Topics Covered In This Video: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone book vs movie differences The biggest plot points removed from the first Harry Potter movie 10 major things the Philosopher’s Stone movie left out Missing Harry Potter scenes, characters, and explanations How the Philosopher’s Stone book originally begins Vernon Dursley’s missing opening chapter explained Why Peeves was removed from the Harry Potter movies Rik Mayall’s deleted Peeves scenes explained Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy’s real first meeting The missing Madam Malkin’s robe shop scene Why Harry disliked Draco before meeting Ron Professor Quirrell’s missing Diagon Alley encounter with Harry Why Quirrell could originally shake Harry’s hand When Voldemort attached himself to Professor Quirrell The real Nicolas Flamel investigation explained How Harry’s Chocolate Frog card revealed Nicolas Flamel Why the Philosopher’s Stone mystery worked better in the book The missing centaur scenes in the Forbidden Forest Bane, Ronan, and Firenze explained The centaurs’ prophecy about Harry and Voldemort How the first book foreshadowed Harry’s death in the Forbidden Forest The Midnight Duel chapter explained How Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville really discovered Fluffy Why Draco’s midnight duel was actually a trap The missing Norbert the dragon storyline How Harry and Hermione smuggled Norbert out of Hogwarts Why Ron missed the Forbidden Forest detention Why Neville received detention in the Philosopher’s Stone book The missing Philosopher’s Stone potions puzzle Hermione’s deleted logic challenge explained The real reason Severus Snape protected Harry Potter Why James Potter saving Snape’s life mattered Why Snape refereed Harry’s second Quidditch match How the first book established Snape’s complicated motivations Harry Potter deleted scenes, book lore, and movie omissionsQuestions Answered: What did the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone movie leave out? What are the biggest differences between the Philosopher’s Stone book and movie? What major plot points were removed from the first Harry Potter movie? How does the Philosopher’s Stone book really begin? Why does the book begin with Vernon Dursley? Was Peeves supposed to appear in the first Harry Potter movie? Why was Peeves cut from the Harry Potter films? Who was originally cast to play Peeves? Where did Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy first meet? Did Harry meet Draco before the Hogwarts Sorting Ceremony? Why did Harry dislike Draco before Draco insulted Ron? Was Quirrell wearing his turban when he first met Harry? Why could Quirrell shake Harry’s hand in Diagon Alley? When did Voldemort begin sharing Quirrell’s body? How did Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover Nicolas Flamel? Why was Nicolas Flamel’s Chocolate Frog card clue important? What did the centaurs predict about Harry Potter? How did Harry and his friends really discover Fluffy? Why did Draco challenge Harry to a midnight duel? Did Draco ever intend to duel Harry? Why wasn’t Ron present during the Forbidden Forest detention? Why did Neville receive detention in the book? What was the missing potions puzzle in Philosopher’s Stone? Why was Hermione’s potions challenge important? Why did Snape protect Harry during his first year? How did James Potter save Severus Snape’s life? Why did Snape referee Harry’s second Quidditch match? What important Harry Potter book scenes were removed from the movie?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices