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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - harry potter 1 film (plot)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - harry potter 1 film (plot)
On 1 November 1981, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall and Rubeus Hagrid deliver a baby to the doorstep of Number 4 Privet Drive in Surrey.
10 years later, Harry Potter is a seemingly ordinary boy, living with his hostile relatives, the Dursleys in Surrey. On his 11th birthday, Harry learns from a mysterious stranger, Rubeus Hagrid, that he is a wizard, famous in the Wizarding World for surviving an attack by the evil Lord Voldemort when Harry was a baby. 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 attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After purchasing school supplies from the hidden wizarding street, Diagon Alley, Harry boards the train to Hogwarts via the concealed Platform 9 3⁄4 in King's Cross Station.
On the train, Harry meets Ron Weasley, a boy from a large but poor, pure-blood wizarding family known for their red hair, and Hermione Granger, a witch born to Muggle (non-magical) parents. Upon arriving at the school, the first-year students are sorted into four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. As Slytherin is noted for being the house of darker wizards and witches, Harry begs the magical Sorting Hat not to put him in Slytherin. He is sorted into Gryffindor along with Ron and Hermione. Harry notices a professor, Severus Snape, giving him peculiar looks.
Harry begins learning wizardry and discovers more about his past and his parents. Harry inadvertently makes Gryffindor's Quidditch team (a sport in the wizarding world where people fly on broomsticks) as a Seeker while defending another student from Draco Malfoy, a Slytherin first year, subsequently learning that his father had also been on the team.
One night, Harry, Ron and Hermione encounter a giant three-headed dog in the Forbidden Corridor on the Third Floor of the school. After the trio incapacitate an escaped mountain troll and Harry is nearly knocked from his broom by a curse during one of the Quidditch matches, the trio assume that someone is trying to get past the dog. Whilst wearing an Invisibility Cloak left for him by his father Harry discovers the Mirror of Erised which shows a person's heart's desire. Headmaster Albus Dumbledore moves the mirror and advises Harry against looking for it. Using information let slip by Hagrid, Hermione discovers that the dog is guarding the Philosopher's Stone, an item that can grant its owner immortality. Harry concludes that his potions teacher, Severus Snape, is trying to obtain the stone. Harry gets caught out of bed at night, and is sent to detention along with Ron, Hermione and Draco. While helping Hagrid in the Dark Forest, Harry sees a hooded figure drinking a unicorn's blood for its healing properties. The hooded figure then attempts to attack Harry, only to be scared off by an arriving centaur named Firenze, a close friend of Hagrid's. Harry concludes that the hooded figure was Voldemort and that Snape is trying to get the stone to restore Voldemort to full strength.
After hearing from Hagrid that the dog will fall asleep if played music and that he revealed this to a man in a local pub, Harry, Ron and Hermione conclude that Snape was the man in the pub and attempt to warn Dumbledore. Upon learning that he is away on business, the trio conclude that Snape will attempt to steal the stone that night and resolve to find the stone before Snape does.
They face a series of obstacles: surviving a deadly plant, flying past hundreds of flying keys and winning a violent, life-sized chess match. The trio use their skills to overcome the obstacles. Hermione uses her knowledge of spells to get past the plant, Harry uses his skills as a seeker to get past the keys and Ron uses his skill at chess to win the chess match. However, Ron is nearly killed in the chess match and Hermione stays with him as Harry goes on ahead.
In the final room, Harry finds out that it was not Snape who wanted the stone, but Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Quirrell. Quirrell reveals that he let the troll in and tried to kill Harry in the Quidditch match. He also reveals that Snape has been protecting Harry and trying to stop Quirrell all year. Then, Professor Quirrell forces Harry to look in the Mirror of Erised. Due to an enchantment placed by Dumbledore, Harry finds the stone in his pocket after looking in the mirror. After trying to get Harry to answer what he has seen in the mirror, Quirrell removes his turban and reveals Voldemort to be living on the back of his head. Harry tries to escape but Quirrell starts a fire by clicking his fingers to prevent his escape. When Harry refuses to give Voldemort the stone, Voldemort orders Quirrell to kill the boy. However, Harry's touch prevents Quirrell from hurting him and causes him to turn into dust and die. When Harry gets up, Voldemort's spirit forms and passes through Harry, knocking him unconscious before fleeing.
