This near two-hour Granada Television production ofThe Hound of the Baskervilles, Conan ... more
Doyle's most popular Sherlock Holmes tale, stars series regular Jeremy Brett as the Baker Street detective and Edward Hardwicke as his close ally, Dr John Watson. A thrilling blend of detective yarn and Gothic horror, the tale concerns the apparent return of an old curse upon the Baskerville family in the terrifying form of a gigantic killer hound. Fans of Hardwicke get an opportunity to see his Watson on a solo mission for part of this story, though Brett--easily the best of all screen actors to play the sleuth--is never far from the narrative. The supporting cast is very good, and the beast itself, revealed in a famously terrifying finale, is indeed a spooky revelation. --Tom Keogh
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Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey, Andy Wilson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Lisa Faulkner
Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
Advantages: The story Disadvantages: So-so acting, strange accents
Sir Charles Baskerville dies on the moors, supposedly killed by the curse that has affected the Baskerville family for a couple of centuries, which is thought to be in the form of a giant dog - the hound of the title. When the new Baskerville, Sir Henry, inherits, his friends are eager that he does not fall foul to the curse, and so approach famous detective SherlockHolmes to help them. Holmes agrees to let his assistant, Dr Watson, accompany Sir Henry to the Baskervilles ancestral home, claiming to be too busy himself. He does, however, receive letters from Dr Watson with a detailed summary of goings-on, both on the part of Sir Henry and his neighbours, the Stapletons. Can Dr Watson save Sir Henry from the curse? Or is it fate?
There have been so many versions of this story, based on the original novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...
Advantages: Entertaining Disadvantages: Not a Conan Doyle plot
it is apparently possible to get it in colour as well.
Conclusion
If you like Basil Rathbone in the role of SherlockHolmes as I do, then you'll probably enjoy this. But you're unlikely to think it's the best film you've ever seen. I personally much preferred Rathbone in The Hound of the Baskervilles, his first film in the role, which stuck quite closely to Conan Doyle's original story. This DVD, and many of the others directed by Roy William Neil, is only loosely based on Conan Doyle's work and characters. This particular one, for example, is based during the Second World War, whereas as anyone with any knowledge of the original work will know that they were written during the late19th century. The clue of the dancing men does come from a Conan Doyle story, but the rest of it, apart from the characters (and that depends on your ...
Advantages: Shows you things you didn't know Disadvantages: None, really
was, eventually, to be his second wife) and his interest (despite being an agnostic) in spiritualism
There's one thing that I was disappointed in. Apparently Conan Doyle really did put the theories of analytical detective work that he had created for SherlockHolmes into practice in some genuine cases. There is, however, no mention of this aspect of "the real SherlockHolmes" in this production, which is a pity. However, if you are a fan of SherlockHolmes, this DVD programme (£3.99 produced by Delta www.deltamusic.co.uk) is a good purchase.
There is an extra on the DVD, an American radio play SherlockHolmes in the Adventure of the Devil's Foot, or the Cornish Horror) with Nigel Bruce playing the part of Dr Watson. The start of the radio programme is marred by the ridiculously intrusive and lengthy exhortation to "men" to consider ...
A curse seems to follow the Baskerville family, as Sir Charles Baskerville is mysteriously murdered and when his son attempts to collect his inheritance he experiences a similar fate. Master detective Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Watson (Edward Hardwicke) attempt to shine a light on the so-called curse, or other possible evildoers. Based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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