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Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone

Settings:
Surrey, England, and Hogwarts Wizardry Academy
Characters:
Protagonist
Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe
Ron Weasley Rupert Grint
Hermione Granger Emma Watson
Rubeus Hagrid Robbie Coltrane
Antagonist
Lord Voldemort Richard Bremmer
Professor Quirrel Ian Hart
Draco Malfoy Tom Felton
Summary:
Eleven years ago, wizards rejoiced all over the world, and Muggles (non-magic folk)
were confused. They celebrated because He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was defeated. In other
words, Voldemort (the evilest wizard around) killed Harry Potter's parents, but for some strange
reason, he couldn't kill little baby Harry. Now Voldemort seems to have disappeared. Overnight,
baby Harry has become a hero "The Boy Who Lived." Having lost his family and home, Harry
also has become an orphan. Dumbledore (the principle of Hogwarts School of Wizardry and
Witchcraft), Professor McGonagall (a teacher at Hogwarts), and Hagrid (a groundskeeper at
Hogwarts) find a home for baby Harry with his Muggle extended family, the Dursleys.
Cut to present day, when ten-year-old Harry lives with his super-mean aunt and uncle and their
son Dudley. When they go to the zoo for Dudley's birthday, Harry encounters a sympathetic
snake. He's able to speak to the friendly reptile and somehow seems to have removed the glass
from its cage, so it can go back to Brazil. After the trip to the zoo, mysterious letters start arriving
for Harry. His uncle, Mr. Dursley, is furious and tries to keep them from Harry. But the letters
keep arriving at such a rapid rate that, the evening before Harry's eleventh birthday, his uncle
takes the whole family to a deserted island to escape all of the mail.
They can't hide for long, though; Hagrid shows up on Harry's birthday to deliver the letter, and
the news that Harry's a wizard and has been admitted to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry. The next day he takes Harry to shop for school supplies at Diagon Alley, where Harry
learns more about the wizarding world. He meets Malfoy (a bully) and Hogwarts' new Defense
against the Dark Arts professor, Quirrell. Harry also buys his first wand. Sweeeet. Hagrid also
picks up a mysterious package at Gringotts, the goblin bank. Later that summer, Harry travels to
Hogwarts. He has to take a train from platform nine and three-quarters, a magical platform! A
family called the Weasleys helps him find his way, and he begins to make friends with one of
their sons, Ron. He meets other first-year students like Hermione Granger and Neville
Longbottom. Upon their arrival at Hogwarts, the first years are sorted into one of four houses

