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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school.

Recent viewers of the film have noticed similarities between characters, setting, events and tone of Young Sherlock Holmes, and those of the Harry Potter series.

The film is also notable for including the first computer-generated character, a knight composed of elements from a stained glass window. The effect was created for Lucasfilm by John Lasseter (now executive vice-president at Pixar Animation Studios), who would go on to create Toy Story 10 years later.

In Britain the film was re-titled Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear, in a nod to the previous year's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
.

One criticism of the film is that Holmes does not solve the principal mystery by means of logical deduction. His methods are partly demonstrated during an investigation into the disappearance of a school trophy, but the story itself does not follow the traditional format of the original Conan Doyle stories.

Cast

Nicholas Rowe
as Sherlock Holmes
Alan Cox
as John Watson
Anthony Higgins as Rathe
Sophie Ward
as Elizabeth Hardy
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Lestrade
Freddie Jones
as Cragwitch
Nigel Stock
as Waxflatter
Brian Oulton
as Master Snelgrove
Susan Fleetwood
as Mrs. Dribb
Earl Rhodes as Dudley

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Movies - Young Sherlock Holmes

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