It also means that the movie has to stay true to the spirit of the book rather than to the letter of it. The consequence is the feeling of a slightly breathless sprint in places. Furthermore, the directors have bowed to the inevitable temptation to show us things that cannot be communicated so effectively in a book. Two and a half hours is not long to explore a wonderful, magical world. However, it's extremely clear what an immense challenge it is to turn Philosopher's Stone from book to film. Given these limitations, this film is about as close to human perfection as it is possible to achieve. Time and money are sadly finite, cinema owners need to be pleased as well as fans and computer animation ain't perfect. This forces practical limitations when making a movie. We live in a world where economics is hard. Harry's Meditation: Harry and Ron discuss the Mirror of Erised.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.Snape's Class: An extended version of Snape's potions class.On the train: Hagrid and Harry take the train to London, and Hagrid reveals his love for dragons.Cracking Eggs: Aunt Petunia opens egg cartons and cracks them, discovering rolled up letters from Hogwarts addressed to Harry.Dudley's Uniform: Aunt Petunia dyes Dudley's old uniform gray so Harry could use it as his school uniform (before Harry receives the letter from Hogwarts.).The deleted scenes added back into the movie are: The 2009 Ultimate Edition DVD/Blu-ray release includes this cut as well.
It was first shown on TV networks (ABC in the US, several international broadcasts had the same extended showing) in 2004. There is an extended cut of the film running about 159 minutes vs the theatrical version runs 152 minutes.
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