Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States, India and Philippines) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and produced by David Heyman from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. It is based on the 1997 novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first instalment in the Harry Potter film series. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint in his film debut as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson in her film debut as Hermione Granger. Its story follows Harry's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as he discovers that he is a famous wizard and begins his formal wizarding education.
Warner Bros. Pictures bought the film rights to the book in 1999 for a reported £1 million ($1.65 million). Production began in the United Kingdom in 2000, with Columbus being chosen to helm the film from a short list of directors that included Steven Spielberg and Rob Reiner. Rowling insisted that the entire cast be British and Irish, with the three leads chosen in August 2000 following open casting calls. Filming took place at Leavesden Film Studios and historic buildings around the United Kingdom from September 2000 to March 2001.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 10 and 11 November 2001 for two days of previews. The film opened on 16 November in the United States, Canada, and Taiwan as well as officially in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $974 million at the worldwide box office during its initial run and over $1 billion with subsequent re-releases against a $125 million budget. It became the highest-grossing film of 2001 and the second-highest-grossing film at the time. The film was nominated for many awards, including Academy Awards for Best Original Score, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. It was followed by seven sequels, beginning with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002 and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011.
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Harry Potter | Daniel Radcliffe | Arturo Castañeda | Kenshô Ono | Caio César | Émile Mailhiot | Tim Schwarzmaier | Kelyan Blanc | Alessio Puccio | Jonasz Tołopiło | Ádám Gacsal | Axel Amigo | Ami Trivedi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ron Weasley | Rupert Grint | Carlos Díaz | Yūki Tokiwa | Charles Emmanuel | Xavier Dolan | Max Felder | Olivier Martret | GiulioRenzi Ricci | Marcin Łabno | Bence Berkes | Ian Lleonart | Daniel Magon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hermione Granger | Emma Watson | Mitzy Corona | Yumi Sudō | Luisa Palomanes | Stéfanie Dolan | Gabrielle Pietermann | Manon Azem | Letizia Ciampa | Joanna Kudelska | Luca Szabó | Michelle Jenner | Sandra deCastro | Jeong Misook | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Albus Dumbledore | Richard Harris | César Árias | Ichirô Nagai | Lauro Fabiano | Hubert Fielden | Klaus Höhne | Marc Cassot | Gianni Musy | Wojciech Duryasz | Sándor Makay | Claudio Rodríguez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rubeus Hagrid | Robbie Coltrane | Humberto Solórzano | Shiro Saito | José Santa Cruz | Guy Nadon | Hartmut Neugebauer | Patrick Messe | Francesco Pannofino | Krzysztof Gosztyła | Frigyes Hollósi | Harald Mæle | Carlos Kaniowsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minerva McGonagall | Maggie Smith | Magda Giner | Ikuko Tani | Lina Rossana | Claudine Chatel | Bettina Schön | Claude Chantal | Paola Mannoni | Wiesława Mazurkiewicz | Ilona Kassai | Mari Luz Olier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Severus Snape | Alan Rickman | Carlos Segundo | Takaya Hashi | Allan Lima | Daniel Picard | Erich Hallhuber | Claude Giraud | Francesco Vairano | Mariusz Benoit | LászlóTahi Tóth | Adam Fietz | Juan Carlos Gustems | Juan FernándezMejías | Ohad Shachar | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Draco Malfoy | Tom Felton | Alexei Mayén | Kyōsuke Saegusa | João Capelli | Sébastien Reding | Moritz Pertramer | Dov Milsztajn | Flavio Aquilone | Sergiusz Żymełka | András Borbíró | Nacho Aldeguer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neville Longbottom | Matthew Lewis | Amado Cabrera | Yō Ueno | Thiago Farias | Matthias Kick | Romain Larue | Gabriele Patriarca | Krzysztof