Additionally, Zoë Wanamaker appears as Madame Hooch, Hogwarts' flying instructor and Quidditch referee; [27] Tom Felton portrays Draco Malfoy, a student in Slytherin and Harry's rival. [28] Harry Melling plays Dudley Dursley, Harry's cousin; and David Bradley appears as Argus Filch, Hogwarts' caretaker. [29] Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray and Alfred Enoch portray Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas respectively, three first year students in Gryffindor; [30] James and Oliver Phelps play twins Fred and George Weasley, Ron's brothers, [31] while Chris Rankin appears as his other brother Percy, a Gryffindor prefect, [32] and Bonnie Wright appears as Ron's sister Ginny. [33] Sean Biggerstaff portrays Oliver Wood, the Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team; [34] Jamie Waylett and Joshua Herdman play Crabbe and Goyle, Malfoy's minions; [35] and Leslie Phillips voices the Sorting Hat. [36] Derek Deadman plays Tom, innkeeper of The Leaky Cauldron; [37] and Elizabeth Spriggs appears as the Fat Lady, a painting at Hogwarts. [38] Production [ edit ] Development [ edit ] The steam engine used in the film as the Hogwards Express was GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall, but it was originally not the first locomotive to be selected as the Hogwarts Express. To promote the books, the Southern Railway locomotive 34027 Taw Valley was repainted and renamed temporarily, but was rejected by director Chris Columbus as looking 'too modern' for the film. [85] [86] Design and special effects [ edit ] Winerip, Michael (14 February 1999). "Children's Books". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008 . Retrieved 12 January 2009.

Judianna Makovsky served as the costume designer. She re-designed the Quidditch robes, having initially planned to use those shown on the cover of the American book, but deemed them "a mess." Instead, she dressed the Quidditch players in "preppie sweaters, 19th-century fencing breeches and arm guards." [87] Production designer Stuart Craig built the sets at Leavesden Studios, including Hogwarts Great Hall, basing it on many English cathedrals. Although originally asked to use an existing old street to film the Diagon Alley scenes, Craig decided to build his own set, comprising Tudor, Georgian and Queen Anne architecture. [87] Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018 . Retrieved 18 July 2020. July date for Harry Potter book". BBC. 21 December 2004. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008 . Retrieved 27 September 2008.Argus Filch, the school caretaker who knows the school's secret passages better than anyone else except, perhaps, the Weasley twins. His cat, Mrs. Norris, aids his constant hunt for misbehaving pupils.

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