Harry wakes up at the school's hospital wing. Professor Dumbledore explains that the stone has been destroyed and that Hermione and Ron are safe. Quirrell burned at Harry's touch because, when Harry's mother died to save him, her death gave Harry a love-based protection against Voldemort. Before Harry and the rest of the students leave for the summer, Gryffindor wins the year's house cup thanks to Harry's efforts and bravery. Harry realises that while every other student is going home, Hogwarts is truly his home.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Harry Potter 1 - WIKI
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)[3][4] is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.[2] It is based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the first instalment in the Harry Potter film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. The story follows Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts as he discovers that he is a famous wizard and begins his magical education. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. It is followed by seven sequels in total, beginning with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Warner Bros. bought the film rights to the book in 1999 for a reported £1 million. Production began in the United Kingdom in 2000, with Columbus being chosen to create the film from a short list of directors that included Steven Spielberg and Rob Reiner. J. K. Rowling insisted that the entire cast be British or Irish, in keeping with the cultural integrity of the book. The film was shot at Leavesden Film Studios and historic buildings around the UK.
The film was released in the UK and US in November 2001. It received positive critical reception, made more than $980 million at the worldwide box office, and was nominated for many awards, including the Academy Awards for Best Original Score, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. As of August 2014, it is the 21st highest-grossing film of all time and the second highest-grossing film in the series behind the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Harry Potter 1 - watch Harry Potter 1.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series. The book was first published on 26 June, 1997 by Bloomsbury in London, and has also been made into a film of the same name.
Both the book and motion picture were released in the United States under the name Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, because the publishers were concerned that most Americans were not familiar enough with the term "Philosopher's Stone" to gain the correct impression from the title (the renaming of books for international distribution is a common practise, even for highly known and internationally recognised authors. The decision was made to choose a title that was "more suggestive of magic", the naming of "Sorcerer's Stone" used with J. K. Rowling's endorsement after the contemplation of several possibilities).[3] The change had no effect on the sales figures, and the Harry Potter series rapidly became one of the most-in-demand among young readers, who seemed to be undaunted by the ever-increasing length and complexity of the novels.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Release history
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Release history
| Country | Release date | Edition (Hardback/Paperback) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 December 1998 | Hardback Children's Edition | Raincoast | 223 |
| Paperback Adult Edition (Original) | ||||
| 1 November 1999 | Hardback Signature Special Edition | |||
| 31 August 2000 | Paperback Children's Edition | |||
| 16 October 2002 | Paperback Magic Edition | |||
| 4 October 2004 | Hardback Adult Edition (Re-issue with new cover) | 336 | ||
| 12 January 2011 | Paperback Adult Edition (Re-issue with new cover) | Bloomsbury | 223 | |
| Paperback Harry Potter Signature Edition | ||||
| 27 August 2013 | Paperback Adult Edition (Re-issue with new cover) | |||
| United Kingdom | 26 June 1997 | Hardback Children's Edition | ||
| Paperback Children's Edition | ||||
| 11 September 1998 | Paperback Adult Edition (Original) | |||
| 27 September 1999 | Hardback Signature Special Edition | |||
| 8 October 2001 | Paperback Special Edition | |||
| 10 July 2004 | Hardback Adult Edition (Re-issue with new cover) | 336 | ||
| 4 October 2004 | Paperback Adult Edition (Re-issue with new cover) | 223 | ||
| 1 November 2010 | Paperback Harry Potter Signature Edition | |||
| 18 July 2013 | Paperback Adult Edition (Re-issue with new cover) | |||
| United States | 1 September 1998 | Hardback | Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic | 309 |
| 8 September 1999 | Paperback | |||
| 1 November 2000 | Hardback Collector's Edition | |||
| 1 November 2001 | Mass Market Paperback | 400 | ||
| September 2008 | Paperback (Exclusive Scholastic School Market Edition) | 309 | ||
| 1 October 2008 | Hardback 10th Anniversary Edition | |||
| 27 August 2013 | Paperback (Re-issue with new cover) | 336 |
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Uses in education and business - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Uses in education and business
Educationalists have found that children's literacy is directly related to how many words they read per year, and they read much more if they find material they like. A 2001 survey by The New York Times estimated that almost 60% of US children aged between 6 and 17 had read at least one Harry Potter book. Surveys in other countries, including India and South Africa, found that children were enthusiastic about the series. Since even the first two books are quite long, a child who has read the first four will have read over four times the number of pages in a year's worth of school reading texts. This greatly improves children's skills and their motivation to read.