Królak | Bertalan Hám | Daniel Weimberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seamus Finnigan | Devon Murray | Eduardo Curiel | Yu Watanabe | Marcus Júnior | Daniel Haidinger | Alexandre Bouche | Aleksander Gręziak | Tamás Stukovszky | Javier Ávila | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quirinus Quirrell | Ian Hart | Jesús Barrero | Etsuo Yokobori | MarcoAntônio Costa | Jacques Lavallée | Frank Schaff | Vincent Violette | Marco Mete | Wojciech Paszkowski | László Lippai | Xavier Fernández | Abraham Aguilar | Shimon Cohen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lord Voldemort | Ian Hart | Blas García | Masashi Ebara | Domício Costa | Frank Schaff | Philippe Peythieu | Ugo Maria Morosi | Marian Opania | Ákos Kőszegi | JoséAntonio Ceinos | Micha Uzin-Salian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Argus Filch | David Bradley | Jesse Conde | Takeshi Aono | Waldir Fiori | Raymond Bouchard | Fred Maire | Serge Lhorca | Jacek Czyż | Tamás Varga | Mikael Roupé | Aparicio Rivero | Yehoyachin Friedlander | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garrick Ollivander | John Hurt | José Luis Orozco | Katsuya Kobayashi | Telmo de Avelar | Thomas Fritsch | Marcel Guido | Giorgio Lopez | Włodzimierz Bednarski | Hugó Gruber | Julio Núñez | Paulo B. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vernon Dursley | Richard Griffiths | Jorge Santos | Naomi Kusumi | Júlio Chaves | Hubert Gagnon | Harald Dietl | Michel TugotDoris | Paolo Lombardi | Kazimierz Wysota | Péter Balázs | Luis Mas | Carlos Freixo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Petunia Dursley | Fiona Shaw | Norma Iturbe | Ai Satō | Geisa Vidal | Élise Bertrand | Marion Hartmann | Danièle Hazan | Melina Martello | Ewa Dałkowska | Eszter Simon | Ana Ángeles García | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dudley Dursley | Harry Melling | Diego Ángeles | Kōki Shinobashi | Erick Bougleux | Hugolin ChevretteLandesque | Karim El Kammouchi | Julien Bouanich | Fabrizio De Flaviis | Mateusz Maksiak | István Baráth | Raúl Alcañiz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fred Weasley | James Phelps | Alfredo Leal | Mitsuhiro Ozaki | Manolo Rey | Dominik Hartinger | Guillaume Legier | Lorenzo de Angelis | Jakub Truszczyński | Dániel Kováts | Jordi Cruz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Weasley | Oliver Phelps | Alfredo Leal | Mitsuhiro Ozaki | Manolo Rey | Dominik Hartinger | Guillaume Legier | Lorenzo de Angelis | Jakub Truszczyński | Dániel Kováts | José Manuel Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Molly Weasley | Julie Walters | Ruth Toscano | Teiyū Ichiryūsai | Marize Motta | Johanne Léveillé | Katharina Lopinski | Catherine Lafond | Anna Rita Pasanisi | Joanna Jędryka | Kati Andresz | Begoña Hernando | Sarit Vino-Elad | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rolanda Hooch | Zöe Wanamaker | Andrea Coto | Kachiko Hino | Nelly Amaral | Kerstin SandersDornseif | Sophie Lepanse | Paola Gianetti | Anna Chitro-Bergman | Éva Szabó | Lucía Esteban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percy Weasley | Chris Rankin | Irwin Daayán | Mamoru Miyano | Felipe Grinnan | Butz Combrinck | Janieck Blanc | Emiliano Coltori | Kacper Kuszewski | Péter Petrik | Christoffer Staib | Pedro Sanz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oliver Wood | Sean Biggerstaff | Eduardo Garza | Tokuyoshi Kawashima | Marcus Jardym | Johannes Raspe | Tony Marot | Stefano Crescentini | Piotr Borowski | Levente Molnár | Erik Skøld | Adolfo Moreno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Filius Flitwick | Warwick Davis | Jorge Roig | Kinto Tamura | Pietro Mário | Mogens von Gadow | Mathieu Buscatto | Vittorio Stagni | Wiesław Michnikowski | Péter Szokol | Dick Eriksson | Eduardo Moreno | Carlos Freixo | Park Sangil | Özgür Özdural | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Goblin Bank Teller | Warwick Davis | Alejandro Illescas | Kinto Tamura | Waldyr Sant'anna | Achille Orsoni | Sandro Pellegrini | Csaba Pethes | Rafael Azcárraga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Griphook | VerneTroyer | Javier Rivero | Tadashi Miyazawa | Ednaldo Lucena | Kai Taschner | Éric Missoffe | Zoltán Katona | Mario Martín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Sorting