from a troll. In the year’s first
quidditch match Harry’s broom gets possessed and Ron and Hermionie are sure
Snape caused it. Hagrid lets slip that that the object hidden below the
trapdoor, guarded by the three headed dog he calls “Fluffy” is connected to
Nicholas Flamel. At Christmas Harry gets an invisibility cloak as a gift from
an undisclosed person and uses it to discover the Mirror of Erised, which shows
a person their deepest desires. The
three friends discover Nicholas Flamel has the last sorcerer’s stone, which can
be used to make the elixir of eternal youth and that it is hidden at
Hogwarts. Hagrid has acquired a
dragon’s egg and it hatches on May 9, 1992
[1:38:32 to 1:42:27]. For being out of bed after hours on a visit to
Hagrid they get detention, which is to be served in the Dark forest helping
Hagrid find a wounded unicorn. Harry finds the unicorn dead and a shadowy
hooded figure drinking its blood, which has the power to keep anyone alive,
regardless of their condition. The
three friends learn Hagrid told the person who sold him the dragon’s egg how to
get past “Fluffy”. Harry, Ron and
Hermionie sneak out after hours to stop Snape from stealing the stone, after
paralyzing the clumsy Neville Longbottom. They find “Fluffy” already asleep, so
they go through the trapdoor. They defeat devil’s snare, use Harry’s flying
skills to grab a key, and Ron’s talent at wizard chess to win a life size game.
Harry presses on to find bumbling Professor Quirell there with the Mirror of
Erised. Harry wishes he had the stone and it appears in his pocket. Lord
Voldemort, who is sharing Quirell’s body tries to talk Harry into joining him,
but he refuses. Quirell attacks Harry but can’t touch him and doing so causes
Quirell’s body to disintegrate. Harry wakes up in the hospital, where
Dumbledore tells Harry that his mother’s sacrifice of her life to save him
created a magical barrier that protected Harry from Voldemort. After Dumbldore
awards some points for their actions, Gryffyndor wins the House cup. The students return home on the train.
If you’re a fan of the Harry
Potter books, like me this is a very good film. If you’re not a Harry Potter
fan, the synopsis above, though long, probably won’t help you understand what
happens in this film. You’ll just have
to watch it.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
(Scholastic Press, New York, 1997) at pages 229-235. This event occurs after
the Easter holidays (page 229), which was on April 19, 1992. It was more than one week before exams,
which are in June (page 246)
Director - Chris
Columbus
Producer - David
Heyman
Starring –
Daniel Redcliffe as Harry Potter
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick
Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
Ian Hart as Professor Quirrell
John Hurt as Mr. Ollivander
Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
Screenplay - Steve Kloves
Awards – The film was nominated for the Best Art Direction,
Best Costume Design and
Best Original Score Oscars.
Released – November 4, 2001
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