Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Film)

## Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

"*Journey beyond your imagination.*"
— Official tagline

***Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*** is a British-American fantasy film based on the first novel by Joke Trolling, released worldwide on 16 November, 2001. It is directed by Chris Columbus, written by Steve Kloves, and produced by David Heyman. The film starsDaniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Kayleigh Davidson, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Sean Biggerstaff, Warwick Davis, Julie Walters, Zoë Wanamaker, David Bradley, and Tom Felton.

For the American and Indian release, just as was done with the book, the studio retitled the film to ***Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone***.

## Plot

On the night of 1 November, 1981, celebrated wizard Albus Dumbledore (Richard Harris) and his deputy Minerva McGonagall (Maggie Smith) meet up on Privet Drive in the Surrey town Little Whinging and discuss the deaths of James and Lily Potter (Adrian Rawlins and Geraldine Somerville), whose one-year-old son Harry Potter (Saunders Triplets) is to be brought to them by their half-giant associate Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane). Sometime later, Hagrid arrives with the sleeping infant Harry on a flying motorcycle. As the three walk to the front lawn of 4 Privet Drive, McGonagall initially objects to Dumbledore leaving Harry with the Muggle (non-magical) family that lives there known as the Dursleys, as she sees them as the "worst sort of Muggles" after spying on them day by day in her Animagus form (a silver tabby cat). Dumbledore tells her that the Dursleys are the only living relatives Harry has left since his mother's sister Petunia (Fiona Shaw) is the only Dursley that had Lily's blood in her which ensured the protection of Harry and his family. After Dumbledore places Harry on the doorstep with a letter, he wishes him luck before he, McGonagall, and Hagrid depart.

Ten years pass and Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) lives as a household servant to the Dursleys, who treat him with hostility and tries to be a seemingly ordinary boy. His spoiled cousin, Dudley Dursley (Harry Melling) constantly bullies him. After inadvertently causing an accident on a family outing and receiving several unsolicited letters by owl, the family moves into a two-story hut on an island. When midnight strikes, a mysterious stranger breaks into the hut to the horror of the Dursleys. The stranger, who turns out to be Hagrid, meets Harry and informs him that he is a wizard. He gives Harry a cake for his eleventh birthday and his acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When Harry's uncle Vernon (Richard Griffiths) tries to prevent him from going, Harry and Hagrid chastise him and Petunia for lying to him all along. After Vernon insults Dumbledore, Hagrid threatens him and Petunia for their actions by cursing Dudley with a pigtail, much to Harry's joy.

By morning, Hagrid takes Harry to purchase school supplies from the hidden wizarding street, Diagon Alley. After Harry purchases his wand, Hagrid surprises him with an owl as a birthday present. They stay in the Leaky Cauldron wherein Hagrid tells Harry the reason behind him being famous in the wizarding world; when Harry was still a baby, one of the century's greatest dark wizards, Lord Voldemort, murdered his parents with the infamous Killing Curse, but his attack on Harry rebounded, leaving only a lightning-bolt scar on Harry's forehead and rendering Voldemort powerless. A few weeks later, Harry boards the Hogwarts Express via the concealed Platform 9 3/4 in King's Cross Station.

During the journey on the train, Harry meets Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), a boy from a large, but poor, pure-blood wizarding family, Felicity Black (Kayleigh Davidson), a girl who is being raised by her cousins, and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), a witch born to Muggle parents, who would all become Harry's lifelong best friends. 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 like Voldemort, Harry begs the Sorting Hat not to put him in Slytherin, so it instead puts him in Gryffindor, which is noted for being the house of braver witches and wizards like his parents, along with Ron, Flick and Hermione. Harry notices one professor, Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), the sinister Potions master and head of Slytherin House, giving him peculiar looks.

Harry begins learning wizardry and discovers more about his past and his parents. At the end of their first week at Hogwarts, Harry, Ron and Flick discover that Gringotts, the wizarding bank, was broken into and a vault that Harry and Hagrid visited had been the subject of the robbery. Harry discovers his talent for riding broomsticks and inadvertently makes Gryffindor's Quidditch Team (a sport in the wizarding world involving flying broomsticks) as a Seeker while defending another student, Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis), from Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), a Slytherin first year, later learning that his father was also on the team.

One night, Harry, Ron, Flick and Hermione encounter a giant three-headed dog named Fluffy belonging to Hagrid at the Forbidden Corridor on the Third Floor of the school. The team's keeper, Oliver Wood (Sean Biggerstaff), trains Harry and orients him of Quidditch.

After a Charms class with Professor Filius Flitwick (Warwick Davis), on Halloween, a frightened Quirinus Quirrell (Ian Hart) informs everyone that an escaped mountain troll has entered the castle. As the houses are led back to their Common Rooms, Harry, Ron and Flick fight the troll and incapacitate it to save Hermione.

At Harry's first Quidditch match, Harry's broom becomes possessed, nearly knocking him off. Hermione sees Snape staring at Harry and mouthing words, making her believe that Snape has caused the broom to misbehave with a dark curse. Hoping to save Harry, Hermione sets Snape's robes on fire, distracting him and others and allowing Harry to survive and make Gryffindor win the match. Later Hagrid lets slip to the quartet a name when confronted about his knowledge of Fluffy, Nicolas Flamel.

At Christmas, Harry receives an Invisibility Cloak, once belonging to his father, which renders its wearer invisible. Harry uses it to explore the Restricted Section in the library to research information on Nicolas Flamel, but finds a screaming book. Harry discovers a magical mirror which shows him a vision of his deceased parents. Dumbledore encounters Harry looking at the mirror and tells him that it is the Mirror of Erised, which shows a desire of one's heart and how it could not help much when people wasted their lives after being driven mad by it. He then moves the mirror and advises Harry against searching for it again.

When term resumes, the quarter assume that someone is trying to get past the dog. Eventually, Harry learns that Nicolas Flamel is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone, which produces the Elixir of Life which will make the drinker immortal. Hermione discovers that the dog is guarding the stone itself. Harry concludes that Snape is trying to obtain the stone.

That night, the quarter visit Hagrid's hut to get more information. There they discover a dragon egg which hatches a Norwegian Ridgeback, that Hagrid names Norbert. The four convince Hagrid to let Norbert go live with other dragons of his kind in Romania but are caught by Draco. On their way back to the Common Room, they are confronted by McGonagall, who takes them and Draco to the transfiguration classroom. After McGonagall reprimands them for their actions, the five are given detention with Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest.

At the forest, everyone splits up to find a dead unicorn, Harry, Flick and Draco encounter a hooded figure drinking a unicorn's blood for its healing properties. While Draco flees in fear with Fang in tow, the hooded figure then attempts to attack Harry and Flick, only to be scared off by an arriving centaur named Firenze, a close friend of Hagrid's. Harry concludes that the hooded figure was a weakened 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, the quartet conclude that Snape was the man in the pub and attempt to warn Dumbledore. Upon learning that he is away on business, they conclude that Snape will attempt to steal the stone that night and resolve to find the stone before Snape does.

The quartet, after bypassing Fluffy, face a series of obstacles: surviving a deadly plant, flying past hundreds of flying keys, winning a violent, life-sized chess match, and taking down a mountain troll. However, Ron is nearly killed in the chess match and Flick is badly injured by the troll. Hermione stays with them as Harry goes on ahead alone.

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, tried to kill Harry in the Quidditch match and that Snape has been protecting Harry all along while trying to stop Quirrell. 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 a weakened 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. Voldemort tries to convince Harry to give him the stone by pledging to bring his parents back from the dead, but Harry refuses. Quirrell then tries to kill him but Harry's touch prevents him from hurting him and causes him to turn to dust and die. 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. Professor Dumbledore explains that the stone has been destroyed and that Hermione, Flick 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. Harry soon exits the hospital wing and is reunited with Ron, Flick and Hermione, with Ron once again brought back to consciousness. During the end-of-year feast, Gryffindor has 262 House points, Hufflepuff 352, Ravenclaw 426 and Slytherin 472. The Gryffindors are upset, but then Dumbledore interrupts and announces that recent events must be taken into account and has a few last minute points to award. First, fifty points to Hermione for cool use of intellect while others are in peril, fifty points to Ron for the best played game of chess that Hogwarts has seen for many years, fifty points to Flick for leadership and keeping a cool head in times of great danger, sixty points to Harry for pure nerve and outstanding courage, and ten points to Neville for the bravery of standing up to his friends. These last-minute points win Gryffindor the House Cup, and all the Gryffindors celebrate their victory. Before Harry and the rest of the students leave for the summer, Harry realises that while every other student is going home, Hogwarts is truly his home.

## Cast

### The Quartet

* **Daniel Radcliffe** as **Harry Potter**
* **Rupert Grint** as **Ron Weasley**
* **Kayleigh Davidson** as **Felicity Black**
* **Emma Watson** as **Hermione Granger**

### Hogwarts Staff

* **Robbie Coltrane** as **Rubeus Hagrid**
* **Richard Harris** as **Albus Dumbledore**
* **Ian Hart** as **Quirinus Quirrell**
* **John Cleese** as **Nearly Headless Nick**
* **Maggie Smith** as **Minerva McGonagall**
* **Alan Rickman** as **Severus Snape**
* **Zoë Wanamaker** as **Rolanda Hooch**
* **Warwick Davis** as **Filius Flitwick**
* **David Bradley** as **Argus Filch**

### Other Hogwarts Denizens

* **Nina Young** as **The Grey Lady**
* **Simon Fisher-Becker** as **the Fat Friar**
* **Terence Bayler** as **the Bloody Baron**
* **Leslie Phillips** as **the voice of The Sorting Hat**
* **Elizabeth Spriggs** as **the Fat Lady**
* **Rik Mayall** as **Peeves the Poltergeist** (cut from the film) **(uncredited)**
* **Adam Alderman** as **Ghost (uncredited)**
* **Paul Marc Davis** as **Lord Draben (Ghost of Cavalier) (uncredited)**

### Lord Voldemort, His Death Eaters and Followers

* **Richard Bremmer** as **Lord Voldemort (flashback)**
* **Ian Hart** as **Lord Voldemort (voice)**

### Hogwarts Students

#### Gryffindor

* **Matthew Lewis** as **Neville Longbottom**
* **James Phelps** as **Fred Weasley**
* **Oliver Phelps** as **George Weasley**
* **Alfie Enoch** as **Dean Thomas**
* **Devon Murray** as **Seamus Finnigan**
* **Leilah Sutherland** as **Alicia Spinnet**
* **Danielle Tabor** as **Angelina Johnson**
* **Emily Dale** as **Katie Bell**
* **Luke Youngblood** as **Lee Jordan**
* **Sean Biggerstaff** as **Oliver Wood**
* **Chris Rankin** as **Percy Weasley**
* **Julianne Hough** as **Gryffindor Girl (uncredited)**

#### Hufflepuff

* **Eleanor Columbus** as **Susan Bones**
* **Louisa Worley** as **Unknown Hufflepuff (uncredited)**

### =Ravenclaw

* **Christina Petrou** as **Amanda (uncredited)**
* **Kevin Lee Yi** as **Terry Boot (uncredited)**
* **Unknown** as **Ravenclaw Prefect (uncredited)**
* **Derek Hough** as **Ravenclaw Student (uncredited)**

#### Slytherin

* **Tom Felton** as **Draco Malfoy**
* **Jamie Waylett** as **Vincent Crabbe**
* **Josh Herdman** as **Gregory Goyle**
* **Jamie Yeates** as **Marcus Flint**
* **Scot Fearn** as **Adrian Pucey**
* **Will Theakston** as **Terence Higgs**
* **Katherine Nicholson** as **Pansy Parkinson**
* **Amy Puglia** as **Miles Bletchley** (uncredited)

