Chris Columbus directed this 2001 adventure fantasy. Running time: 2 hours, 32 minutes. Rated PG.

Gates open at 6:45 p.m.; the film begins at approximately 7:30 p.m.

In this first film based on J.K. Rowling’s bestselling book series, an orphaned boy named Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) enrolls at a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family, and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.