The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 film)

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Directed by David Attwood
Written by A. Conan Doyle (novel)
Allan Cubitt
Starring Richard Roxburgh
Ian Hart
Richard E. Grant
Release dates
2002
Running time
100 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 2002 television adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name.

Cast

Production

Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for the BBC, it was shown on BBC One on Boxing Day, 2002. It was directed by David Attwood,[1] and adapted by Allan Cubitt.[2] The film stars Richard Roxburgh as Sherlock Holmes and Ian Hart as Doctor Watson.[1] Hart would play Watson again in the 2004 TV film Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, also written by Cubitt.[3][4] The hound was a mix of animatronics and computer generated images[4][5] and was created by the same team, Crawley Creatures and Framestore, that provided the dinosaurs for Walking with Dinosaurs and The Lost World.[4][2]

Critical reaction

Richard Scheib of The Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review called the film "one of the best Sherlock Holmes screen adaptations to date, and arguably the best of all screen versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles that we have."[6] Pamela Troy of CultureVulture.net wrote, "There's a lot that may outrage fans of the original novel, but this is, nonetheless, a respectful, interesting, and worthwhile adaptation."[7] Charles Prepolec of the Sherlock Holmes fansite BakerStreetDozen.com wrote, "In the end, it is a compelling, if somewhat infuriating, film to watch. Not a great Holmes film, and certainly not the greatest version of this story, but it is fascinating television drama."[2]

Differences from the novel

References

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