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• Director Chris Columbus added ca. 7 minutes of deleted scenes back into the movie for its 9 May 2004 ABC broadcast debut.
  
  
• The title of the source novel in the UK was "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and the movie bears the same title in non-US releases. All scenes where the stone is mentioned by name have been be filmed/looped accordingly to produce two different versions of the film to adapt to the title.
  
  
• The DVD features several deleted scenes which include:
  • Dudley's Uniform: Aunt Petunia dies Dudley's old uniform gray so Harry could use it as his school uniform (before Harry receives the letter from Hogwarts.)
  • Cracking Eggs: Aunt Petunia opens egg cartons and cracks them, discovering rolled up letters from Hogwarts addressed to Harry.
  • On the train: Hagrid and Harry take the train to London, and Hagrid reveals his love for dragons.
  • Snape's Class: An extended of version of Snape's potions class.
  • Finding Flamel: Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover Nicholas Flamel's name in a wizard card while looking for a counter curse for Neville's leg locker curse.
  • Harry's Meditation: Harry and Ron discuss the Mirror of Erised.
  
  
  
• DVD version eliminates some dialogue from the theatre version:
  • An extended shot of Quirell, saying " I can't master.." after Voldemort said "Get the stone."
  • An extended dialogue between Dumbledore and Harry, where Dumbledore mentioned that Harry's father saved Snape.
  
  
  
• Most of the deleted scenes (included in the DVD) were in the Australian television premiere in November 2004.
  
  

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