#### Unknown House

* **Christina Petrou** as **a First year student (uncredited)**
* **Dani Harmer** as **Hogwarts Schoolgirl** (uncredited)
* **Holly Ann Filtness** as **Schoolgirl (uncredited)**
* **Will Howes** as **Hogwarts Student** (uncredited)
* **Oliver Lavery-Farag** as **Hogwarts Student** (uncredited)
* **Cath Peakin** as **Hogwarts Student** (uncredited)
* **Bianca Sowerby** as **Hogwarts Student** (uncredited)
* **Bernadette Jane Vanderkar** as **Hogwarts Student** (uncredited)
* **Amelia Adams-Pearce** as **Student (uncredited)**
* **Christina Cartwright** as **Student/Extra (uncredited)**
* **Katie Amber Duff** as **Hogwarts Student** (uncredited)
* **Marc Hendrey** as **Schoolboy (uncredited)**
* **Maude Hirst** as **School Pupil (uncredited)**
* **Jasmin Walia** as **School Child (uncredited)**
* **Adam John Blendick** as **Hogwarts Student (uncredited)**
* **Darren Tough** as **Hogwarts Schoolboy** (uncredited)
* **Stefan Pejic** as Student (uncredited)

### Wizarding world-related

* **Julie Walters** as **Molly Weasley**
* **David Brett** as **Dedalus Diggle**
* **John Hurt** as **Garrick Ollivander**
* **Derek Deadman** as **Tom**
* **Bonnie Wright** as **Ginny Weasley**
* **Jean Southern** as **Food trolley lady**
* **Ben Borowiecki** as **Angus (Diagon Alley boy)**
* **Unknown actress as Doris Crockford (uncredited)**
* **Leila Hoffman** as **Augusta Longbottom (uncredited)**
* **Unknown actor** as **Elderly visitor at Leaky Cauldron (uncredited)**
* **Alexander Watson** as **Extra (uncredited)**
* **Paul Bannon** as **Train Porter (uncredited)**
* **Lucy Elworthy** as **Voice Over (uncredited)**
* **Samantha King** as **Girl (uncredited)**
* **Jenny Luard** as **Extra (uncredited)**
* **Niall Phillips** as **Young Boy (uncredited)**
* **Dominic Smith as Phillip (uncredited)**
* **Natasha-Maria Smith** as **Supporting Artist (uncredited)**
* **Laurence Estrin** as **Extra (uncredited)**
* **Kay Hayes** as **Background Artist (uncredited)**
* **Nakesha Hurst** as **Extra (uncredited)**
* **Deena Noley** as **Extra (uncredited)**
* **Kristen Vanders** as **Extra (uncredited)**
* **Henry Allan as Extra (uncredited)**
* **Amanda Duerre Lotus** as **Girl (uncredited)**
* **Natty Anastasia Selfe as Extra (uncredited)**
* **Matthew Entwhistle as Extra (uncredited)**
* **Gary Wronecki as Wizard (uncredited)**
* **Annaleise Vertannes as Extra (uncredited)**

### Ghosts, spectres, photos or flashback performance

* **Adrian Rawlins** as **James Potter**
* **Geraldine Somerville** as **Lily Potter**
* **Richard Bremmer** as **He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named**
* **Saunders Triplets** as **Baby Harry Potter**

### Muggles

* **Richard Griffiths** as **Vernon Dursley**
* **Fiona Shaw** as **Petunia Dursley**
* **Harry Melling** as **Dudley Dursley**
* **Harry Taylor** as **King's Cross Station Guard**
* **Kieri Kennedy** as **Child in zoo** (uncredited)

### Magical creatures

* **Verne Troyer** as **Griphook**
* **Warwick Davis** as **Goblin At Desk** and **the voice of Griphook**
* **Rusty Goffe** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Alan Bennett** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Sarah Bennett** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Peter Burroughs** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Adam Alderman** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Mike Edmonds** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Lisa Osmond** as **Goblin Banker (uncredited)**
* **Paul Grant** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Katie Purvis** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Kiran Shah** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Ray Griffiths** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Franky Mwangi** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Jo Osmond** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Degsey Dee** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Aimlee Dixon** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Melanie Dixon** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Mark Lisle** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Pete Mandell** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **John Phillip Matthews** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Jenny O'Sullivan** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Nicholas Read** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Gerald Staddon** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **David Vears** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Jimmy Vee** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Scott English** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Darren Horan** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Mark Sealey** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Aimee Holden** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Andy Herd** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Martin Henderson** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Karen Anderson** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Phil Holden** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Nathan Phillips** as **Goblin (uncredited)**
* **Ray Fearon** as **Firenze**

### Animals

* **Hugo**, **Bully**, **Bella**, and **Vito** as **Fang (uncredited)**
* **Gizmo**, **Ook**, **Kasper**, **Oops**, **Oh Oh**, **Swoops**, **Elmo**, **Bandit** and **Sprout** as **Hedwig (uncredited)**
* **Maximus**, **Alanis** and **Cornilus** as **Mrs Norris (uncredited)**
* **Mrs P. Head** as **McGonagall's Animagus form (uncredited)**
* **Dex** and **11 unknown rats** as **Scabbers (uncredited)**
* **4 unknown toads** as **Trevor (uncredited)**
* **Many unknown owls** as **Owls (uncredited)**

## Character Omissions

* Peeves (cut from final edit)
* Irma Pince
* Surrey Milkman
* Rowboat Owner (appears in concept artwork only)
* Owner of the Railview Hotel
* Keeper of the Reptile House
* Ted
* Jim McGuffin
* Piers Polkiss
* Mrs Polkiss
* Lavender Brown
* Justin Finch-Fletchley
* Hannah Abbott
* Parvati Patil (mentioned only)
* Mandy Brocklehurst (possibly)
* Charlie Weasley's Colleagues
* Ronan
* Bane
* Madam Malkin (name appears on sign)
* Cuthbert Binns
* Poppy Pomfrey
* Mr Evans (mentioned only)
* Mrs Evans (mentioned only)
* Mr Potter
* Mrs Potter
* Charlotte Potter

## Differences From the Book

### 1. The Boy Who Lived

* The film begins with Harry's arrival at Privet Drive. As a result, everything that precedes this point in the book is omitted in the film, which includes:
	+ Vernon Dursley's day at Grunnings and his encounter with the wizards during his lunch break on the day before Harry arrived.
	+ Vernon Dursley noticing Minerva McGonagall in her Animagus form earlier in the day, thinking she was reading a map.
	+ The existence of Ted and Jim McGuffin.
* At the start of the novel, Minerva McGonagall in her Animagus form had been observing Vernon Dursley prior to her meeting with Dumbledore and Hagrid. While this scene was omitted from the film, it was referenced when McGonagall voiced her objections in leaving Harry in the Dursley's case when she said she had "watched them all day."
* In the film, when Albus Dumbledore leaves Harry Potter on the doorstep of the Dursleys' house, he says, "Good luck, Harry Potter." In the book, he just says, "Good luck, Harry." This is likely because of the aforementioned omissions.

