Harry Potter in 80s movie

iris_ft iris_ft at yahoo.fr
Sat Nov 1 00:30:34 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 83933

I don't know the movie called "Troll". However, this threat about 
80's movies makes me think about "Young Sherlock Holmes", by Barry 
Levinson.In this movie, Holmes and Watson are still teenagers and 
they attend a boarding school. One of their teachers (don't remember 
the name of the character, but the actor who plays the part is 
Anthony Higgins) is in reality the leader of a sect and a criminal. 
The matron of the school is in reality his sister. She's a member of 
the sect and there's a scene in which she takes out her lining and 
wig, revealing her bald head. Those two characters remind Quirrel 
and Crouch Jr. But there's especially Holmes's rival, a boy called 
Dudley. The young actor who plays the part has a pointed face and 
very smooth blond hair, just like Draco. Oh, and there's also an old 
professor, who looks mad but turns out to be a genius. Holmes 
defeats of course the leader of the sect. We learn at the end that 
this bad guy survived, to become Moriarty. In other words: Holmes 
creates his arch enemy, just the way Voldemort does with Harry.
(That reminds me that it's what Batman explains to Joker,who killed 
his parents, in the first movie by Tim Burton).
By the way: Chris Columbus wrote the scenario of "Young Sherlock 
Holmes". Coincidences, coincidences...

Amicalement,

Iris 





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