Writers on education and business subjects have used the book as an object lesson. Writing about clinical teaching in medical schools, Jennifer Conn contrasted Snape's technical expertise with his intimidating behaviour towards students; on the other hand Quidditch coach Madam Hooch illustrated useful techniques in the teaching of physical skills, including breaking down complex actions into sequences of simple ones and helping students to avoid common errors. Joyce Fields wrote that the books illustrate four of the five main topics in a typical first-year sociology class: "sociological concepts including culture, society, and socialisation; stratification and social inequality; social institutions; and social theory".
Stephen Brown noted that the early Harry Potter books, especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, were a runaway success despite inadequate and poorly organised marketing. Brown advised marketing executives to be less preoccupied with rigorous statistical analyses and the "analysis, planning, implementation, and control" model of management. Instead he recommended that they should treat the stories as "a marketing masterclass", full of enticing products and brand names. For example, a real-world analogue of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans was introduced under licence in 2000 by toymaker Hasbro.
Video games of Harry Potter 1
Video games of Harry Potter 1
Main article: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
Video games loosely based on the book were released between 2001 and 2003, generally under the American title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Most were published by Electronic Arts but Arts but produced by different developers:
| Publisher | Year | Platform | Type | Metacritic score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Arts | 2001 | MS Windows | Role-playing game | 65% | |
| Aspyr | 2002 | Mac OS 9 | Role-playing game | (not available) | Same as Windows version |
| Electronic Arts | 2001 | Game Boy Color | Role-playing game | (not available) | |
| Electronic Arts | 2001 | Game Boy Advance | "Adventure/puzzle" game | 64% | |
| Electronic Arts | 2003 | GameCube | "Action adventure" | 62% | |
| Electronic Arts | 2001 | PlayStation | Role-playing game | 64% | |
| Electronic Arts | 2003 | PlayStation 2 | "Action adventure" | 56% | |
| Electronic Arts | 2003 | Xbox | "Action adventure" | 59% |
Thursday, November 27, 2014
harry potter 1 - U.S. publication and reception
harry potter 1 - U.S. publication and reception
Scholastic Corporation bought the U.S. rights at the Bologna Book Fair in April 1997 for US$105,000, an unusually high sum for a children's book. They thought that a child would not want to read a book with the word "philosopher" in the title and, after some discussion, the American edition was published in September 1998 under the title Rowling suggested, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone .Rowling claimed that she regretted this change and would have fought it if she had been in a stronger position at the time. Philip Nel has pointed out that the change lost the connection with alchemy, and the meaning of some other terms changed in translation, for example from UK English "crumpets" to US English "muffin". While Rowling accepted the change from both UK English "mum" and Seamus Finnigan's Irish variant "mam" to "mom" in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, she vetoed this change in the later books. However Nel considered that Scholastic's translations were considerably more sensitive than most of those imposed on UK English books of the time, and that some other changes could be regarded as useful copyedits.Since the UK editions of early titles in the series were published a few months earlier than the American versions, some American readers became familiar with the British English versions after buying them via the Internet.
At first the most prestigious reviewers ignored the book, leaving it to book trade and library publications such as Kirkus Reviews and Booklist, which examined it only by the entertainment-oriented criteria of children's fiction. However, more penetrating specialist reviews (such as one by Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices, which pointed out the complexity, depth and consistency of the world Rowling had built) attracted the attention of reviewers in major newspapers.Although The Boston Globe and Michael Winerip in The New York Times complained that the final chapters were the weakest part of the book they and most other American reviewers gave glowing praise. A year later the US edition was selected as an American Library Association Notable Book, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998, and a New York Public Library 1998 Best Book of the Year, and won Parenting Magazine's Book of the Year Award for 1998, the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults.
In August 1999 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone topped the New York Times list of best-selling fiction, and stayed near the top of the list for much of 1999 and 2000, until the New York Times split its list into children's and adult sections under pressure from other publishers who were eager to see their books given higher placings. Publishers Weekly's report in December 2001 on cumulative sales of children's fiction placed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 19th among hardbacks (over 5 million copies) and 7th among paperbacks (over 6.6 million copies).
In May 2008, Scholastic announced the creation of a 10th Anniversary Edition of the book that was released on 1 October 2008 to mark the tenth anniversary of the original American release.[41] For the fifteenth anniversary of the books, Scholastic re-released Sorcerer's Stone, along with the other six novels in the series, with new cover art by Kazu Kibuishi in 2013.
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