### 2. The Vanishing Glass

* When Dudley counts the presents in the book, he says there are 36 and that is two less than last year, although Aunt Petunia then shows him the present has has missed out. In the film, it was Uncle Vernon who counted the presents, and while the count remains at 36, Dudley had 37 presents last year instead of 38.
* In the book, the Dursleys and Harry are accompanied to the zoo by Dudley's friend Piers Polkiss. He is omitted in the film.
	+ Due to Piers' omission, Vernon Dursley recognised that Harry was responsible for what happened to Dudley in the reptile house due to the smile on his face. In the book, Piers saw Harry talk to the snake and reported to Vernon after the incident.
* The Dursleys attempting to have Harry stay with Arabella Figg is omitted, as well as the mention of her having broken her leg and also the possibilities of Harry being watched by Vernon's sister, Marge who hates Harry and Petunia's friend, Yvonne who is on vacation in Majorca.
* In the book, before going to the zoo, Vernon tells Harry that if any funny stuff happens he will be in the cupboard from then until Christmas. In the film, Vernon tells Harry that if any funny business happens, he won't have any meals for a week (although this happens in the book after the zoo incident, when Vernon says to Harry to go to his cupboard and stay there with no meals).
* In the book, when the glass of the snake tank vanished, Dudley and Piers leapt backwards in horror and ran away as the snake escaped its captivity. In the film, when the glass vanished, Dudley fell into the tank and got trapped in there as the snake escaped.
* In the book, the glass of the snake tank remains vanished. In the film it returns, trapping Dudley in the tank.
	+ On a similar note, Vernon comes across as slightly angrier with Harry in the film to the extent of trying to violently interrogate him and then physically shoving the latter into the cupboard upon returning him due to deducing Harry's role in trapping Dudley.
* The Keeper of the reptile house who asks where the glass went is omitted from the film since the glass came back and trapped Dudley inside the tank.
* Harry states in the second film that the snake at the zoo was a python. The snake at the zoo is said to be from Burma. In the novel, it is a boa constrictor from Brazil, not a python from Burma. However, both the novel and the film reveal the snake was bred in captivity.
* In the book, the snake addressed Harry as "amigo" when thanking him for freeing it. In the film, the snake simply says "thanks."
* In the film, Vernon pulls Harry by the hair asking Harry what had happened: when Harry yells and explains, he is thrown into and locked in the cupboard by his uncle, who says to him through a small vent: "There's no such thing as magic!" This does not happen in the book, although Vernon orders Harry to remain in the cupboard with barely restrained rage.

### 3. The Letters From No One

* Dudley appears to know about Hogwarts, as he stares worriedly at Harry like his parents do. In the books, Dudley does not know about magic when Harry gets his letter.
* Harry does not get Dudley's second bedroom until the second film, with the latter film implying that the Dursley's supplied Harry with the room after his first year.
* The scene where Harry and the Dursleys go to a random hotel to get away from the letters was omitted from the film, so instead they went straight to the hut.
	+ Because of this, Dudley's line of "Daddy's gone mad, hasn't he?!" was moved to immediately after Uncle Vernon declares that they are going to move far enough away to ensure that the owls can't find them. In the book, Dudley says this line only after Vernon pauses driving long enough to do a glance around to see if any owls are following them on a bridge.
* The scene with Harry and the Dursleys using the rowboat of the toothless old man to get to the hut is omitted; therefore, the old man is also omitted from the film, but he appears in concept artwork only.

### The Keeper of the Keys

* In the book, when Hagrid first met Harry on the island he knew who he was right away, while in the film Hagrid initially mistook Dudley for Harry until Dudley corrected him.
* In the book, Vernon warns Dudley not to receive or eat anything that Hagrid gives him when he was making sausages for Harry. In the film, Vernon doesn't mention this to Dudley, as Dudley is later seen eating some of Harry's birthday cake, which Hagrid makes him stop by giving him the pig's tail.
* In the book, Hagrid grabs the gun and ties it into a knot. In the film he grabs the barrel of the gun and bends it upwards only. The film also has the gun discharging shortly afterward, something that never happens in the book.
* Harry's birthday cake is depicted differently in the book and film. The book reveals it as a round chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and has green icing which spells "Happy Birthday Harry" while the film depicts it also as a round cake having the same green icing but with the "*birthday*" spelled as "*birthdae*" and the frosting being pink. The cake's flavour is also not mentioned, although it is possibly a chocolate cake frosted in strawberry, hence the pink colour.
* In the book, Harry does not say "Thank you" to Hagrid when he gives him the cake, but in the film, he does.
* In the book, Hagrid immediately curses Dudley into getting a pig's tail when he is angered by Uncle Vernon insulting Dumbledore and threatens him. In the film, while he also angrily threatens Vernon for insulting Dumbledore, Hagrid only curses Dudley after noticing him devouring Harry's cake without his (Harry's) consent.
* Hagrid never tells Harry about his being expelled from Hogwarts in the film.

