Young Sherlock Holmes
Directed by	Barry Levinson
Produced by	Mark Johnson Henry Winkler
Written by	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (characters) Chris Columbus (screenplay)
Starring	See below
Music by	Bruce Broughton
Cinematography	Stephen Goldblatt
Editing by	Stu Linder
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	December 6, 1985 (USA)
Running time	109 min.
Language	English
Budget	$18,000,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school. Download high resolution version (701x1000, 216 KB)http://cartelesdecine. ... Barry Levinson Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Jewish-American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. ... Mark Johnson (born December 27, 1945 in Washington, D. C.) is a film producer who lives and works in the United States. ... Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945 in Manhattan, New York) is a Golden Globe Award-winning actor, director, producer and author who is most famous for his role as Arthur Fonzie Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... Chris Columbus (born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. ... Bruce Broughton (born March 8, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is a film, video game, and television soundtrack composer who has composed several highly acclaimed soundtracks over his extensive career, including Homeward Bound and Silverado, as well as the video game Heart of Darkness (game). ... Stephen Goldblatt is an Oscar nominated cinematographer. ... Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. ... December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Barry Levinson Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Jewish-American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. ... Chris Columbus (born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... Dr. John H. Watson is a fictional character, the sidekick of Sherlock Holmes, the fictional 19th century detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle. ... A boarding school is a usually fee-paying school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ...

Plot

A group of wealthy, well-established men in London become the target of a mysterious cloaked figure, who uses a blowpipe to shoot thorns into the targets' necks. The thorns, dipped into a solution of various botanical extracts, causes the victims to have violent and frightening hallucinations. These images ultimately result in the victim's death. Sherlock Holmes notices that his mentor and retired schoolmaster, Professor Waxflatter, is very curious about the deaths. When Waxflatter himself dies, Holmes suspects foul play, and he, his girlfriend Elizabeth (Waxflatter's granddaughter), and Watson (who had newly arrived in Holmes' school) begin to investigate. Clue by clue, Holmes traces the mysterious cloaked figure to a warehouse in the Wapping area of London known as Froggit and Froggit.

The trio proceed to the warehouse to find abandoned Egyptian figurines and a large pyramid. Holmes suspects that the pyramid is larger than initially thought, and the floor boards break to reveal the structure's full body beneath them. They all enter and view, from a hiding spot, an Ancient Egyptian themed cult, known as the Rame-Tep (also known as Rametep and Ramatep), performing a ceremony in which a young girl is hypnotized, wrapped in linen and killed with the pouring of boiling wax atop her body. The trio gets spotted,and are each hit by a thorn and experience their own horrific hallucinations in a graveyard. After this, they awake from the dreams in the police station. With the following of more clues, Sherlock Holmes eventually tracks down the killers to be Rathe, his present schoolmaster, and the school nurse, Mrs. Dribb. Holmes discovers that the two are siblings of anglo-egyptian descent who were angry at the uncovering of the graves of five Egyptian princesses and the related deaths of their parents at the hands of the aforementioned wealthy men. They vowed to kill off those responsible for disturbing the tombs and their parents' murder and performed the ceremony to "replace" the bodies of the princesses. So far, four girls were killed leaving only one left.

By this time, Elizabeth gets captured and the same ceremony the trio witnessed earlier gets performed on her. Holmes and Watson manage to stop the ceremony part way through. Rathe and Holmes participate in a sword fight after Elizabeth gets shot by the schoolmaster and Rathe apparently perishes under some cold ice. Holmes gets back in time to talk to Elizabeth for a little bit before her death. This occurrence also tries to explain Holmes' single life in the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. The movie ends when Sherlock Holmes departs the school. After the credits, however, we find out that Rathe survived the sword fight and lived to be Moriarty, Holmes' future arch nemesis. Professor Moriarty, illustration by Sidney Paget which accompanied the original publication of The Final Problem. Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character who is the best known antagonist (and archenemy) of the detective Sherlock Holmes. ...

