SUPER SAVINGS: | $8.10 Limited Time Only |
List Price: |
|
You Save: | $1.88 (19% Off) |
Available:
Usually ships in 3-5 business days
Brand New
|
DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 2, 2003
- Originally Released: 1985
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward & Anthony Higgins | |
Performer: | Susan Fleetwood, Freddie Jones, Nigel Stock & Earl Rhodes | |
Directed by | Barry Levinson | |
Screenwriting by | Chris Columbus | |
Composition by | Bruce Broughton | |
Produced by | Mark Johnson | |
Executive Production by | Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
If these story elements seem typical of Conan Doyle, there is also a lot in this movie that can be traced directly to the work of Steven Spielberg, the executive producer.
Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
...Charming....It is a sumptuously, expertly designed picture with a rich Dickensian flavor...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3/5 --
Big, silly, loud, nicely designed, and occasionally enjoyable.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 2/5 --
Squanders its start as a charming character study.
Spirituality and Practice
... it's a perfectly agreeable family entertainment, a craftsmanlike fantasia on Conan Doyle.
Full Review
Washington Post
This is the origin story for the world's first consulting detective that Conan Doyle was never considerate enough to write for us...
Full Review
Flick Filosopher
Rating: 2/4 --
Reveals that Holmes' true love is tortured to death in a big-budget extravaganza that provided the bastard sire for Jar Jar Binks.
Full Review
Film Freak Central
Product Description:
Directed by Barry Levinson (DINER, RAIN MAN) and produced by Steven Spielberg, this imaginative tale presumes that Sherlock Holmes and John Watson met as young men at a boarding school in the late 1800s. Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) is already an aspiring detective when Watson (Alan Cox) arrives in his dormitory anticipating a studious life in preparation for medical school. With the help of Elizabeth (Sophie Ward), who is the niece of an eccentric professor as well as the love of Holmes' life, the famous detective team begins investigating the mysterious deaths of wealthy men who appear to be the victims of horrible hallucinations. The investigation leads to their discovery of an evil sect based on Egyptian mythology that sacrifices young women and whose leader has his own reasons for seeking revenge against a group of prominent Englishmen. Screenwriter Chris Columbus cleverly presupposes the origin of Holmes' trademark pipe and deerstalker cap as well as the reason why he never married.
Keywords:
Adventure
|
Detectives
|
Mystery
|
Suspense
|
Teenage
|
Thriller
|
Murder
|
Sleuth
|
Theatrical Release
|
Detective
|
London, England
|
Teenagers
|
Mysteries
Similar Products
Formats:
Genres:
Labels:
Product Groupings:
Theme:
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 16,307
- UPC: 097360167047
- Shipping Weight: 0.18/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item