### 5. Diagon Alley

* Hagrid tells Harry about the death of his parents while he is still with the Dursleys on the island in the sea in the book. However in the film, Harry asks about this at the Leaky Cauldron, and it is here that Hagrid tells Harry about his parents.
* In the film, Hagrid does not tell Harry that he was expelled from Hogwarts but allowed to remain as gamekeeper at the school, while he does in the book; this would not be revealed until the next film.
* This scene is also the first time Voldemort is mentioned, while in the book he is mentioned by Dumbledore and McGonagall at the beginning (though he is referenced with talk about rumours).
* In the book, Quirrell does not have his turban until after his failed attempt to steal the Philosopher's Stone from Gringotts. In the film, however, Quirrell has his turban before the robbery. This change is indicated by the fact that he shakes Harry's hand at the Leaky Cauldron in the novel, but does not wish to in the film. However, not wanting to shake Harry's hand cannot be due to Voldemort sharing Quirrell's body, because as Quirrell dies, he does not understand what is happening to him (he yells, "What is this magic?!").
* In the novel, when Harry buys his wand, Hagrid is with him. But in the film, Hagrid is not present, having gone to buy Hedwig. Also, in the novel Harry is with Hagrid when he buys Hedwig, before going to Ollivanders.
* In the book, Harry names Hedwig from a History of Magic book. In the film, it is not mentioned where the name was chosen from. Hedwig's name isn't even mentioned in the film.
* In the novel, when Harry buys his wand, he tried many wands before Ollivander thought of the holly wand, but in the film he only tried two wands before Ollivander thought of the right wand. Also in the novel, when Harry waved the wands, they didn't do anything, but in the film when he waved the wands, they blew papers and boxes off the shelves and broke a vase.
* Madam Malkin is omitted despite her name appearing on a sign.
* In the book Harry first met Draco Malfoy in Diagon Alley while shopping and later learned who he was on the Hogwarts Express, where Harry chose not to befriend him after Draco insulted Ron Weasley. In the film, both these events occur at Hogwarts before the Sorting.
* In the book Harry first hears about Quidditch from Draco Malfoy while in Diagon Alley before Hagrid explains what it is after Harry met up with him. In the film this was instead moved to Hogwarts during Harry's first flying lesson after Madam Hooch mentions it when she has to take Neville Longbottom to the hospital wing.
* In the book, following his trip to Diagon Alley, Harry spends another month with the Dursleys with Vernon driving him to the train station on the day of his departure. In the film, there is no indication of Harry returning to the Dursleys and instead seems to go straight from Diagon Alley to the train station with Hagrid.

### 6. The Journey From Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

* In the book Harry first learns about the connection between Dumbledore and Flamel on the back of his chocolate frogs card. In the film, it is Hermione who comes across the name in a book she picked up for "light reading." In a deleted scene, however, you see Harry finding the name on a chocolate frog card after which the quartet run off to the library, so it only appears as a "mistake."
* In the book, Neville comes into the compartment where Harry, Ron and Flick are sitting asking if they have seen his toad, which was omitted. Later Hermione shows up again with Neville asking the same question. In the film, Hermione shows up by herself asking if anyone has seen a toad, and that a boy named Neville has lost one.

### 7. The Sorting Hat

* In the book, before the sorting begins, the Sorting Hat sings a song, but this does not happen in the film.
* Sorting was done alphabetically in the novel, and out of order in the film. Also, only Hermione, Draco, Flick, Susan Bones, Ron and Harry are seen to be sorted in the film, although presumably the others were sorted after Harry, even though this is not shown.
* The Sorting was done by saying the students' last name and then their first name after in the book, while in the film the names are said the opposite of how they're said in the book, with their first name then their last name.
* In the book, it appears that only the person wearing the Sorting Hat can hear its deliberations with any discussion between the hat and wearing occurring non-verbally. In the film, everything the hat says is spoken out loud, and Harry whispers his desire not to be sorted into Slytherin instead of simply thinking it.
* In the novel, after the sorting, Dumbledore stands to say a few words and comically utters a few random words at which point supper begins. This is omitted in the film, with Dumbledore giving the start of term notices instead.
* Harry learns that only Slytherin go bad from Hagrid in Diagon Alley. In the film, he learns it from Ron during the Sorting ceremony.
* In the book Seamus Finnigan asks Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington why he is called Nearly Headless Nick, while in the film Hermione is the one who asks this question instead.
* In the book Percy Weasley wears glasses but throughout the film he is seen without them.
* The character Peeves is omitted, although a scene was filmed for him, but ended up being cut. Peeves never appeared in any of the films (nor was he even mentioned).

### 8. The Potions Master

* In the book, Harry and his friends attend Charms class at some point before Potions, but in the film, they attend it much later.
* In Potions, when Harry is unable to answer Snape's questions, he says that Hermione shout try and answer instead, he takes 1 point from Gryffindor and then he loses another point for not telling Neville not to put quills into his cauldron during potion-brewing. In the film, this scene appeared as a deleted scene with Snape coming down to sit in front of Harry giving him the answers, then takes 5 points from Gryffindor for Harry's cheek and the scene with potion-brewing is completely omitted from the film and this deleted scene.

### 9. The Midnight Duel

* In the novel, during the Flying Lesson after Neville breaks his wrist, Draco Malfoy says he might leave Neville's Remembrall in a tree for him to find, but in the film he suggests to leave it on the roof.
* There is a moment added in this scene of the film that never happened in the book: while everyone is constantly repeating "Up!" to get their brooms into their hands, Ron's flies up a little too fast and hits him in the face.
* In the novel, when Professor McGonagall arrives to take Harry, she looks frustrated and Flick and Ron try to explain what happened, but in the film, McGonagall is calm and calls Harry by his name and then asks him to follow her.
* When McGonagall takes Harry inside to make him a Seeker, Oliver Wood is attending Charms with Professor Flitwick, but in the film, he is having Defence Against the Dark Arts with Professor Quirrell.
* In the film, McGonagall tells Wood she has found him a Seeker outside Quirrell's classroom, but in the novel, she takes Oliver and Harry to an empty classroom where they find Peeves writing rude words on a blackboard.
* In the novel, McGonagall mentioned to Harry in front of Oliver Wood that James Potter was a Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch Team when he was at Hogwarts, while in the film, Hermione escorts him (and Ron and Flick) to a trophy window where Harry sees his father's name on a trophy badge saying that he was a Seeker.
* The scene where Malfoy challenged Harry to a duel, but had actually tricked him by tipping off Filch was omitted. Instead, Harry, Ron, Flick and Hermione see Fluffy in the Forbidden Corridor after their escape from Filch and Mrs Norris when accidentally entering the third floor. In the book, Neville was also with them when first meeting Fluffy.

