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Hey the Deputy Headmistress and I have been looking uo facts about the movie. they all should be true and if I am not my source is lieing. The info will have dates but there will not be any catagories.

THE CAST

Directed by Chris Columbus (Mrs. Doubtfire, Home Alone series, Bicentennial Manetc.)
Producer - David Heyman

Harry Potter- Daniel Radcliffe
Ron Weasley- Rupert Grint
Hermione Granger- Emma Watson
Seamus Finnigan - Devon Murray
Hedwig- Ook, the Snowy (White) Owl
Professor Mc. Gonagall- Dame Maggie Smith
Hagrid- Robbie Coltrane
Uncle Dursley - Richard Griffiths
Aunt Petunia - Fiona Shaw
Dudley Dursley- Harry Melling
Mrs. Weasley - Julie Walters
Percy Weasley - Chris Rankin
Fred Weasley - James Phelps
George Weasley - Oliver Phelps
Ginny Weasley - Bonnie Wright
Oliver Wood - Sean Biggerstaff
Voice of the Sorting Hat- Leslie Phillips
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore - Richard Harris
Professor Severus Snape - Alan Rickman
Professor Minerva McGonagall - Dame Maggie Smith
Professor Quirrell/Lord Voldemort - Ian Hart
Professor Flitwick & Goblin Bank Teller- Warwick Davis
Nearly Headless Nick - John Cleese
Peeves (annoying poltergeist) - Rik Mayall
Madam Hooch - Zoe Wannamaker
Lily Potter - Geraldine Somerville
James Potter - Adrian Rawlins
Mr. Ollivander (Wand Shop Owner) - John Hurt
Draco Malfoy - Tom Felton
Argus Filch- David Bradley

01/17/01 The first Harry Potter trailer hits the screen during Super Bowl XXXV on January 28. The 30-second spot will join promos for The Mummy Returns, Hannibal, and possibly even Jurassic Park 3 in spots throughout the event. (Empire Online)

01/16/01 According to a report in the London Daily Express, Chris Columbus' 11-year-old daughter Eleanor has landed a role as an extra in the movie, playing one of Hermione's school chums. (Empire Online)

11/29/00 Fiona Shaw, who plays Harry's mean old Aunt Petunia, recently revealed her reservations to Empire Online: "Every child in the country and beyond is full of loathing for Aunt Petunia. I am not sure I am going to be so happy when I get bombarded with eggs when I get off an airplane, or something."

11/29/00 Regarding plans for sequels, Fiona Shaw said, "I will be doing part two, and three and four — happily — because, apart from anything else, that was the contract we had to agree to, but also because it is such great fun to follow the story through." (Empire Online)

10/31/00 The role of Quidditch team captain Oliver Wood will be played by young actor Sean Biggerstaff, according to the UK's Daily Record. Alan Rickman, who worked with Biggerstaff on The Winter Guest, suggested him for the role.

10/16/00 John Cleese, who frequently lost his mind on the BBC television series Fawlty Towers, will be playing Nick the Nearly Headless Ghost. (Dark Horizons)

10/13/00 In casting news, Tom Felton (Anna and the King) will play Harry's wicked enemy, Draco Malfoy, and Alan Rickman (Galaxy Quest) has accepted the role of Professor Severus Snape. (Cinescape)

09/27/00 Devon Murray, an 11-year-old Irish actor, has joined the cast. He will play Seamus, one of Harry Potter's friends at Hogwarts. The young actor also has a part in Scorsese's upcoming Gangs of New York. (Cinescape)

09/19/00 Richard Harris, who had been cast as Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster of Harry Potter's school, has rejected the terms of the contract offered by producers, the British magazine OK reported on Saturday. (ShowBIZ Data)

09/01/00 Drew Barrymore is among the many caught up in the Harry Potter craze. Her upcoming Charlie's Angels includes a homage to the adventure- some boy wizard. In one scene, Barrymore sneaks through a secret passage wearing large, round glasses and a wizard's robe. The actress also found time on-set to read aloud from the popular books. Hmmm — could that have anything to do with the movie's alleged production problems? (People)

08/24/00 Daniel Radcliffe, the kid bringing Harry Potter to life, spoke about getting the part, "A lot of other boys in the class know that I've only read the first one or two and these boys are total fanatics. They're angry because I have read the least Harry Potter in my class … I think I'm a bit like Harry because I'd like to have an owl." (Cinescape Online)

08/24/00 In a press conference in London yesterday, Columbus confirmed that Maggie Smith will play Professor McGonagall and Robbie Coltrane will play Hagrid the Giant, as expected. Also, Richard Griffiths has been cast in the role of Uncle Durdsley, Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia, and Ian Hart as Professor Quirrell. (Cinescape Online)

08/24/00 Columbus revealed there will be a U.K. version and a U.S. version. In the U.K. the book is titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone whereas the U.S. book title changes the word "philosopher" to "sorcerer." Scenes that reference the "philosopher's stone," will be re-shot and changed to the "sorcerer's stone" for the U.S. version. (Cinescape Online)

08/21/00 The book series' author J. K. Rowling seems plenty happy with the casting of the three young actors. "Having seen Dan Radcliffe screen test, I don't think Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry. I wish Dan, Emma and Rupert the very best of luck and hope that they have as much fun acting the first year at Hogwarts as I had writing it." (Official Site)

08/16/00 UK's The Citizen newspaper reports that protesters are preparing to picket Gloucester Cathedral if plans to shoot the live-action film version of the children's novels goes ahead there as proposed. Seems some outraged churchgoers are "fiercely opposed to any portrayal of 'witchcraft'" and have been quoting passages from the book of 'Deuteronomy' to reporters. (Dark Horizons)

08/14/00 The movie has had little luck casting actors, but the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, the school for wizardry that Harry Potter attends, has been found and will be played by the 900-year-old Gloucester Cathedral. (BBC News)

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