Young Sherlock Holmes

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Young Sherlock Holmes
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Directed by	Barry Levinson
Written by	Chris Columbus
Starring	See below
Produced by	Steven Spielberg
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 6 1985
Runtime	109 min.
Language	English
Budget	$18,000,000
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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.