### 10. Halloween

* In the book, Harry's first Quidditch training session takes place at 7pm, but in the film, it starts at daytime at an unknown period. The time is unknown because the scene where Harry receives the message along with the Nimbus 2000 is cut from the film.
* In the film, when Oliver Wood was explaining the rules of Quidditch to Harry, Wood said "You catch [the Golden Snitch], Potter, and we win." However this is inaccurate because catching the Snitch only awards 150 points and if the opposing team is leading by more than 150 points, the team that caught the Snitch will lose (the odds of this happening are very low). In the book, however, Wood said, "Whichever Seeker catches the Snitch wins his team an extra hundred and fifty points, so they nearly always win" which explains it more because he said "nearly always win," not "we win."
* In the book Harry receives his broom before his first training session with Oliver Wood and before his encounter with the troll but in the film, he receives his broom after these two events occur. Due to this difference, Harry flies the Nimbus 2000 in the book during training, but in the film, he doesn't have the Nimbus 2000 or any other broom and therefore doesn't fly.
* Due to Peeves' omission from the film, Ron suggests that people are playing jokes since he states that a troll couldn't get in on its own because they're really stupid. In the book, Ron has the feeling that it could've been Peeves who let the troll in for a Halloween prank.
* During the feast, the students, having heard Quirrell's frightening complains of the troll, panic as they try to flee the Great Hall and Dumbledore silences them. The way Dumbledore silences and calms the students is different; the book depicts him drawing his wand and conjuring a spell of loud, deafening purple fireworks to frighten the students into calming down whereas the film shows him yelling out "*Silence!*" and advising everybody not to panic before adding that prefects will lead their houses to the dormitories while he will investigate the dungeons with the teachers.
* In the book, when Hermione is crying in the bathroom and Professor Quirrell announces that there is a troll in the dungeon, Harry, Ron and Flick go to find her and see the troll going into a room (Flick panics when she sees the room it goes into and is unable to speak while the boys do not realise it's the bathroom) and lock the door thinking they've locked the troll in some random room until they hear Hermione screaming and realise they've locked the troll in with her in the bathroom. In the film Harry, Ron and Flick see the troll's shadow emerging, they hide and watch the troll go into a room, and Flick says, "It's going into the girls' bathroom!" and they go in to save Hermione.
* In the book, when Ron tries to levitate his feather in Charms and is doing it incorrectly, Hermione tells him to make the *gar* nice and long, while in the film, she tells him the pronunciation is *Leviosa* not *Leviosar*.
* Also in the film, when Ron doesn't do the incantation correctly, he waves his wand up and down very quickly, when Hermione tells him to stop because he's going to take someone's eye out. This dialogue did not appear in the book.
* In the film, Seamus Finnigan's feather blows up while in Charms, and later, his cup of water blows up while he is trying to turn it into rum. The act of Seamus' works blowing up on him would become a insensitive recurring joke throughout the film series.
* Harry discovering Snape's wound on his leg occurs immediately after they dispatches the troll while McGonagall docked and rewarded 5 points to Hermione and Harry/Ron/Flick, respectively for letting the troll in (as Hermione took the heat for it to avoid getting them into trouble) and the "dumb luck" of disabling the troll, respectively, due to Snape being present and forgetting to cover up the wound. In the book, it occurred well afterwards when Harry stumbled upon it by accident while Snape was showing it to Filch.
	+ In addition, Snape compliments Harry on his flying skills the next day and even implies that he's considering rooting for Harry to do well in the match despite his favouritism towards Slytherin, something he does not do in the book.

### 11. Quidditch

* The scene with Harry in possession of the book *Quidditch Through the Ages* outside school and Snape takes it and deducts 5 points from Gryffindor is omitted. This also omits the scene where Harry tries to get the book back and Snape is showing his leg to Filch.
* In the book during the Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match, Gryffindor's score is 20 and Slytherin's is 60 until Harry wins 150 points for catching the Golden Snitch. In the film, both Gryffindor and Slytherin were tied with 20 until Harry caught the Snitch which also resulted in Harry winning 150 points.
* In the book, when Hermione tries to stop Snape from jinxing Harry's broom (when it is really Quirrell), she accidentally knocks Quirrell over as she runs by him. In the film, when the other wizards near Snape see that he is on fire, one of them shoves Quirrell to the ground, breaking his eye contact.
	+ In the boom, Hermione uses Bluebell Flames to set Snape's robes alight, whereas in the film she uses *Lacarnum Inflamari*, with orange flames.
	+ In the film, after he was informed, Snape moves around to put out the fire. In the book, once Snape noticed and started moving, Hermione secretly moved the blue flame to a jar so Snape would not know the truth of what happened to conceal her involvement.
* In the book, Hagrid says that he bought Fluffy from a "Greek chappie" while in the film, Hagrid says that he bought Fluffy from an "Irish feller."

### 12. The Mirror of Erised

* Irma Pince is omitted.
* Fred and George Weasley having bewitched several snowballs to follow Quirrell around and then to hit him on the back of the head (and into Voldemort's face) is omitted.
* Draco Malfoy insulting Ron's family, his poverty and Hagrid's hut in front of him is omitted.
* In the book, Harry receives a wooden flute from Hagrid, a fifty pence piece from his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia, a jumper from Molly Weasley, a large pack of cauldron cakes from Flick, a large pack of Chocolate Frogs from Hermione and the Invisibility Cloak from Dumbledore. In the film, Harry only receives the Cloak, but the jumper appears in a deleted scene.
* In the book, after Harry tries on the Invisibility Cloak, he reads the message that came with the package, but in the film, Harry reads the message before trying the cloak on.
* Also, in the film, the last line of the Christmas note ("A Very Merry Christmas to you") is omitted.
* In the book, Harry sees his parents and his grandparents in the Mirror of Erised, but this was changed in the film to where Harry just sees his parents. However, the scene where Harry sits in front of the mirror when Dumbledore catches him implies that he also sees his grandparents as the camera only shows the rear part of the mirror's frame.
* Harry sees the Mirror of Erised thrice on Christmas instead of three days like in the book. But the part where Harry didn't feel like having fun appeared in a deleted scene.

