The Sign of Four (2001 film)
{{short description|Canadian television film}}
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| director = Rodney Gibbons
| producer = Irene Litinsky
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| based_on = {{based on|The Sign of the Four|Arthur Conan Doyle}}
| screenplay = Joe Wiesenfeld
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| starring = Matt Frewer
Kenneth Welsh
| music = Marc Ouellette
| cinematography = Eric Cayla
| editor = Vidal Béïque
| released = {{start date|2001}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
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| language = English
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The Sign of Four (2001) is a Canadian television film directed by Rodney Gibbons and starring Matt Frewer and Kenneth Welsh. The movie is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes novel published in 1890.
Production
The second of four Holmes adaptations starring Frewer as Holmes, was preceded by The Hound of the Baskervilles in 2000, and then followed by The Royal Scandal (a blend of "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans") also in 2001, and The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (an original story) in 2002.
Frewer's portrayal of Holmes was largely criticized once again.[http://www.needcoffee.com/2006/02/07/sherlock-holmes-collection-dvd-review/ The Sherlock Holmes Collection (2000–2002) - DVD Review][http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/sherlockholmescollection.php The Sherlock Holmes Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024002855/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/sherlockholmescollection.php |date=2010-10-24 }}
Differences from novel
Unlike the source novel, the movie features Holmes meeting with a Scotland Yard chemist named Professor Morgan who not only identifies the poison which killed Bartholomew Sholto but creates an antidote for Holmes.[http://www.bakerstreetdozen.com/sign4review.html The Sign of Four]
Tonga is portrayed not as the savage pygmy of the novel but instead as an Asian with facial markings.
Cast
- Matt Frewer as Sherlock Holmes
- Kenneth Welsh as Dr. John H. Watson
- Johni Keyworth as Major John Sholto
- Sophie Lorain as Mary Morstan
- Edward Yankie as John Small
- Marcel Jeannin as Thaddeus / Bartholomew Sholto
- Michel Perron as Inspector Jones
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0270645|The Sign of Four}}
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Category:2001 television films
Category:Sherlock Holmes films based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle
Category:Canadian mystery television films
Category:2001 in Canadian television
Category:English-language Canadian films