Today’s movie is a fantasy film with a scene set on May 9. I
hope you will enjoy this film and watch it tonight.
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER”S STONE
The wizard Dumbledore leaves the
orphaned Harry Potter with his non-magical relatives the Dursleys. They treat
him horribly for the next decade, but strange things happen when Harry’s
around, like a python escape during a zoo visit. Then Harry gets a mysterious
letter, which is seized by his Uncle Vernon, but copies of the letter continue
to arrive. Vernon decides they will leave their house and go to a hut on an
isolated island. On Harry’s birthday the gigantic Hagrid arrives and tells
Harry he is a wizard and the letter is an invitation to attend Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry’s aunt and uncle oppose this, but can’t stop
it. Hagrid takes Harry to London where
they visit magical Diagon Alley, Gringotts bank and Hagrid gets a package from
vault 731 for Dumbledore. Harry gets his inheritance and buys his magical
school supplies. Hagrid tells Harry 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 magical
family he fortuitously meets to get on the platform. On the train he meets
red-haired Ron Weasley and the 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 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 find 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 acquires 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 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. “Fluffy” is 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 and 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
protects 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 Easter
(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
Screenplay - Steve Kloves
Awards – The film was nominated for the Best Art Direction,
Best Costume Design and
Best Original Score Oscars at
the 74th Academy Awards.
Released – November 4, 2001
Runtime – 2 hours 32 minutes
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
Copyright by Ivan Walters 2014.
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