Young Sherlock Holmes (Original title)Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear (Alternative title)
Date: 1985 (Release)Country: USADirector: Barry Levinson
Synopsis: The story of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson becoming friends and sharing in their first adventure during their school days. A mysterious hooded figure is roaming London firing darts into certain gentlemen who then experience terrifying hallucinations. Holmes and Watson investigate this phenomenon and find themselves involved with flying machines, mummification, frightening visions, fencing and a cult based in a pyramid buried in the east end of London in darkest Wapping.Synopsis: Selected as part of a complete day's recordings for the UNESCO World Day for the Preservation of the Audiovisual Heritage.
Genres: Crime, Detective drama, Period drama
Subjects: Sherlock Holmes, Schools, Hallucinogens, Stained glass, Mummification, Pyramids
Date: 1985 (Release)Country: USADirector: Barry Levinson
Synopsis: The story of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson becoming friends and sharing in their first adventure during their school days. A mysterious hooded figure is roaming London firing darts into certain gentlemen who then experience terrifying hallucinations. Holmes and Watson investigate this phenomenon and find themselves involved with flying machines, mummification, frightening visions, fencing and a cult based in a pyramid buried in the east end of London in darkest Wapping.Synopsis: Selected as part of a complete day's recordings for the UNESCO World Day for the Preservation of the Audiovisual Heritage.
Genres: Crime, Detective drama, Period drama
Subjects: Sherlock Holmes, Schools, Hallucinogens, Stained glass, Mummification, Pyramids
Credits
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Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Production Company: Paramount Pictures Corporation, Production Company: Henry Winkler/Roger Birnbaum, Executive Producer/Presents: Steven Spielberg, Executive Producer: Frank Marshall, Executive Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Producer: Mark Johnson, Associate Producer: Harry Benn, Unit Production Manager: Donald Toms, Production Co-ordinator: Carol Regan, Production co-ordinator (ILM): Eric Jensen, Location Manager: Steven Lawrence, Post-production Supervisor: Arthur Repola, Production Assistant: Katrina Mitchell, Production Assistant: Caroline Trainor, 2nd Unit Director: Andrew Grieve, Assistant Director: Michael Murray, Assistant Director: Ian Hickinbotham, Assistant Director: Peter Heslop, 2nd unit assistant director: Peter Bennett, Screenplay: Chris Columbus, Original characters: Arthur Conan Doyle, Director of Photography: Stephen Goldblatt, 2nd Unit Photographer: Steven Smith, Effects photography (Pastry sequence): Scott Farrar, Effects photography (Harpy sequence): Michael Owens, Head optical photography (Harpy sequence: Kenneth Smith, Camera Operator: Colin Corby, Camera operator (2nd Unit): John Golding, Camera operator (opticals): Donald Clark, Visual effects supervisor: Dennis Muren, Visual effects: Industrial Light & Magic, Visual effects general manager (ILM): Warren Franklin, Visual effects editor: Michael Gleason, Howard Stein, Matte painting: Industrial Light & Magic Matte Department, Special Effects Supervisor: Kit West, Special effects technician: Rodney Fuller, Special effects technician: Trevor Wood, Special effects technician: John Baker, Jeff Clifford, Creature fabrication (ILM): David Sosalla, Animatronics supervisor: Stephen Norrington, Animation supervisor (ILM): Bruce Walters, Ellen Lichtwardt, Animation (Glass Man sequence): Pixar, Motion supervisor (pastry sequence): David Allan, Go-motion animation (Harpy sequence): Harry Walton, Effects animation (ILM): Jack Monogovan, Effects animation (ILM): Barbara Brennan, Gordon Baker, Rotoscope artist (ILM): Donna Baker, Rotoscope artist (ILM): Sandy Houston, Terry Sittig, Computer animation group (ILM): John Lasseter, Computer animation group (ILM): David Defrancesco, Computer animation group (ILM): Eben Ostby, Computer animation group (ILM): David H. Salesin, Computer animation group (ILM): Robert L. Cook, Computer animation group (ILM): Don Conway, Craig Good, Editor: Stu Linder, Production Designer: Norman Reynolds, Art Director: Fred Hole, Art Director: Charles Bishop, Effects art director (Harpy sequence): Dave Carson, Set Decorator: Michael Ford, Chief draughtsman: Reg Bream, Draughtsman: Peter Childs, Illustrator: Mike Ploog, [Sculptor]: Brian Muir, Costume Designer: Raymond Hughes, Wardrobe supervisor: Paul Vachon, Supervising make-up artist: Peter Robb-King, Make-up artist: Nick Dudman, Jane Royle, Titles and opticals: MGM Title, Opticals supervisor (Harpy sequence): John Ellis, Optical line-up: Ralph Gordon, Ed Jones, Music: Bruce Broughton, Music Performed by: Sinfonia of London, Orchestrations: Mark McKenzie, Orchestrations: Don Nemitz, Music Editor: Curt Sobel, Music Recording: Eric Tomlinson, Sound Recording: Tony Dawe, Post-production dialogue recording: Norman B. Schwartz, Sound Re-recording: Bill Varney, Sound Re-recording: Robert Thirlwell, Sound Re-recording: Michael Casper, Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Bruce Richardson, Additional sound effects editor: Gary Wright, Additional sound effects editor: George Anderson, Additional sound effects editor: Michael J. Benavente, Additional sound effects editor: Lucy Coldsnow, Pamela Bentkowski, ADR Editor: Avram Gold, Foley walker: Dan O'Connell, Gary Hecker, Stunt arranger: Marc Boyle, Glass consultant: Eric Christiansen, Fitness consultant: David Allan, Fencing master: Arthur Howell
Cast
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Nicholas Rowe (Sherlock Holmes), Alan Cox (John Watson), Sophie Ward (Elizabeth), Anthony Higgins (Rathe), Susan Fleetwood (Mrs. Dribb), Freddie Jones (Chester Cragwitch), Nigel Stock (Waxflatter), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Lestrade), Earl Rhodes (Dudley Badcock), Brian Oulton (Master Snelgrove), Patrick Newell (Bentley Bobster), Donald Eccles (Reverend Duncan Nesbitt), Matthew Ryan, Matthew Blakstad, Jonathan Lacey (Dudley's Friend), Walter Sparrow (Ethan Engel), Nadim Sawalha (Egyptian Tavern Owner), Roger Brierley (Mr. Holmes), Vivienne Chandler (Mrs. Holmes), Lockwood West (Curio Shop Owner), John Scott Martin (Cemetery Caretaker), George Malpas (School Porter), Willoughby Goddard (School Reverend), Michael Cule (Policeman with Lestrade), Ralph Tabakin (Policeman in Shop Window), Nancy Nevinson (Hotel Receptionist), Michael Hordern (Voice of Older Watson), James Max ([boy in classroom])