Based on the wildly popular book by J.K. Rowling, nominated for three Academy Awards and ranked third highest in total worldwide box-office! Harry Potter is a young boy who, on his eleventh birthday, discovers that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and has unique magical powers of his own. He is summoned from his dreary life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he meets several friends who become his closest allies, and who help him solve the mystery of the Sorcerer's Stone! All-star cast includes Alan Rickman (Galaxy Quest, Dogma); Oscar-nominated Richard Harris (Gladiator, Unforgiven); Robbie Coltrane (From Hell, The World Is Not Enough); John Cleese (Rat Race, TV's Monty Python's Flying Circus); Academy Award winner Maggie Smith (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Gosford Park); Daniel Radcliffe (The Tailor of Panama), Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
