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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788604614
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0788604619
Label: Mpi Home Video
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 28, 2003
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 12180
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 08, 1988
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This nearly two-hour Granada Television production of the most popular Sherlock Holmes tale--adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel--stars series regular Jeremy Brett as the Baker Street detective and Edward Hardwicke as his close ally, Dr. John Watson. A thrilling blend of detective yarn and Gothic horror, The Hound concerns the apparent return of an old curse upon the Baskerville family in the terrifying form of a gigantic killer hound. Fans of Hardwicke get an opportunity to see his Watson on a solo mission for part of this story, though Brett--easily the best of all screen actors to play the sleuth--is never far from the narrative. The supporting cast is very good, and the beast itself, revealed in a famously terrifying finale, is indeed a spooky revelation. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  - 'Hound' is a bit of a dog
I bought the whole Granada series and watched several other episodes before this. Of course, everyone is familar with Rathbone's version of this story. While I haven't seen it for many years, I do remember the eerie setting and Basil's tight portryal of Holmes (nevermind Bruce's Watson).
So I had high hopes for this, but I was quite disappointed. Just watch "The Blue Carbuncle" or "The Reheaded League", or even "The Solitary Cyclist" and see what Jeremy Brett can do. Some of the early episodes of this series are actually better than the Doyle stories. Brett fought hard to make the producers stick close to Doyle's stories, and where he was sucessful, we have simply the best Holmes possible. It is doubtful that anyone will ever eclipse Brett at his best. I also much prefer Burke's Watson to Hardwicke's. Although Hardwicke is not bad, I feel that he is always slightly upstaging Brett. With Burke, however, the two are perfectly matched. In fact, I feel that Burke is as good as Watson as Brett is as Holmes.
But back to the Baskervilles. I was pleasantly surprised by the locations, and by Baskerville hall itself. I can just say that at almost every key scene, unfortunately, the direction is just wrong. When Watson is hiding in the hut from the Man on the Tor, although we know what's about to happen, the directors absolutely RUIN the scene by showing Holmes strolling up the path and smiling, and just having a nice day. This guts any tension that was building, and though Holmes calls Watson out, ... Read More
Rating:  - A Gothic Horror...
Grenada Television's 1988 adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes tale "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is an atmospheric and extremely effective thriller. Jeremy Brett, already suffering from the illness that would take his life a few years later, is superb as the famous sleuth. He is very ably assisted by Edward Hardwicke as the stalwart Dr. Watson.
As the movie opens, a elderly gentleman standing outside a mansion and apparently awaiting an appointment at dusk, takes fright at the approach of some sort of four-legged beast and runs off. The scene switches to Baker Street, where Holmes and Watson examine a walking stick left by an earlier visitor. The owner soon arrives in the person of Dr. Mortimer, a young physician who wishes to consult Holmes. The legend of a spectral and murderous hound that haunts the Baskerville family of Dartmoor is soon front and center as the indirect cause of death of the gentlemen seen in the opening, whom we learn is Sir Charles Baskerville. Dr. Mortimer, as executor of Sir Charles' will, needs guidance as to the safety of Sir Henry Baskerville, the last of the line, just arriving in London from America.
Holmes takes the case, and sends Watson to Dartmoor with Dr. Mortimer to report on the neighborhood while Holmes pursues his own investigations in London. Watson will have the opportunity to do some sleuthing of his own, including determining the identity of a mysterious man living on the Great Grimpen Mire, who ... Read More
Rating: - Brett is magnificent
For many years I insisted that Basil Rathbone was the one, true Holmes. However, after watching Brett's performances over and over, there can be little doubt that Brett IS/WAS Holmes! He nailed the mannerisms, the quirks, the arrogance, the quick insights, and those over-the-top nuances of Sherlock Holmes...what fun and how perfect! While many drawings and portraits seem to favor the profile of Rathbone, Brett captured the very essence of who Sherlock Holmes was meant to be. The Brett performances are magnificient, as are his co-stars...Hardwicke as Watson and Charles Gray as Mycroft. It would be hard to have a better trio playing those same roles as well as those three gentlemen did. The future Holmes will forever be judged by Brett's Holmes...not Rathbone's. Jeremy Brett was the BEST! Watch all of the Granada Holmes series, they are excellent.
Rating: - A Hound of a Production! (Never Mind the Negative Reviewers)
First off: though my general comments will be focused on this, Granada's "Hound of the Baskervilles" starring Jeremy Brett, much of what I say might well go for most British programming I have viewed (comedies and dramas.)
I find the dismissals of this production as inferior- lacking in suspense,drama, entertainment value, quality writing, and even quality acting- to be stupefying, and indicative of the lack of taste and quality within most American entertainment, and the lack of brain power and decent attention span amongst those who watch it. It really is appalling that people, presumably ADULTS, cannot get over the slightly sedate pacing; this is not a high-suspense, gory thriller,neither is it an Alfred Hitchcock film! Considering that we're talking about an approximately two-hour TV film, I think the suspense is done well enough, after all the main point of the thing isn't load on as much excess suspense ( and possibly violence) as possible, there is a good and naturally suspenseful story to be told here, and for my money director Brian Mills does it well enough. The writing ( dialog, and general atmosphere and nuance, the latter being particularly lost on modern US entertainment)is first rate, as always with this series ( I also love that the original opening sequence of Holmes and Watson sharing deductions over Dr. Mortimer's walking stick is in place here.) As for those claiming the acting is poor, and/or inferior to a previous, or subsequent version they have seen: not only is Jeremy ... Read More
Rating:  - Jeremy Brett Shines While the Production Is a Bit Dull
For awhile I was meaning to see Jeremy Brett's interpretation of Sherlock Holmes, so several days ago I rented 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', which is an episode from 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' TV series made by Granada Television. It was made in 1988, so I was expecting the production values to be on par with the 'Poirot' series from 1989 starring David Suchet as another ingenious sleuth, but this incarnation of the master of detectives hasn't aged very well.
Jeremy Brett is excellent as Holmes, generally held by many as the ultimate interpreter of the famous private eye, who stayed in character the entire time, never for a moment letting the audience forget who he is. Edward Hardwicke does an admirable job as Holmes' loyal assistant Dr. Watson, but his performance is a bit wooden at times.
The story itself is quite intriguing, involving a seemingly cursed estate out in the English countryside, in which generations of wealthy family members all succumb to the horrible fate of a legendary demon hound, also known as the hound of the Baskervilles. After a brief introduction to Sir Charles Baskervilles who is the current resident of the Baskervilles estate, the story skips ahead to Holmes and Dr. Watson who are greeted by the representative to the last living Baskervilles heir who hails from America, and he asks for their assistance regarding the infamous family curse. Holmes and Dr. Watson quickly realize that there is more to this story than meets the eye, so they decide ... Read More
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