Line #36 Trivia/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone


1	!!The Book
2	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: The American edition kept the line in about Harry wanting to buy as many Mars Bars as he could eat, even though this was referencing the European version (closer to what Americans call a Milky Way). However, at the time the book takes place ''and'' when it was printed, there was a candy bar called [[https://lerevdr.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/us-mars-bar.jpg?w=584 Mars]] available in the U.S.
3	* BreakthroughHit: Immediately after the release of this book, everyone knew about Creator/JKRowling.
4	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The book is known as ''Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers'' (roughly Harry Potter at Wizards' School) in French. Coincidentally, a similar title, ''Harry Potter and the School of Magic'', was suggested by the American publisher but rejected by Rowling before they settled on ''Sorcerer's Stone''.
5	* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/JKRowling regrets caving to Scholastic and letting them Americanize the book's title and text for the U.S. market. She made sure to assert herself and keep everything unchanged for the American releases of future instalments.
6	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shares a page with the film version [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone here]].
7	* WordOfGod: Due to the books' covers showing Harry with a scar in the middle of his forehead, most fans assumed this is where his scar was meant to be. However Creator/JKRowling insisted on having it on the side of his forehead, the books never specifying where exactly the scar was.
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9	!!The Film Adaptation
10	* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/JKRowling has said that she felt Creator/EmmaWatson was perfect for Hermione after speaking to her on the phone -- where in true Hermione fashion she spoke for sixty seconds without taking a breath. She's joked that if she had met Emma before and seen [[AdaptationalAttractiveness how pretty she was]], she may not have been cast.
11	* ActingForTwo: Ian Hart played Quirrell and provided the voice and motion capture for Voldemort. (Richard Bremmer was not the voice, he portrayed Voldemort in the flashback to the death of Harry's parents.)
12	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/HarryMelling absolutely loved playing Dudley, saying how much fun it was to play a shameless {{spoiled brat}}.
13	* BeamMeUpScotty: "Yer a wizard Harry" is only in the film. In the book, Hagrid says "Harry -- yer a wizard."
14	* CaliforniaDoubling:
15	** Hogwarts is meant to be located in Scotland, but with the exception of some background plates, the entire film was shot in England. This would continue for the rest of the series, with the notable exception of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', in which some exterior scenes were filmed on location in Scotland.
16	** They couldn't afford to build every room in Hogwarts at the studio because this was the first movie and everything was being created from scratch. Therefore, certain parts of Hogwarts are represented by real-life locations throughout England. In reality, the entrance hall and the library are in Oxford, the corridor outside the Gryffindor common room is in Gloucester Cathedral, [=McGonagall's=] classroom is in Durham Cathedral, various classrooms and hallways are in Lacock Abbey, Madam Hooch's flying lesson is at Alnwick Castle, and Flitwick's classroom is in Harrow School. Many of these locations recurred in the second movie, but from the third movie onwards, the Hogwarts interiors were mostly shot in the studio.
17	** Outside of Hogwarts, the Privet Drive exteriors are Picket Post Close in Berkshire, the Gringotts lobby is London's Australia House, and the Hogsmeade station is Goathland railway station. All three of these filming locations were used only in the first movie, and when the in-universe locations showed up in subsequent films, they were recreated at the studio.
18	** While the King's Cross scenes were filmed at the real King's Cross, platforms nine and ten in the film are actually platforms four and five in real life. This is because the real platforms nine and ten don't match the description in the book. Creator/JKRowling has admitted that she made an error and was thinking of Euston Station when she wrote the scene in the book. Production designer Creator/StuartCraig also cited the additional reason that shooting at platforms four and five allowed them to showcase the station's Victorian architecture whereas platforms nine and ten look more modern in reality.
19	* CreatorBacklash:
20	** Creator/ChrisColumbus expressed regret over the visual effects in the film, saying they weren't very good. When it came time to make ''Chamber of Secrets'', he made sure to film all of the scenes requiring effects first so the effects team would have more time to work on them. This is why the effects take such a leap in quality when you go from the first film to the second, despite them being made only a year apart and with similar budgets.
21	** Creator/RikMayall had this to say about being cut from the film:
22	--->The film, with respect...no, with no respect at all...the film was shit.
23	** Creator/RichardHarris only took the role of Dumbledore for his granddaughter and made it no secret he thought the whole thing was "made up crap."
