> > Yeah, it's "Sorcerer's Stone" over here. Was the book originally titled "Philosopher's Stone" too?
> >
> Yes, it was. That is, it was "Philosopher's" before it got exported to America, where for some reason it was changed, possibly so that the word "Philosopher" wouldn't put kids off. Do they think the US market is so fickle? So simple? It didn't put anyone off over here! Anyway, the main reason I posted was that it looks like, if the film is to make any sense in the US, they're going to have to dub "Sorcerer's" over every occurrence of "Philosopher's", which will probably sound really stupid and reqire much more studio time. Mad...

I agree, it's quite stupid to change the name of the book from "Philosopher's" to "Sorcerer's". It makes about as much sense as it did to change to name of the movie "Pearl Harbor" to "Pearl Harbour" when it was shown in England.

-Faux "wonders if they're going to dub the movie to 'Philosopher' when it plays in the UK" Pas