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``Harry Potter'' Worldwide Premiere Nov. 4, Leicester Square, London.


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LONDON--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2001

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. Pictures has set the date for the worldwide premiere of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (titled "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone philosopher's stone: see alchemy.

Philosopher’s Stone

substance supposed to convert base metal to gold. [Medieval Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 829]

See : Unattainability
" in the United Kingdom).

The premiere will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 4, at The Odeon Cinema in London's Leicester Square Coordinates:

For the British guitarist, see Lester Square.
 with a celebration to follow.

Warner Bros. Pictures will release the live action family adventure film in North America and in the United Kingdom on Nov. 16.

Based on the first of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novels about Harry Potter, the film tells the story of a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards, and possesses unique magical powers of his own.

He is summoned from his life as an unwanted child to become a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry wiz·ard·ry  
n. pl. wiz·ard·ries
1. The art, skill, or practice of a wizard; sorcery.

2.
a. A power or effect that appears magical by its capacity to transform:
, where he meets several friends who become his closest allies and help him discover the truth about his parents' mysterious deaths at the hands of a powerful adversary.

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, an AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services.  Time Warner Company.
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