### 13. Nicolas Flamel

* The Hufflepuff-Gryffindor Quidditch match, where Snape is the referee, is omitted in the film. This is where after the victory against Hufflepuff, Harry sees a hooded figure rush off into the forest as he is about to put away his Nimbus 2000 in the broomshed and hops back on his broom to follow them into the forest, encountering Snape and Quirrell and overhearing their conversation. Instead in the film, Harry hears Snape talking to Quirrell in a corridor near the library before stumbling upon the Mirror of Erised.
	+ Also due to this change, in the film Filch interrupts Snape and Quirrell's conversation by stating there was a student out of bed due to having Harry's lamp. In the book however after Harry dropped the lamp while in the library's Restricted Section, Filch went to get Snape just as Harry is sneaking into the room where the Mirror of Erised is stored to hide.
* Since the Quidditch match was omitted, the part of Ron and Neville getting into a fistfight with Draco, Crabbe and Goyle in the stands during the game is also omitted.
* In the film, Harry, Ron, Flick and Hermione discover the link to Nicolas Flamel and the stone through a book, rather than Albus Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog Card, although a deleted scene shows them discovering the connection through a chocolate frog card, but it was switched when edited.
* In the book, Nicolas Flamel's name is spelled Nicolas. In the film, an "H" is added spelling it "Nicholas Flamel."
* In the film, when Harry, Ron, Flick and Hermione are reading the information about the Philosopher's Stone, Nicolas' wife Perenelle is not mentioned and another fact that isn't mentioned is about Nicolas and Perenelle enjoying a quiet life in Devon.

### 14. Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback

* The part where the dragon Norbert is sent to Charlie Weasley is omitted. Instead, Hagrid later revealed to the Quartet that Dumbledore sent him to Romania (whether to Charlie or not is not revealed, although it is mentioned in the film that Charlie works with dragons in Romania).
* In the book, when Harry, Flick and Hermione get detention, it is because they left the invisibility cloak in the Astronomy Tower while sending Norbert to Charlie and were caught by Filch at the foot of the stairs. In the film, they get detention because Draco Malfoy saw them in Hagrid's hut past midnight (which is similar in the book, except that Draco did not inform McGonagall).
* In the book, Neville was also given detention for being out of bed because he was trying to warn Harry about Malfoy and was caught by Professor McGonagall.
* Ron is also with them in the film, while in the book he was recovering in the hospital wing after being bitten by Norbert. Therefore, in the film, Ron gets detention instead of Neville.

### 15. The Forbidden Forest

* In the film, McGonagall takes 50 points from Slytherin instead of 20. She says "'*50 points will be taken. Each.*" before saying "*All five of you will receive detention.*" Until she says that, Malfoy did not know that he would also be getting detention.
* In the book, Malfoy is caught by McGonagall before Filch catches Harry, Neville, Flick and Hermione. In the film, Harry, Ron, Flick and Hermione are caught by McGonagall after coming back from visiting Hagrid while Malfoy is already caught by McGonagall.
* In the book version, it is mentioned that the other Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs/Ravenclaws were very upset with the Quartet having lost a lot of points. This is not shown in the film (excluding Gryffindor's initial disappointment in having lost the House Cup at the end).
* Other than Ron serving detention in Neville's place for the film Harry is paired with Flick, Draco and Fang initially when the gang divides into two groups at the start of detention. In the book Harry is initially paired with Hagrid and Hermione when the group divides up, but after Draco pulls a nasty trick on Neville, Hagrid is forced to swap Harry and Neville between each group.
* Ronan and Bane are omitted from the film and Firenze is the only centaur who appears. Bane later appears in the *Order of the Phoenix* film, while this would be Firenze's only appearance in the films.
* In the book, Harry and Flick get a ride on Firenze's back and he escorts them back to Hagrid, Draco, Fang, Hermione and Neville. In the film, the ride is omitted and Draco and Fang return to the scene of the crime with Hagrid, Ron and Hermione to find Harry, Flick, Firenze and the dead unicorn.
* In the scene after the Forbidden Forest, Hermione says Voldemort's name. In the book, she refers to him as "You-Know-Who." This also creates a continuity error where she says Voldemort's name in the fifth film as if she has never said it before.

### 16. Through the Trapdoor

* In the book, when the quartet tell McGonagall they have to see Dumbledore, Harry almost says that Snape is going to try and steal the Stone, but then corrects himself and says someone, but in the film, Harry just says that someone is going to try and steal it.
* Due to Peeves' omission from the film, the scene where Harry manages to drive him away by impersonating the Bloody Baron while under the Invisibility Cloak with Ron, Flick and Hermione is omitted.
* Harry, Ron, Flick and Hermione never have the flute that would put Fluffy to sleep, as they do in the book. Instead the quartet enter the room under the Invisibility Cloak, spotting that there is a self-playing harp enchanted by Quirrell. Fluffy is asleep until the spell wears off. Also in the novel, the quartet find a harp under Fluffy's paw, but in the film the harp is standing up, playing, at a distance away from Fluffy instead of being under its paw.
* In the film, when the quartet fall into the Devil's Snare, Hermione, Flick and Harry escape by relaxing, and Hermione saves Ron with *Lumos Solem*. In the novel, Hermione and Flick were able to find a damp wall and free themselves before the plant had a firm grip on them. Hermione also frees both Harry and Ron with Bluebell Flames.
* Likewise, in the novel it is Hermione who panics during the incident with the Devil's Snare and Ron who has to snap her out of it. In the film, this is reversed - Ron panics and Hermione calms Ron down.
* In the book, Harry, Ron, Flick and Hermione each seize a broomstick and kick off into the air to chase the Winged Keys, while in the film, only Harry does, as there is only one broom. This could be a deliberate choice by the filmmakers to clearly show each of their skills (Hermione with knowledge, Harry being a Seeker, Ron with Chess, and Flick with duelling).
* In the book, the chess game depicts the pieces simply knocking each other out and dragging captured pieces off the edge of the board. In the film, the chess game was depicted with the pieces destroying each other (presumably to be fixed with Reparo at the end of the game).
* In the book, Harry, Ron, Flick and Hermione take the places of three chessmen. This is also similar in the film, except that Ron is seen to ride the knight.
* On the way to the Philosopher's Stone, each obstacle was created by a teacher. While probably the same case in the film, this wasn't directly acknowledge; in the film, Snape's Potion Riddle is omitted. Because of this omission, Hermione stays with Ron after Ron was injured in the chess match at McGonagall's room instead of travelling on with Harry and Flick, and when Flick is injured after fighting the troll she goes back while Harry moves on.

