Young Sherlock Holmes
1985 film by Barry Levinson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Young Sherlock Holmes (also known with the title card name of Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear) is a 1985 American mystery adventure film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, based on the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school.[1]
Young Sherlock Holmes | |
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Directed by | Barry Levinson |
Screenplay by | Chris Columbus |
Based on | Characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Produced by | Mark Johnson |
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Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
Edited by | Stu Linder |
Music by | Bruce Broughton |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $18 million |
Box office | $63.7 million |
The film is notable for being the first full-length movie to feature a completely computer-generated character, created by Lucasfilm's Graphics Group. This was a historical landmark in special effects history and influenced other CGI future films such as Pixar's Toy Story.[2][3]
At the 58th Academy Awards for films produced in 1985, the film was nominated for Best Visual Effects (Dennis Muren, Kit West, John R. Ellis, and David W. Allen).