Info Wanted: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone NTSC - anyone doing this?

Author: focuspuller
Date: 19-Apr-2006, 3:54 PM

Author: focuspuller
Time: 19-Apr-2006 3:54 PM (Edited)
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Anyone plan of releasing a NTSC copy or fan edit of the"Philosopher’s stone"?

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Author: Boomstick
Time: 19-Apr-2006 4:34 PM
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It's been done.

Read this thread.

Author: joebshmoe
Time: 19-Apr-2006 4:51 PM
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i'm pretty sure that the title is "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone"

edit: omg, just in the USA tho - that was confusing

Author: Boomstick
Time: 19-Apr-2006 7:19 PM
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Originally posted by: joebshmoe
i'm pretty sure that the title is "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone"

edit: omg, just in the USA tho - that was confusing

Haha, yes I've just noticed that. So my previous post was wrong

I very mush doubt an NTSC version of the "Philosophers Stone" will be done. It's only in two scenes (that I remember - and I watched the already created fan edit last night) that the text is changed to "Sorcerors Stone", so I don't see much point to be honest.

Author: focuspuller
Time: 20-Apr-2006 10:34 AM
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Hence fan edit, which would includ deleted scenes or whatever, featuring the "philosopher's Stone" title and lines. The reason for doing it in my mind is it's truer to the book.

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Author: wmgan
Time: 18-May-2006 4:23 AM
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I'm not sure "truer to the book" is the thing to say, because the US edition of the book is titled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". But I know what you're getting at -- J. K. Rowling titled it "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" for good reason (the Philosopher's Stone is the holy grail for alchemists), so the title should never have been changed in the first place.

Author: Jobel
Time: 18-May-2006 11:20 AM
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Studio execs probably thought 'philosophers stone' was too complicated to understand for a USA audience.

Author: wmgan
Time: 18-May-2006 11:28 AM
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Actually it was the publishers who originally changed the title for the US market, allegedly because they thought that the term "Philosopher's Stone" would not interest their target audience, i.e. kids.

Author: focuspuller
Time: 18-May-2006 12:06 PM
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Originally posted by: wmgan
I'm not sure "truer to the book" is the thing to say, because the US edition of the book is titled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". But I know what you're getting at -- J. K. Rowling titled it "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" for good reason (the Philosopher's Stone is the holy grail for alchemists), so the title should never have been changed in the first place.

Said better then myself, but yes exactly.

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Author: Klingon_Jedi
Time: 19-May-2006 2:05 PM
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Actually I heard it was because they figured americans didn't know what a philosopher was. I like wmgan's version better though.

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Author: wmgan
Time: 20-May-2006 8:33 PM
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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Actually I heard it was because they figured americans didn't know what a philosopher was.

A Philosopher? I'm not sure what that means. A sophomore from Philadelphia, perhaps?