24	** Creator/DanielRadcliffe, Creator/RupertGrint and Creator/EmmaWatson all have said they have a hard time watching themselves in this film (along with the second) as they feel their performances were not up to par with their work in the later films. Watson is particularly embarrassed over the fact that she can be seen mouthing the other actors' lines in a few shots.
25	* DeletedRole:
26	** Creator/RikMayall filmed several scenes as Peeves but they were all cut and he wasn't brought back for any other movies. He claimed that this was because he kept making the child actors laugh.
27	** Simon Fisher-Becker signed a four film deal to play the Hufflepuff ghost the Fat Friar. However he only appears in one scene in this film, and not in any others.
28	* DeletedScene:
29	** The DVD extras include seven deleted scenes, which are the same ones reincorporated by the extended edition. These include:
30	*** Dudley tries on his Smeltings uniform while Harry is told that he'll be going to "the state school where you belong."
31	*** Aunt Petunia finds Hogwarts letters inside of eggs.
32	*** Harry reads through his Hogwarts supply list while riding on the subway with Hagrid. Notably, this scene includes Hagrid mentioning that he'd like a dragon, a moment that receives an OrphanedReference in the theatrical cut.
33	*** An expanded version of the Potions class. In the theatrical cut, the scene ends when Snape says, "Clearly, fame isn't everything, is it, Mr. Potter?" The expanded version follows this up with Snape revealing the answers to his questions and taking five points from Gryffindor.
34	*** A brief scene of the trio after the troll incident, with Harry and Ron thanking Hermione for getting them out of trouble.
35	*** Ron warns Harry not to go back to the Mirror of Erised.
36	*** Neville suffers the effects of the Leg-Locker Curse, and Harry finds Nicolas Flamel's name on the back of Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog card. In the theatrical cut, we're led to believe that Hermione found the right book on her own.
37	** There are more deleted scenes than just these seven, however. Most notably, Creator/RikMayall filmed at least one scene as Peeves, which has never been publicly released.
38	* DescendedCreator: Defied. Creator/JKRowling was offered the role of Lily Potter, but she turned it down, and Geraldine Somerville played it.
39	-->"I really am not cut out to be an actress, even one who just has to stand there and wave. I would have messed it up somehow."
40	* DuellingMovies: The film came out one month before the movie version of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing''. Both managed to be massive box office successes and spawned a revered film saga with an enduring pop culture footprint, and the duel would be repeated twelve months later with their respective sequels to similar results.
41	* EnforcedMethodActing:
42	** The child actors did their actual school work while filming the Hogwarts scenes, to make the school setting appear that much more real.
43	** The final scene was actually the first scene filmed, and they gave Creator/DanielRadcliffe colored contact lens to match the description of Harry's green eyes in the books. They irritated him so much that they decided not to use them in any subsequent scenes. But for the scene in which they were used, they make it look like Harry is appropriately choked up about leaving Hogwarts.
44	* FakeBrit:
45	** Defied by Creator/JKRowling, who insisted all cast members be British or Irish. The exceptions are Eleanor Columbus's non-speaking role as Susan Bones (the first girl to get sorted), and Verne Troyer (Griphook) who was dubbed by Creator/WarwickDavis. Creator/ZoeWanamaker (Madame Hooch) was born in New York but raised in the UK as her father, actor Sam Wanamaker, fled the U.S. to escape UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist.
46	** There are a couple inter-British examples. Creator/RobbieColtrane was Scottish but played Hagrid with an English West Country accent. Conversely, the English Creator/MaggieSmith played [=McGonagall=] as a FakeScot.
47	* MissingTrailerScene:
48	** In the theatrical trailer, Dumbledore's welcome speech includes the line "no magic is to be used between the classes in the corridors".
49	** The theatrical trailer also features a deleted shot of Percy leading the first years down a corridor, most likely part of the deleted Peeves scene.
50	** Numerous TV spots feature a shot of Hermione saying, "He's rather disagreeable, isn't he?" This line would have been said in reference to Draco Malfoy, right after Harry rejects his handshake.
51	** One TV spot shows Dumbledore saying, "and most importantly of all," presumably another deleted snippet from his welcome speech.
52	* MoneyDearBoy: As mentioned above Rik Mayall thought the finished film was "shit" and didn't care that he was completely cut out as he'd already been paid.