(think dormitories). Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville are all Gryffindors (a house known for
bravery); Malfoy is a Slytherin (a house known for ambition, and infamous for producing dark
wizards). They begin taking all kinds of classes in magic. Harry dislikes the Potions teacher,
Snape, who is unfair and kind of mean. Harry learns that there was an attempted robbery at
Gringotts bank, but nothing was taken. He guesses that the robbers were after what Hagrid
picked up. Hagrid lets it slip that it has something to do with someone called Nicolas Flamel.
Malfoy becomes a big bully. During their first broom-flying lesson, he teases Neville. In
defending Neville, Harry realizes he's a natural at flying. He's a superstar on a broomstick.
Although Harry's broken rules by flying unsupervised, Professor McGonagall rewards him by
putting him on the Gryffindor Quidditch team as Seeker (a very important position on the team).
Later, Malfoy and Harry have a fight, and Malfoy challenges Harry to a wizard duel at midnight.
Hermione and Ron accompany Harry, but Malfoy doesn't show he was trying to get them in
trouble for roaming the school while they should be in bed. As they hurry to get back to the
dorm, the three friends stumble into a forbidden part of Hogwarts, where they bump into a threeheaded monster dog. Luckily, they escape in the nick of time. Harry and Ron aren't getting along
with Hermione, but make up when they rescue her from a troll that's terrorizing the school.
Though they get in trouble to taking on the troll alone, they also show their bravery. Now the
three are inseparable. As the first Quidditch match approaches, the three friends suspect Snape of
wanting the package from Gringotts. During the game, Harry's broom acts weird and seems to be
hexed. Harry's saved, but his friends blame Snape for putting him in danger. During the winter
break, Harry stays at Hogwarts and is given an invisibility cloak that once belonged to his dad.
He uses it to sneak around the castle and discovers the Mirror of Erised in one of Hogwarts'
many secret rooms. When he looks into the mirror he sees his parents, but when he shares the
mirror with Ron, Ron sees himself as a hero. Dumbledore catches Harry at the mirror and
explains that the mirror shows you your heart's desire. The wise old wizard then says he's going
to take the mirror away because it's dangerous. When classes resume after winter break, Harry,
Ron, and Hermione figure out who Flamel is an alchemist and the only person in the world to
have the Sorcerer's Stone, which can provide immortality. They decide the Stone must be what
was hidden at Gringotts and is now being guarded by the three-headed dog. When not trying to
solve the mystery of Nicholas Flamel, Harry is trying to balance Quidditch and school work.
Gryffindor wins another Quidditch game, which Snape referees, and then Harry hears Snape and
Quirrell arguing.
Meanwhile, Hagrid adopts a dragon, which is illegal. Ron, Hermione, and Harry have to
convince him that's it's just not practical to raise a baby dragon, and find a way to smuggle the
dragon out. Malfoy spies on them and tries to turn them in. When Harry and Hermione have
successfully sent the dragon out in the middle of the night, they're caught by McGonagall along
with Neville, who was trying to warn them, and Malfoy, who tattled and are given really big
detention. Gryffindor moves to the last place in the house cup contest, and everyone is really
mad at them. Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Malfoy have detention with Hagrid in the forest at
night. They are supposed to figure out what's killing unicorns and drinking their blood. Harry
runs into some centaurs who see trouble ahead in the stars. They all realize that Voldemort is
trying to return and that he's the one killing unicorns. After the first-year exams, Harry, Ron, and
Hermione talk with Hagrid and realize that he said too much about the Sorcerer's Stone to the

mysterious stranger who gave him the dragon. Harry, Ron, and Hermione suspect that Snape is
after it. That night they try to retrieve the Stone. Neville attempts to stop them, so they have to
temporarily paralyze him with magic. They pass by the three-headed dog by playing it music,
only to meet with another series of challenges. First, they're trapped by a Devil's Snare plant,
then they have to catch a flying key, and then they have to play a life-size game of wizard chess.
The chess game takes Ron out, leaving Harry and Hermione to solve a logic puzzle and drink
potions to go forward. There's only enough for one, so Harry moves on and sends Hermione back
for help.
To Harry's surprise, he runs into Quirrell, not Snape like he thought he would. Quirrell reveals
that Voldemort is living in him like a parasite. (Eek!) He tries to use Harry to get the Stone. He
makes Harry use the Mirror of Erised, and Harry finds himself holding the Stone and lying about
it. Quirrell/Voldemort tries to kill Harry, but when he touches Harry, he burns. Harry blacks out.
When Harry comes to, he's in the infirmary with Dumbledore, and Quirrell is dead. Dumbledore
explains that Harry defeated Quirrell/Voldemort through the protection of his mother's love. He
also mentions that the Stone has been destroyed. Later, at the end-of-year banquet, Dumbledore
praises Ron, Hermione, Harry, and Neville for the parts they played in defeating Quirrell. He
rewards them by giving Gryffindor house tons of points. They win the house cup for Gryffindor,
and even pass all of their exams. Then, they leave Hogwarts for the summer and part ways at the
train station. Though it stinks to be returning to the Dursleys, Harry explains how much easier
his time with them will be now that he can do magic.

