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“I think it looks too neat, too clean,” grumbled one British critic.

Devotees packed 200 theaters across Britain and Ireland last March just to see the first, 107-second trailer, which had been beamed around the world and released on the Internet surfers in over 150 countries accessed the trailer, and millions of people logged on to the Web site to see it. Already the Harry Potter trailers have sent frissons of excitement-not to mention apprehension-through the fandom. Whether Warner Bros.’ efforts live up to the imaginations of Rowling’s avid readers is another question, however. The crucial thing is that the characters won’t be led off in any inappropriate directions.”Īt Hogwarts From left to right: gathered on the set of the Hogwarts School’s Great Hall are Jamie Waylett as Crabbe, Tom Felton as Draco, Harry's nemesis, and Joshua Herdman as Goyle, all of Slytherin House, and Emma Watson as Hermione, Daniel Radeliffe as Harry Potter, and Rupert Grint as Ron, all of Gryffindor House. Obviously there are some things that won’t ‘work’ on-screen, but I didn’t want the plot to change very much at all. The vital thing for me was that it would be true to the book, and I have great faith in Warner’s commitment to that. I’m not against the idea of a film-I love films. Rowling, an authorized biography published in September by Scholastic, the American publisher of the Harry Potter series. “We were inundated with offers from film companies, and I said no to all of them-even Warner,” she says in Conversations with J.

Rowling to go ahead with the film, a prospect she had long resisted. That promise of fidelity finally persuaded J.

#COLTRANE MY FAVORITE THINGS LIVE MOVIE#

We made a decision to stay true to the book even if it meant being unconventional as a movie and not fitting this into what Hollywood thinks a movie should be.” But we feel incredibly protective of it, too. “I understand the apprehension people feel protective of the book. “I’d be lying if I said you’re not aware that you’re adapting the most beloved book in the world,” says Kloves, the screenwriter for Wonder Boys and The Fabulous Baker Boys, among other films. One survey found that nearly two-thirds of American children and teenagers have read at least one of the four Harry Potter books, and most of them are planning to see the movie.įor Steve Kloves, who wrote the screenplay, keeping such fans in mind was paramount. With 110 million Harry Potter books in print worldwide, published in 200 countries and 47 languages, from Albanian to Zulu, the movie’s creators will have a lot to answer for if their cinematic creation fails to measure up to Rowling’s beloved literary one. No author in the history of publishing has ever generated the kind of frenzy precipitated by Rowling, and legions of Potter devotees who cherish the fantastic images she has given them are waiting to judge what the filmmakers have wrought. The question now is, How will the results compare with the book-or, more precisely, the book as it is imagined by its admirers? The movie has already cost more than $100 million- a figure which is still rising, since all that magic requires some expensive special effects industry sources are estimating that it may end up costing $150 million. All those passionate readers who heretofore could only imagine the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will be able to watch it and its extraordinary denizens come to life when the Warner Bros, movie of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone premieres on November 16. Rowling in the pages of her books finally made real. “I was totally scared out of my wits." Radcliffe says of auditioning for the role.įor for years now they have been dreaming wondrous dreams: of kindly wizards and gimlet-eyed goblins, of terrible trolls and pearly-white unicorns, of dragon's eggs and letter-bearing owls, of flying broomsticks and magic potions, of insolent ghosts and whispering boa constrictors, of brave children and terrifying adversaries and the mysterious spells gleaned from ancient texts that can help the good guys win-or let the wicked ones prevail.Īnd now, at long last, the millions of Harry Potter fans who have breathlessly awaited this moment are about to see the fabulous world created by J.

The Boy Who Would Be Potter Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, in the spider-infested cupboard where he is forced to live.