Trivia

The film is also notable for including the first fully computer-generated character, a knight composed of elements from a stained glass window. The effect was created by Lucasfilm's John Lasseter (now executive vice-president at Pixar Animation Studios) before Pixar was sold the next year, who would go on to create Toy Story 10 years later. Computer-generated imagery (commonly abbreviated as CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media. ... Lucasfilm Ltd. ... John A. Lasseter (born January 12, 1957 in Hollywood, California) is an Academy Award-winning American animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Feature Animation. ... Pixars studio lot in Emeryville Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA) notable for its seven Academy Awards. ... Toy Story is an Academy-award-winning CGI animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 22, 1995, and Australia on December 7, 1995, as well as in the United Kingdom on 22 March...

In Britain the film was re-titled Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear, in a nod to the previous year's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is an Academy Award winning 1984 action/adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. ...

In the television series House, Gregory House deals with a patient that is suffering aphasia. In explaining his solving of what the patient has actually been trying to convey to the doctors, he gives a riddle about a room with an all southern view and a polar bear to his lackies. This is exact same riddle that Holmes gives to Watson in the film. House is well known for the parallels between its main character and that of Sherlock Holmes. House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ... Look up aphasia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

One criticism of the film is that Holmes does not solve the principal mystery by means of logical deduction. His methods are partly demonstrated during an investigation into the disappearance of a school trophy, but Holmes expends more energy on physical stunt work than on case analysis. The plot itself does not follow the traditional format of the original Conan Doyle stories. However, the story does explain Holmes' canonical behavior in that since young Holmes' actions costs him the life of Elizabeth, and Rathe taunted his inability to separate his actions from his emotions ("Never replace discipline with emotion!"), it serves to explain adult Holmes' stoicism and reliance on pure logic. Logic (from Classical Greek λόγος logos; meaning word, thought, idea, argument, account, reason, or principle) is the study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. ... ...

References to the literary Holmes and how he acquired his distinct characteristics:

• Holmes has started learning to play the violin during the opening scenes (and is quite frustrated that he has not mastered the instrument even after 3 days of practice and wants to smash the violin because he fears it will drive him insane)

• The scar on his cheek is acquired during a fencing match with Rathe

• His pipe is originally bought by Watson to allow them to question an antique shop dealer; in the conclusion, Watson presents it to Holmes as a parting gift

• His jacket originally belonged to Rathe, and is also his first trophy

• His deerstalker cap belonged to his mentor Waxflatter, but is given to him after Waxflatter's death by his granddaughter Elizabeth, (Sherlock Holmes' love interest). Holmes refuses to wear it at first but later he puts it on, understandably to remember her always. (Just before she dies, to Elizabeth Sherlock Holmes says "Someday, we'll be reunited. In another world; A much better world," and Elizabeth replies "I'll be waiting. And you'll be late... as Always")

A deekstalker (right) along with typically associated paraphenailia of Sherlock Holmes A deerstalker is a type of hat that is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting. ...

Cast

• Nicholas Rowe as Sherlock Holmes
• Alan Cox as John Watson
• Anthony Higgins as Rathe
• Sophie Ward as Elizabeth Hardy
• Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Lestrade
• Freddie Jones as Cragwitch
• Nigel Stock as Waxflatter
• Brian Oulton as Master Snelgrove
• Susan Fleetwood as Mrs. Dribb
• Earl Rhodes as Dudley
• Patrick Newell as Bentley Bobster
• Donald Eccles as Reverend Duncan Nesbitt

Nicholas James Sebastian Rowe (b. ... Alan Cox (born January 1, 1970) is a British actor, the son of the Emmy Award winning actor Brian Cox. ... Anthony Higgins (9 May 1947- ) is a British actor, born in Northampton. ... Sophie Ward (born December 30, 1964 in London), is an English actor and the daughter of actor, Simon Ward. ... Roger Ashton-Griffiths (born January 19, 1957) is a British character actor and screenwriter. ... Freddie Jones (born September 12, 1927) is a British character actor. ... Nigel Stock (actor) Nigel Stock was a veteran British actor of stage, screen, radio and TV, known as a character actor in particular. ... Brian Oulton (February 11, 1908—April 13, 1992) was a British character actor. ... Susan Fleetwood (born September 21, 1944 in St. ... Patrick Newell (March 27, 1932 - July 22, 1988) was a British actor known for his large size. ...

External links

• Young Sherlock Holmes at the Internet Movie Database
• Amazon.com: Young Sherlock Holmes DVD
• Barry Levinson Online: Young Sherlock Holmes
• Elementary, My Dear Potter - article outlining Chris Columbus connection