TROY
Settings:
Troy was filmed on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean and in Mexico, after a
terrorist bomb attack in Casablanca deterred the production company from the first choice, which
had been Morocco. Brad Pitt seemed natural casting as Achilles, poster boy for the Greeks, in
Wolfgang Petersens good, old fashioned epic, which takes a few liberties with the legend
compressing the ten-year siege of Troy into a fortnight, coyly demoting Patroclus (Garrett
Hedlund) from Achilles lover to his cousin, and prematurely bumping off Agamemnon (Brian
Cox). But after all, its a legend not a history lesson. Some interior sets, including the Palace of
Troy, were filmed on sets built at Shepperton Studios in the UK, but most of the production was
shot on Malta and at the southern tip of Baja California, the long, skinny finger of Mexico
dangling down the west coast from the Californian border. The streets and the grand square of
Troy were built on a ten-acre site within the 17th Century military compound, Fort Ricasoli, on
the south entrance to the Grand Harbour at Valletta on Malta. Its where the vast Colosseum set
for Ridley Scotts Gladiator had stood, and stands opposite Fort St Elmo, which had been the
Turkish prison location for Midnight Express). Now managed by the Malta Film Commission,
Ricasoli also appears as the Red Keep in TVs A Game of Thrones. Finally trundled into heart
of Troy, the wooden horse (actually steel and fibreglass), standing 38 feet high, was made at
Shepperton and had to be shipped out to Malta in sections. More sets were built in a hangar at
Hal Far, a former RAF airfield now one of the islands main industrial estates, down in southeast
Malta, between Birzebbuga and Iz-Zurrieq. Achilles and the Greeks reach the Trojan shore at
Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, on the islands northwest coast alongside the popular Golden Bay. The
temple ruins at Phtia, where Achilles and Patroclus are practicing their swordplay when
Odysseus (Sean Bean) arrives to ask them to join the attack on Troy, was built on the cliffside at
Mellieha, a 15th Century town between St Pauls Bay and Mellieha Bay, to the north.
Coincidentally, two other TV productions based on Greek legends, The Odyssey (1997) directed
by Andrei Konchalovsky (with Isabella Rossellini and Christopher Lee), and Helen of Troy
(2003), filmed on many of the same locations as Troy. The larger beach scenes and the great wall
and gates of Troy were filmed in Mexico, at Cabo San Lucas on the very southern tip of Baja
California, nearly 800 miles south of the border with the USA. The Greek seafront encampment
was filmed at Playa El Faro Viejo (Old Lighthouse Beach), a couple of miles west of Cabo San
Lucas itself. After most of the filming was completed, the walls of Troy were substantially
damaged by Hurricane Marty. With the climactic fight between Achilles and Hector still to shoot,
the entire gates of Troy set had to be rebuilt.

Characters:
Brad Pitt - Achilles
Eric Bana - Prince Hector of Troy
Orlando Bloom - Prince Paris of Troy
Rose Byrne - Briseis
Peter O'Toole - King Priam of Troy
Diane Kruger - Helen of Troy
Sean Bean - Odysseus
Brian Cox - Agamemnon
Julie Christie - Thetis
Saffron Burrows - Andromache
Garrett Hedlund - Patroclus
Brendan Gleeson - Menelaus
John Shrapnel - Nestor
Nathan Jones - Boagrius
James Cosmo - Glaucus
Julian Glover - Triopas
Vincent Regan - Eudorus
Trevor Eve - Velior
Tyler Mane - Ajax
Adoni Maropis - Agamemnon's Officer
Jacob Smith - Messenger Boy
Siri Svegler - Polydora
Lucie Barat - Helen's Handmaiden
Ken Bones - Hippasus
Manuel Cauchi - Old Spartan Fisherman
Mark Lewis Jones - Tecton
Nigel Terry - Archeptolemus
Owain Yeoman - Lysander
Luke Tal - Scamandrius
Matthew Tal - Scamandrius
Louis Dempsey - Aphareus
Joshua Richards - Haemon
Tim Chipping - Echepolus
Desisava Stefanova - Singing Woman
Tanja Tzarovska - Singing Woman
Alex King - Apollonian
Frankie Fitzgerald - Aeneas