53	* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: There are two moments where one of the kids is silently mouthing the lines of a speaking co-star. During the jinxed broom sequence in the Quidditch match, Creator/RupertGrint is mouthing "He's jinxing the broom!" when Creator/EmmaWatson says the line, and when the kids are going to Hagrid's hut during the day towards the third act of the movie, Watson is mouthing all of Creator/DanielRadcliffe's exposition as they walk side-by-side.
54	* OrphanedReference:
55	** At the start of the novel, [=McGonagall=] in her Animagus form is noted to have been observing Vernon Dursley prior to her meeting with Dumbledore and Hagrid. While the scene is omitted from the film, it's still referenced when [=McGonagall=] voices her objections in leaving Harry in the Dursley's care when she says she had "watched them all day".
56	** After the dragon hatches, Harry mentions that Hagrid had said he wanted a dragon "more than anything" when they first met. This references a scene from the book, which had been filmed but was ultimately cut. The scene is restored in the extended cut.
57	* TheOtherMarty: Well, more like the "Other Locomotive", but British Railways 34027 ''Taw Valley'', a ''West Country'' class locomotive, was replaced as the ''Hogwarts Express'' by the Great Western Railway's 5972 ''Olton Hall'' when Chris Columbus felt the former engine looked too modern.
58	* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Creator/JKRowling has also denied the story that she turned down Creator/StevenSpielberg's offer to direct the film, because he wanted it to be animated and have Creator/HaleyJoelOsment voice Harry. It was actually Alan Horn, president of Creator/WarnerBros that vetoed this, and that was just the idea of making the films animated and combining several books into one. Spielberg still did five months of pre-production before stepping down because he didn't feel connected to the material. No one wanted Creator/HaleyJoelOsment as the voice of Harry either, or at least no one was pushing for him in the role. He had just expressed interest in playing Harry.
59	* RealLifeRelative: Susan Bones is played by the director's daughter, Eleanor Columbus. Another of his daughters, Violet Columbus, appears in a moving portrait as a girl holding a bouquet of flowers. Creator/TomFelton's grandfather, Nigel Anstey, is the bearded man seated next to Lee Jordan during the Quidditch match.
60	* SleeperHit: 19 years after its initial release, it finally crossed the billion mark in the summer of 2020 after a release in China, which still banned most Western movies in 2001. The country has become the second biggest market for the franchise in the ensuing year whereas it was Japan during initial release.
61	* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Creator/RichardHarris was unsure about taking the part of Dumbledore, fearing his health would mean he wouldn't be around for seven movies. His granddaughter threatened to never speak to him again if he turned it down, so he signed on anyway. Sadly, he did indeed pass away after filming the second movie.
62	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shares a page with the book version [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone here]].
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64	!!The Video Game
65	* ActingForTwo:
66	** Joe Sowerbutts voices both Harry and Draco.
67	** Gregg Chillin voices Ron, the Weasley twins, and Lee Jordan.
68	** David de Keyser voices Dumbledore, Quirrell, and Voldemort.
69	** Ève Karpf voices [=McGonagall=], Hooch, and Sprout.
70	** Creator/AllanCorduner voices Snape, Flitwick, and Filch.
71	* DummiedOut:
72	** The first PC game was to feature a spell [Flintifors] for turning small objects into matchboxes. If you happen to come across the Transfiguration classroom in ''Chamber of Secrets'', [=McGonagall=] briefly mentions this spell[[note]]In this case, ''Flintifore''[[/note]].
73	** In the PC version, you were supposed to learn Avifors and Verdimillious, like in the [=PS1=] and in the former's case, 6th generation console versions, but both were cut out.
74	* EarlyDraftTieIn: The reason for much of the game's TruerToTheText aspects, such as the presence of Peeves. Fearing leaks, Warners actually wouldn't tell the game developers much about what would or wouldn't be included in the movie, forcing them to make guesses based on little more than the original book. The end result is that the final product comes off a bit like TheGameOfTheBook even though it was supposed to be a movie tie-in.
75	* ExecutiveMeddling: For unknown reasons, Creator/WarnerBros [[https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6urjpf/comment/dlvy03i/ forbade Hedwig from appearing in the first PC game...]] and ''only'' the PC game, as she appeared in every other version of the game.
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