Back to “Harry Potter at the Sorcerer’s School” and a little hidden detail that tells us a little more about the past of a famous Hogwarts professor.
A blond toupee resting on Professor Lockhart’s desk in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, a cameo from director Alfonso Cuaron in Hogsmeade in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, a reference to the Deathly Hallows in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire or a discreet nod to the Starbucks siren in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix…
Without necessarily reaching the performance of Pixar feature films or episodes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the eight feature films of the magic saga adapted from the work of JK Rowling offer their most attentive spectators several small hidden details.
From Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first part directed by Chris Columbus in 2001, easter egg lovers will be able to have fun taking out their magnifying glass and getting ready to press the “pause” button on their remote control by ( re)discovering the adventures of the little wizard.
Indeed, when Harry is about to join the Gryffindor Quidditch team as Seeker and he fears making himself look ridiculous on the field, Hermione reassures him by assuring him that“it’s in his blood”. She then leads him to a showcase displaying the cups and medals of former school players, and shows him a coat of arms in the name of his father James Potter, dating from 1972.
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It is at this point in the film – at 1 hour and 36 seconds precisely – that you will have to stop the image. As you can easily see by interrupting the feature film at the right place, two other coats of arms are hung on either side of the first.
The first, on the left, bears the name of a certain RJH King, in reference to John King, the film’s artistic director.
As for the second, placed on the right of the screen, one can read there the name MG McGonagall. A little wink to remind viewers that long before teaching Transfiguration and encouraging Hogwarts students on their Quidditch broomsticks, the teacher played by Maggie Smith herself officiated in the house team. Gryffindor. An activity that she nevertheless ceased to practice following a head trauma.
(Re)discover all the little details hidden in “Harry Potter at the Sorcerer’s Stone”…