Summary:
"Troy" is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer, according to the credits. Homer's
estate should sue. The movie sidesteps the existence of the Greek gods, turns its heroes into
action movie clichs and demonstrates that we're getting tired of computer-generated armies.
Better a couple of hundred sweaty warriors than two masses of 50,000 men marching toward one
another across a sea of special effects.
The movie recounts the legend of the Trojan War, as the fortress city is attacked by a Greek army
led by Menelaus of Sparta and Agamemnon of Mycenae. The war has become necessary because
of the lust of the young Trojan prince named Paris (Orlando Bloom), who while during a peace
mission to Sparta, seduces the city-state's queen, Helen (Diane Kruger).
This action understandably annoys Helen's husband, Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson), not to
mention Paris' brother Hector (Eric Bana), who points out, quite correctly, that when you visit a
king on a peace mission, it is counterproductive to leave with his wife.
What the movie doesn't explain is why Helen would leave with Paris after an acquaintanceship
of a few nights. Is it because her loins throb with passion for a hero? No, because she tells him:
"I don't want a hero. I want a man I can grow old with." Not in Greek myth, you don't. If you
believe Helen of Troy could actually tell Paris anything remotely like that, you will probably also
agree that the second night he slipped into her boudoir, she told him, "Last night was a mistake."
The seduction of Helen is the curtain-raiser for the main story, which involves vast Greek armies
laying siege to the impenetrable city. Chief among their leaders is Achilles, said to be the greatest
warrior of all time, but played by Brad Pitt as if he doesn't believe it. If Achilles was anything, he
was a man who believed his own press releases. Heroes are not introspective in Greek drama,
they do not have second thoughts, and they are not conflicted.
Achilles is all of these things. He mopes on the flanks of the Greek army with his own
independent band of fighters, carrying out a separate diplomatic policy, kind of like Ollie North.
He thinks Agamemnon is a poor leader with bad strategy and doesn't really get worked up until
his beloved cousin Patroclus (Garrett Hedlund) is killed in battle.
Patroclus, who looks a little like Achilles, wears his helmet and armor to fool the enemy, and
until the helmet is removed everyone thinks that Achilles has been slain. So dramatic is that
development that the movie shows perhaps 100,000 men in hand-to-hand combat, and then
completely forgets them in order to focus on the Patroclus battle scene, with everybody standing
around like during a fight on the playground.
Pitt is a good actor and a handsome man, and he worked out for six months to get buff for the
role, but Achilles is not a character he inhabits comfortably. Say what you will about Charlton
Heston and Victor Mature, but one good way to carry off a sword-and-sandal epic is to be filmed
by a camera down around your knees, while you intone quasi-formal prose in a heroic baritone.

Pitt is modern, nuanced, and introspective; he brings complexity to a role where it is not
required. By treating Achilles and the other characters as if they were human, instead of the
larger-than-life creations of Greek myth, director Wolfgang Petersenmiscalculates. What happens
in Greek myth cannot happen between psychologically plausible characters. That's the whole
point of myth. Great films like Michael Cacoyannis' "Elektra," about the murder of Agamemnon
after the Trojan War, know that and use a stark dramatic approach that is deliberately stylized. Of
course, "Elektra" wouldn't work for a multiplex audience, but then maybe it shouldn't.
The best scene in the movie has Peter O'Toole creating an island of drama and emotion in the
middle of all that plodding dialogue. He plays old King Priam of Troy, who at night ventures
outside his walls and into the enemy camp, surprising Achilles in his tent. Achilles has defeated
Priam's son Hector in hand-to-hand combat before the walls of Troy, and dragged his body back
to camp behind his chariot. Now Priam asks that the body be returned for proper preparation and
burial. This scene is given the time and attention it needs to build its mood, and we believe it
when Achilles tells Priam, "You're a far better king than the one who leads this army." O'Toole's
presence is a reminder of "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), which I saw again two weeks ago, and
which proved that patience with dialogue and character is more important than action in making
war movies work.
As for the Greek cities themselves, a cliche from the old Hollywood epics has remained intact.
This is the convention that whenever a battle of great drama takes place, all the important
characters have box seats for it. When Achilles battles Hector before the walls of Troy, for
example, Priam and his family have a sort of viewing stand right at the front of the palace, and
we get the usual crowd reaction shots, some of them awkward closeups of actresses told to look
grieved.
In a way, "Troy" resembles "The Alamo." Both are about fortresses under siege. Both are
defeated because of faulty night watchmen. The Mexicans sneak up on the Alamo undetected,
and absolutely nobody is awake to see the Greeks climbing out of the Trojan horse. One
difference between the two movies is that Billy Bob Thornton and the other "Alamo" actors are
given evocative dialogue, and deliver it well, while "Troy" provides dialogue that probably
cannot be delivered well because it would sound even sillier that way.