### 17. The Man With Two Faces

* In the book, Quirrell was aware that Hermione was the one who set Snape's robes on fire since he mentioned she had knocked him over during the Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match, but in the film, he doesn't appear to know as she was under the stands and another wizard had instead knocked Quirrell over.
* Quirrell does not mention Snape being at Hogwarts with Harry's father as students who loathed each other.
* In the book, Quirrell turns around so that Voldemort is facing Harry. In the film, however, Quirrell does not turn around, and Harry sees Voldemort's reflection in the Mirror of Erised instead.
* In the book, Quirrell snaps his fingers which causes ropes to appear out of thin air and wrap themselves around Harry. This is omitted from the film, and when Harry tries to escape Quirrell/Voldemort with the Stone in his pocket by running back up the stairs the way he came, Voldemort shouts "Stop him!" and Quirrell snaps his fingers which causes fire to appear all around the room so Harry can not escape.
* In the film, Harry's parents appear in the Mirror of Erised and Voldemort says he and Harry can bring them back if he gives Voldemort the Stone in return. This did not happen in the book, but instead Voldemort tells Harry that his mother needn't have died because she was trying to protect him and says that Harry should give him the Stone unless he would have wanted Lily to have died in vain.
	+ In the same scene, Voldemort directly tells Harry his philosophy on how it is only power and those too weak to seek it that truly exist, and not the concept of good and evil. This does not happen in the book, although Quirrell does relay this statement to Harry when explaining how he came to meet Voldemort.
* In the book, Voldemort kills Quirrell by leaving his head, causing him to die. In the film, Harry kills Quirrell by grabbing his face, causing him to turn to dust.
* In the book, when Harry touched Quirrell, Quirrell's skin blistered wherever Harry touched. In the film, when Harry touched his hand, Quirrell's hand turned to stone and crumbled. Also, when Harry grabbed his face, it made his whole body demolish and Voldemort escaped. This is what knocked Harry out.
* Poppy Pomfrey is omitted but there is an unknown nurse who appeared before Albus Dumbledore took a bite of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. The unknown nurse could be Poppy Pomfrey being played by an uncredited actress in a non-speaking part.
* Once again, Nicolas Flamel's wife Perenelle is not mentioned when Harry asked about Flamel dying.
* In the book, Harry reunites with Ron, Flick and Hermione in the hospital wing when they come to visit him, while in the film, he reunites with them when he finds them standing at the top of a staircase.
* In the book, Hagrid gives Harry a photo album of his family at the hospital while in the film version, he gives it to him at the end of term when about to board the Hogwarts Express.
* The moment when Flick sees her mother in Harry's photo album and realises that they are related is omitted. This causes a continuity error in *Goblet of Fire* when Flick is taken as Harry's hostage for being related to him but their family relation is never mentioned in the films.
* In the novel an epilogue shows Harry and his friends return to their families who are waiting for them including the Dursleys. In the film it is omitted.

### Character Physical Appearance

Some notable differences exist between key cast members of the film, compared to the way their characters are described in the books:

* Hermione is described as having bushy hair and prominent front teeth, while actress Emma Watson has normal sized teeth and her hair, though bushy in this film, isn't as bad as described in the book (and later films do away with bushy hairstyles altogether).
* Harry has green eyes, but actor Daniel Radcliffe, who has blue eyes, was unable to wear contact lenses, due to an allergic reaction. Harry is also described as having messy black hair, in the film his hair is very dark brown and not particularly messy.
* Ron is described as tall and lanky, while Fred and George are shorter. Actor Rupert Grint is not tall and lanky in this initial film, while two tall actors (James and Oliver Phelps) were cast for Fred and George are. Also, Ron is supposed to have blue eyes, but Rupert has green. Ron in the book is also described as having big hands and feet, as well as a long nose; actor Rupert Grint has a regular sized nose and hands. Ron is also described as having freckles, but Rupert Grint has clear skin.
* Flick is described as having grey eyes and a strong jaw, however actress Kayleigh Davidson has blue eyes and a round face. Flick is also described as having dark blonde hair but in the film it is light blonde.
* Petunia Dursley has blonde hair in the book, but the actress in the film has dark brown/black hair.
* Dudley Dursley is described to have blonde hair in the books, while the actor has brown hair.

The Blu-Ray edition of *Philosopher's Stone* includes commentary from director Chris Columbus that reveals that the final scene of the film -- where Harry, Hermione Flick and Ron depart on the *Hogwarts Express* - was the first scene shot. As such, some changes in Harry and Hermione's physical appearance can be seen. Emma Watson was initially fitted with prosthetic teeth to make her look more like the book version of Hermione, but this was abandoned as impractical after the first scene was shot. Columbus says editing made the buck teeth less obvious, but they are still visible during a brief bit of dialogue. Actor Radcliffe, meanwhile, was fitted with green contact lenses which are clearly visible in close-ups, but they weren't used after this first day of shooting because they irritated Radcliffe's eyes.

## Chapters

1. Doorstep Delivery
2. The Vanishing Glass
3. The Letters From No One
4. The Keeper of Keys
5. Diagon Alley
6. Gringotts
7. Ollivanders
8. The Boy Who Lived
9. Platform 9 3/4
10. Ron, Flick and Hermione
11. Welcome to Hogwarts
12. The Sorting Hat
13. Nick and Other Residents
14. Potions and Parcels
15. New Seeker
16. Three-headed Sentinel
17. Facts and Feathers
18. Mountain Troll
19. Quidditch
20. Interference Overcome
21. Christmas Gift
22. Cloaked in Darkness
23. The Mirror of Erised
24. Norbert
25. The Forbidden Forest
26. Up to Something
27. Through the Trapdoor
28. Wizard Chess
29. Sacrifice Play
30. The Man With Two Faces
31. The Magic Touch
32. The Mark of Love
33. House Cup Winner
34. Not Really Going Home
35. End Credits