An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world. Only the first 2 movies have extended versions released. Harry potter and the philosophers stone was published on june 26, 1997, by bloomsbury in the united kingdom. When scholastic was publishing harry potter and the philosophers stone in america, they decided to rename the book harry potter and the sorcerers stone. The series has seen many returning crew members from various departments, including tim burke, visual effects supervisor. Im watching sorcerers stone at the moment, the us version being. Harry potter fanatics know that there is a world of difference between the magical books and their respective film adaptations. The harry potter movies in chronological order by date of. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone 2001 alternate versions. The ultimate editions are pretty amazing, especially if you are a hardcor.
Im watching sorcerers stone at the moment, the us version being the only one i can find online. How different is the uk version of harry potter from the. Harry potter is a britishamerican film series based on the eponymous novels by author j. I have heard that abc family has rights to play all 7 extended versions, but i cannot say if thats true or not. The us versions use double quotation marks, like so. The uk versions have single dialogue quotation marks, like so. Never mind the mugglewizarding divide, theres enough of a leap just crossing. A number of differences exist between the bloomsbury and the scholastic editions of the harry potter books. Almost exactly 20 years ago, on september 1, 1998, scholastic published harry potter and the sorcerers stone, the first us edition of the uks harry potter and the philosophers stone. A comparison between the uk version of harry potter and the philosophers stone versus the american version harry potter and the sorcerers.
Theres only one harry potter, and its britishborn daniel radcliffe. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban book and movie differences were adding in differences as we find them, but if you notice that weve left something out, please email us at corrections. K harry potters first story is called the philosophers stone. Does harry have two different hair cuts in the mcgonagall scene. Harry potter, the film and the phenomenon in numbers daniel. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone 2001 alternate. They claimed that the american and british uses of the word philosopher were a bit different, so therefore sorcerer was a more appropriate word. Yet there are scenes in this film i have never seen in philosophers stone on dvd, in the cinema or on uk television. Did they film two versions of every scene where the philosopherssorcerors. The two title differences dont really sway readers and typically doesnt cause any type of confusion. K harry potters first story is called the philosophers stone whereas.
Its been a long time since ive seen the first film, and i thought there might be both american and british versions of those lines. Harry potter harry potter bookshop harry potter book. The title of the source novel in the uk was harry potter and the philosophers stone and the movie bears the same title in nonus releases. Harry potter and the philosophers stone first hit shelves in the united kingdom on june 26, 1997, arriving stateside as harry potter and the sorcerers stone on sept. Buy harry potter books from the harry potter bookshop at harrypotter flourish and blotts is the name of the book shop in harry potter.
Did they film two versions of every scene where the philosophers. Differences and changes in the text the harry potter lexicon. Why the name change from harry potter and the philosopher. Differences between uk and us versions of the movies. All scenes where the stone is mentioned by name have been be filmedlooped accordingly to produce two different versions of the film to adapt to the title. While some would contend that there is no reason why american. While the potter movies are nostalgic and possess a. Are harry potter movies dubbed into american english. Differences between uk and us versions of the movies reddit. For the english language, there exists an adapted american english version of each book. Screen test, trio casting and finding harry potter. An ancient prophecy seems to be coming true when a mysterious presence begins stalking the corridors of a school of magic and leaving its. The reason the dutch title includes the reference to the stone of the wise is that this is simply an alternative name for the philosophers stone, and the one most readily in use in a dutch.
Some of the potter words have different capitalizations dementor versus dementor. Okay am i the only one who had no idea that there were us and uk versions of the films. For example, the uk version uses the term skip while the us edition uses the term dumpster. In the uk version, hagrids ride is referred to as a motorbike, while in. Auch mike newell, regisseur des vierten films, setzte mit seiner verfilmung. Hd harry potter and the sorcerers vs philosophers stone movie. The text of the harry potter novels stayed almost the same over the ten years it took rowling to write the saga. What are the main differences between the philosophers stone the british.
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