Hat | Leslie Phillips | Mario Filio | Takkō Ishimori | Jorge Lucas | Ekkehardt Belle | Gérard Rinaldi | Ettore Conti | Zygmunt Hobot | Balázs Tardy | Mikael Roupé | Ramón Repáraz | JoséJorge Duarte | Park Sangil | Micha Uzin-Salian | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nearly Headless Nick | John Cleese | Alfonso Ramírez | Taka Takao | Alfredo Martins | Luis De Cespedes | Berno von Cramm | Frédéric Cerdal | Dario Penne | Balázs Galkó | Trond Brænne | Ángel Amorós | Li XiangSheng | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Thomas | Alfred Enoch | Ryūhei Yamamoto | Christoph Dirscherl | Yamine Gougmar | Damian Walczak | Viktor Baradlay | Jesús Pinillos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lee Jordan | Luke Youngblood | Christine Byrd | Kazuhiro Shindô | Rodrigo Antas | Hannes Maurer | Edwige Lemoine | Roland Czető | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vincent Crabbe | Jamie Waylett | Gustavo Sanches | Patrick Roche | Dor Srugo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ginny Weasley | Bonnie Wright | Lupita Leal | Chiharu Yamada | Indiane Christine | Sabrina Tafelmeier | Léa François | Erica Necci | Csenge Patkó | Paula Ribó | Nuria Pascal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station Guard | Harry Taylor | Gonzalo Curiel | Akihiko Ishizumi | Dário de Castro | Michael Gahr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Firenze | Ray Fearon | Herman López | Marcelo Torreão | Walter von Hauff | Jérôme Keen | Roberto Pedicini | István Koncz | Eduardo Gutiérrez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom the Bartender | Derek Deadman | Herman López | Francisco José | Michael Rüth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angus | Ben Borowiecki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dimpled Woman on Train | Jean Southern | Sylvia Garcel | Margit Weinert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fat Lady | Elizabeth Spriggs | Liza Willert | Akiko Takeguchi | Ruth Küllenberg | MarieLaure Beneston | Aranka Halász | Charo Moreno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Man in Armour Portrait | Miles Richardson | Armando Réndiz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Baby Harry Potter | Saunders Triplets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lily Potter | Geraldine Somerville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Potter | Adrian Rawlins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Susan Bones | Eleanor Columbus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bloody Barron | Terence Bayler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fat Friar | Simon FisherBecker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Grey Lady | Nina Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angelina Johnson | Danielle Tabor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alicia Spinnet | Leilah Sutherland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katie Bell | Emily Dale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adrian Pucey | Scot Fearn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marcus Flint | Jamie Yeates | Masato Amada | Manuel Straube | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Terence Higgs | Will Theakston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Burmese Python | Atsushi Miyauchi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Doris Crockford | Rosanelda Aguirre | Ruth Küllenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Viewer | Víctor Delgado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Hilliard | LuisDaniel Ramírez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Man in the Pub 1 | Jesse Conde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Man in the Pub 2 | Gabriel Pingarrón | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Businessman at King'sCrossStation | Ricardo Tejedo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mother at King's Cross Station | Elizabeth Devereux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daughter at King'sCrossStation | Isabella Columbus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boy in Great Hall | Robert Ayres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peeves | Rik Mayall |
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