The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV 2002)

Director:

David Attwood

Writers:

Arthur Conan Doyle (by), Allan Cubitt (screenplay)

Stars:

Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart, Richard E. Grant

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Roxburgh	...	Sherlock Holmes
Ian Hart	...	Dr. John Watson
Richard E. Grant	...	Jack Stapleton
Matt Day	...	Sir Henry Baskerville
John Nettles	...	Dr. James Mortimer
Geraldine James	...	Mrs. Mortimer
Neve McIntosh	...	Beryl Stapleton
Ron Cook	...	Barrymore
Liza Tarbuck	...	Mrs. Barrymore
Paul Kynman	...	Selden the Convict
Danny Webb	...	Inspector Lestrade
Richard Hawley	...	Clayton
Jim Norton	...	Coroner
David McNeill	...	Hotel Porter
Casper Zafer	...	Warder 1 (as Caspar Zafer)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

19th century | urban | escaped convict | dartmoor | killer dog | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

PBS [us]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

A sátán kutyája

Filming Locations:

Cumbria, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Isle of Man Film, Tiger Aspect Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital (DVD version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

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'.

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Goofs

A long-shot of the train supposedly traveling westwards from Paddington Station (West Central London) to Dartmoor (Devon) affords a clear view of St Paul's in the background. St Paul's is in the City of London, and is several miles eastwards of Paddington.

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Quotes

Jack Stapleton: She calls herself a medium. The peasants call her a witch.
Dr. John Watson: And you? What do you call her?
Jack Stapleton: I call her "Mrs. Mortimer."

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Connections

Version of Der Hund von Baskerville - 6. Teil: Das Haus ohne Fenster (1920)

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Soundtracks

"I Saw Three Ships"
(uncredited)
Traditional

User Reviews

Yet another travesty of interpretation

The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the most gripping,brooding and atmospheric thrillers ever written. It perfectly captures the Victorian psyche incorporating as it does all the elements of gentlemanly chivalry and courage against fiendishly twisted evil and callousness. Add a dose of the supernatural set against the dark and forbidding moors of Dartmoor and the stage is set. Unfortunately this film achieves the almost impossible in capturing absolutely nothing of the original. The main characters are preposterous and bear no comparison whatever with Conan Doyle's description. I am not aware that Sherlock Holmes had a convoluted mixture of Southern Hemisphere accents and Watson reminds me of an East London spiv.The plot does not stay true to the book and the drug taking scenes are not in context and appear merely as gratuitous. There is no need for the makers to have "improved" the original story by adding scenes of their own e.g Watson being shot,Holmes falling into the mire etc. Best of all the Hound ,when eventually seen, is obviously an import from "The Lost World" looking as it does a cross between a sabre toothed tiger and a crocodile. This is poor fare and a waste of a lot of money and time. Worse it is the latest in a long line of failures to tell this story with the imagination and attention to detail it deserves. Conan Doyle has done the work ,it merely needs faithful reproduction. Sadly it appears there is no one able enough for this task.