Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Trivia: Harry Potter successfully battles a Troll in this movie. A character by the exact same name also does this in the 1986 movie "Troll".

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Trivia: The pronunciation of "Voldemort" was changed for this movie. When J. K. Rowling wrote the books, she intended for the final "t" to be silent, just like the French phrase from which the name is derived. For the movie, however, the "t" is pronounced (probably to make it clear that the root "mort," meaning "death," was part of the name, since viewers couldn't see it written down). Evidently Rowling must have consented to this change, because she now pronounces the name that way as well.

Trivia: In order to make the school setting more real, the child actors (including Daniel Ratcliffe, Rupert Glint and Emma Watson) would often do their actual schoolwork when filming Hogwarts classes.

Trivia: During scenes where Hermione is writing with a quill, Emma Watson was actually writing things like "my name is Emma Charlotte Watson", "I am 10 years old" and (my personal favourite) "I really like this quill."

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Trivia: They made two versions of the book that Hermione finds about Nicholas Flamel in the library, one where the text reads 'Sorcerer's Stone' for the US market, and the other saying 'Philosopher's Stone' for the UK film version.

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Trivia: The beds in the Philosopher's Stone were made especially for the 11 year old actors, and in the later movies they had to make new beds to fit the actors as they grew older.

Trivia: The final scene of the movie was actually the very first scene to be filmed.

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Visible crew/equipment: At the Quidditch match, after Hermione sets Snape's cloak on fire and someone shouts, "Fire! You're on fire!" there is a close-up of Harry with his hands gripping the Nimbus 2000. In this shot, the wire rods which are attached/taped to the broomstick, near Harry's fingers, that lead under both of his red sleeves, are entirely visible. (01:21:35)

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More mistakes in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Draco Malfoy: Think my name's funny, do you? No need to ask yours. Red hair... And a hand-me-down robe. You must be a Weasley.

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Question: How did Dudley get out of the snake exhibit after falling in?

Answer: Petunia or Vernon would have ran to a zoo employee and told them what happened. The employee would then open the door to the snake exhibit letting Dudley out.

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