LORD OF THE RINGS

Settings:
New Zealand
Characters:
Frodo Baggins Elijah Wood
Samwise Gamgee Sean Astin
Gandalf Ian Mckellen
Meriadoc Dominic Monaghan
PLegolas Orlando Bloom
Gimli John Rhys-Davies
Aragorn Viggo Mortensen
Sauron Sala Baker
Gollum Andy Serkis
Saruman Christopher Lee
Bilbo Baggins Peregrin Took Billy Boyd
Boromir Sean Bean
Summary:
Bilbo Baggins throws a party for himself and his protg, Frodo. At the party, Bilbo
announces that he is leaving his home to his heir, Frodo. He returns home and is met by his close
friend, the wizard Gandalf. Gandalf insists that Bilbo remove the Ring that he has owned since
the events of the previous adventure, chronicled in The Hobbit, and give the ring to his young
heir. The Ring has special powers, the most obvious of which is to make the wearer invisible.
Then Bilbo disappears.
For many years Frodo lives in Bilbos home at Bag End. Just like Bilbo, Frodo appears
not to the aged. In his fifties, he grows restless. One day Gandalf comes to Frodo and tells him
that he is in danger. It seems that the Ring originally belonged to Sauron, the Dark Lord. Sauron
wants the Ring back so that he can conquer the world. Sauron is using Gollum, an evil hobbit

who also wants the Ring, to find out who has it and where it can be located. Gandalf tells Frodo
that the ring is a corrupting power, and that anyone who uses it will ultimately be destroyed by it
if they do not part with it. Further, he tells Frodo that the Ring can only be destroyed by tossing it
into a volcano at Mount Orodruin. Frodo tries to give the ring to Gandalf, but the wizard tells
him that he (Frodo) was chosen to bear the responsibility; it is his fate.
It is decided that Frodo will take the ring to the Crack of Doom in Mount Orodruin. He is
to be accompanied by his friends Sam, Merry, and Pippin. As they travel, the Black Riders of
Sauron pursue them. The Black Riders are bodiless horsemen who want the Ring. The travelers
meet up with Aragorn, a friend of Gandalf, and together they continue their journey with the aid
of some new companions. Gandalf leads the companions through the mines of Moria. Gandalf
battles a dreadful spirit and falls into an abyss. Aragorn becomes the leader. After many small
battles, the company realizes their task will be very difficult. They meet Lady Galadriel, of the
elves, and are given some assistance. Boromir, a representative from Gondor, tries to persuade
Frodo to give him the Ring to take to his father and thus defeat their enemies. Frodo refuses and
the two men fight. Frodo must use the Ring to escape Boromir. Boromir is instantly sorry he has
been overcome by the allure of power. Frodo decides to travel alone, fearful of the consequences
of his friends being corrupted. Only faithful Sam is allowed to accompany him. Boromir is killed
and given a heros burial; everyone knows he never meant to fight Frodo. They attribute his
sudden corruption to the Ring. Orcs attack and Merry and Pippin are taken captive. Aragorn,
Gimli and Legolas pursue them, trying to save their companions.
The riders of Rohan appear, having been summoned to help. They destroy the orcs near
Fangorn forest but cannot find Merry and Pippin. Merry and Pippin have come into the area
inhabited by Treebeard the Ent. He is the oldest living thing in the forest. He sustains them and
rouses his troops to avenge the hobbits. Meanwhile, Gandalf has come back from death as
Gandalf the White. He approaches Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas and tells them what has
happened to him. He introduces them to King Theoden of Edoras. Together Gandalf and his men
join Theoden in fighting the orcs and looking for Merry and Pippin. Along the way they defeat
Saruman, who has been causing trouble and impeding Frodo in his quest. Sam and Frodo are still
making their way to the Crack of Doom. Gollum, who still craves the Ring, follows them. They
capture Gollum and try to persuade him to forsake his evil and return to his old likable self as the
character Smeagol. The three make their way through the forest until they are met by an army
from Gondor, led by Faramir (Boromirs brother). When Faramir releases them, Gollum leads
Sam and Frodo into a trap--the lair of the giant spider Shelob.
Frodo is wounded so badly that Sam fears he is dead. Gollum disappears. Sam decides to
take the Ring and continue on in order to destroy it and fulfil Frodos responsibility. Orcs come
along and steal Frodos lifeless body. By listening to the orcs, Sam discovers that Frodo is not
dead but is merely drugged. He pursues them to save his good friend.
Gandalf and Pippin arrive in Gondor, where they meet Denethor (Boromir and Faramirs
father). Pippin is befriended by Beregond. Aragorn has revealed himself to Sauron and decides to
travel ahead through the Paths of the Dead in order to reach Sauron quickly and thereby assist
Frodo and Sam. Eowyn, niece of Theoden, begs to be taken along but Aragorn refuses. He goes
to the Paths of the Dead and offers the dead peace if they will fulfill their promise to fight against
Sauron. Merry is not allowed to accompany Theoden into battle, but the resourceful young

