The Hound of the Baskervilles

TV Movie
2002
1h 40m

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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate after being told an heir's estate is plagued by a ghostly dog.Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate after being told an heir's estate is plagued by a ghostly dog.Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate after being told an heir's estate is plagued by a ghostly dog.

Director
- David Attwood
Writers
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Allan Cubitt
Stars

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6.5/10

2.7K

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Director
- David Attwood
Writers
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Allan Cubitt
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
The dinner conversation about the limits of Holmes' knowledge (literature, astronomy, politics, etc) is taken from a list made by Dr. Watson in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Holmes story, 'A Study in Scarlet.'

Goofs
When Holmes and Watson are seen at Exeter railway station, behind them is a truck marked "SR". This would refer to Southern Railways, which was not formed until 1923, some time after the period the film is supposedly set.

Quotes
Dr. John Watson: [throws his coat to pull Holmes out of a quicksand on the moor] Now to put my tailor to the test.
[pulls Holmes out]
Sherlock Holmes: Three cheers for Savile Row!

Connections
Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #31.9 (2004)

Soundtracks
I Saw Three Ships
(uncredited)
Traditional

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Not Holmes... necessarily.... but good

As a fan of the Novel, and all of Doyle's Holmes stories I was initially put off by the casting of a blonde Aussie as Sherlock. And I still feel that the characters would have been closer to Doyle's original descriptions had Roxburgh and Richard E. Grant switched roles. But, having said that, I found this treatment of the novel highly entertaining, and a lot of fun. The differences from the novel served to seperate it from the book, and give me a good bit of TV that stands on it's own, as it's own story. Holmes in an alternate reality for those of you out there that follow Science Fiction, if you will. And Hart did a masterful job as Dr. John H. Watson. What was my most lasting impression of this movie ? That Richard Roxburgh, though not in his element as Holmes, gave his all. And the way he played Holmes made me think... maybe Roxburgh is the best candidate to take over the role of Doctor Who when the series returns in 2005...