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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097361407845
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchDubbed
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: D140784D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 03, 2009
Running Time: 109 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1985
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2009 Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com:
This 1985 adventure directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man) and written by Chris Columbus (Gremlins) may not have much to do with the Sherlock Holmes of Arthur Conan Doyle's invention. But it is a delightful and somewhat unexpected combination of exciting elements: Victorian-era, foggy-London mystique, Gothic horror, and Indiana Jones-like exotica. Nicholas Rowe plays Holmes as a schoolboy at a boarding academy for young men. Paired with the owlish, reticent young Watson (Alan Cox), Holmes embarks on the solution of a mystery that involves a hallucinatory and lethal drug, and a religious cult celebrating ancient Egyptian rites of mummification. Levinson makes handsome and crisp work of this Steven Spielberg production, without a trace of the treacle that often found its way into other Spielbergian projects at the time (The Goonies). Rowe is wonderfully convincing as a teen incarnation of the Great Detective, and while Cox mostly maintains Hollywood's traditionally unflattering idea of Watson, he does bring warmth and comedy to the role. The cast includes Freddie Jones as an eccentric inventor, Anthony Higgins as the villain, and Sophie Ward as Holmes's love interest. --Tom Keogh
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First caught this movie on cable a few years after it was released. I was immediately suprised at how entertaining it was (although with Spielberg as an executive producer, I guess I shouldn't have been).
I am not an avid Sherlock Holmes buff, but I always liked the premise of the stories - especially since people tend to think this was a real life character. Showing Holmes and Watson in their intial meeting and partnership was genius. A little on the supernatural side, but that just ... Read More
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Just recently the nerds on one of my favorite television shows "The Big Bang Theory" mentioned enjoying this movie. I remembered enjoying it when it first came out. And especially liking the teaser at the end of the credits which most of the audience missed as they had left the theatre. But re-watching this was a big disappointment. First of all the special effects take up way to much time in the movie that could have been given to establishing a better story line. The idea of Sherlock and Watson ... Read More
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I hadn't seen this movie for about 15 years and it was great to be able to buy this movie and see it again after so long. It is a great classic for the young at heart.
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This excellent and imaginative take on Sherlock Holmes is well-crafted and sounds very plausible, in keeping with the fifty-six short stories and three novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about the legendary sleuth of 221B Baker Street. Written by the future director of the first two "Harry Potter" movies, produced by legendary director Steven Spielberg ("JAWS," "Raiders Of The Lost Ark," "Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom"), directed by Barry Levinson ("Rain Man") and the visual effects done by ... Read More
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I remember this movie as a kid, and it's just as good today as it was then. Special effects are great, and it's very "Harry Potter-ish" in it's cinematography and overall feel; it was co-written and directed by Chris Columbus (of Harry Potter fame)
Excellent movie, perfect for children and adults alike!
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