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13.01.03
Hound
of the Baskervilles
DVD & VHS release 10th February 2003
Richard
Roxborough (who played the Duke in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge)
leads a star-studded cast as Sherlock Holmes, opposite Ian Hart
as Dr Watson and Richard E Grant as Stapleton.
The
ancient legend of the Baskervilles has persisted in the family history
for generations. It is Sir Charles's mysterious death in the grounds
of Baskerville Hall that brings Holmes and Watson to the scene of
one of their most famous and intriguing cases - the mystery of the
legendary hellhound of Dartmoor.
This
new adaptation of Hound of the Baskervilles portrays Holmes and
Watson as young and athletic men in their mid-thirties, much closer
to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original vision, in contrast to the
mature and paternalistic figures of previous versions of the story.
This timeless classic has been made into an atmospheric thriller
for a 21st century audience. The hound itself has been produced
for the first time using state-of-the-art animatronics and computer
generated images, made by the people behind Walking With Dinosaurs
and The Lost World.
Alongside
the lead characters, there are some wonderful performances by John
Nettles and Geraldine James as Dr and Mrs Mortimer, Matt Day as
Sir Henry Baskerville, Ron Cook as Barrymore the butler and Liza
Tarbuck as his wife.
The
DVD features include a commentary by the director, David Attwood,
and the producer, Christopher Hall; a 'making of' documentary including
interviews with Richard Roxborough, Ian Hart, Richard E Grant, John
Nettles, Neve McIntosh, Matt Day, David Attwood and Christopher
Hall; photo gallery; scene selection; and 5.1 mix.
RELEASE DATE: 10TH FEBUARY 2003
CERTIFICATE: 15
CAT. NUMBER: VHS - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔV7371 DVD - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔDVD1172
PRICE: VHS - Β£12.99 DVD - Β£15.99
GENRE: DRAMA
DURATION: 90 MINS APPROX
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES - A FILMOGRAPHY
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's last adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles was
a four-part serialisation in 1982 starring Tom Baker as Sherlock
Holmes and Terence Rigby as Dr Watson.
- In
1968, Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock played the famous detective
and his companion in a two-part story for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
- In
the cinema, Basil Rathbone made his first appearance as Sherlock
Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Watson in 1939 for 20th Century Fox,
in a studio-based film written by Ernest Pascal and directed by
Sidney Lanfield.
- In
1959, a Hammer re-make starred Peter Cushing as Holmes and Andrew
Morell as Watson, in a version written by Peter Bryan and directed
by Terence Fisher.
- Most
recently, Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke played Holmes and
Watson on ITV in 1988.
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