Philosopher's stone v. sorcerer's stone

[John Hancock]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., nancyaw2001 at y... wrote:
> Remind me to visit Canada one of these days! Especially as it's 75 
> degrees here in Texas and I want snow! I've also always wanted to 
> visit the UK as well. So much history!
> Why did they change the title of the book/movie? In the US, a 
> philosopher is some guy dressed all in black, carrying a book by 
> Kierkegaard, wondering whether or not there is a God. (I majored in 
> anthropology and had to take a class called the Philosophy of 
Social 
> Science--don't ask!). 
> 
> Nancy aka Clueless in College Station


Well, according to a newspaper article I read, the title was changed 
because WB were hoping to cash in bigtime due to there being a craze 
in the US...a TCG called "Magic". Apparently there is a Sorcerors 
Stone Card or something and they were hoping the similarity would 
mean big bucks as people would flock to see and and buy the 
merchandise. Will try to find the article if anyone is interested!

John