hobbit hitches a ride with a fierce young soldier named Dernhelm. Theoden, meanwhile, receives
an urgent message to help Denethor at Minas Tirith. He refuses to let Merry join him, but Merry
is offered a ride by a young rider named Dernhelm. Denethor is displeased with his younger son
Faramir for having helped the Ring bearer rather than claiming the Ring for Gondor. He sends
his son into battle, and when Faramir is seriously wounded, his repentant father goes mad with
grief. He tries to set himself and his sons body on fire.
The story continues with the ride of the Rohirrim, allies of Gondor. They are attacked by
Nazguls. Theoden falls beneath his wounded horse, but the young rider Dernhelm reveals
himself as the fir Eowyn and kills the Lord of the Nazguls. Aragorn, meanwhile, rides into
Gondor with the help of the forces of the dead and Saurons evil minions are defeated. Gandalf
removes Faramir from the funeral pyre, but Denethor sets himself alight and dies. Merry and
Pippin are reunited and Aragorn heals Merry, Eowyn and Faramir. The army then moves out to
Mordor, where an emissary of Sauron produces Frodos cloak and sword saying that if the troops
do not withdraw, Frodo will be tortured. Gandalf snatches the objects from him and another war
begins.
Pippin saves Beregond from a troll, but faints just as the eagles come to their rescue. Sam
rescues Frodo and they make their way toward Mount Doom. Gollum, however, overtakes them
and just as Frodo comes to the Cracks of Doom, Gollum obtains the Ring biting off his finger.
Gollum is so excited about having the Ring back that he falls into the abyss, carrying the Ring
with him. Mount Doom erupts with the force of the destroyed Ring. Sauron is defeated for good.
The eagles rescue Sam and Frodo from the erupting volcano. Faramir woos Eowyn Arwen
marries Aragorn. The company then goes to Rohan for Theodens funeral, and then Gandalf and
the hobbits begin their homeward journey. The meet Saruman, who is unrepentant, then make
their way to Rivendell, where they meet Bilbo. After this the hobbits reach the Shire, which has
been completely transformed by Saruman and his servants. It is a barren military wasteland. The
Shire hobbits manage to regain control and defeat Saruman. They restore the Shire with some
help from Lady Galadriel.
The novel ends with Frodos retirement. Elrond, Gandalf and Galadriel accompany him and
Bilbo to the Grey Havens. Sam, Merry and Pippin return to live a full life in Hobbiton.