Gloucester Cathedral as Hogwarts!

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Subject: Gloucester Cathedral as Hogwarts!
Date: 8/7/00 6:18 pm  (ET)

Monday August 7 5:39 PM ET
 British Cathedral Signs Up for Harry Potter Film

 LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's 900-year-old Gloucester Cathedral is to
 be transformed into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for a
 film based on the Harry Potter bestsellers.

 The cathedral, with its striking Gothic spires and vaulted cloisters,
 has signed a deal with Warner Bros who are making the first film based
 on the schoolboy wizard's adventures.

 The Dean of Gloucester, the very Reverend Nicholas Bury, told The London
 Times: ``Gloucester is one of the most beautiful cathedrals and its
 friendliness and human scale have often been remarked upon. It is an
 atmospheric place.''

 Gloucester has stepped in where Canterbury Cathedral feared to tread.

 ``We did not think the books posed problems. But other people might
 take offence and so we had to say no,'' said Christopher Robinson,
 spokesman for the Dean of Canterbury. ''The imagery of witches and
 warlocks might upset Christians.'' REUTER

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