POP UP CINEMA BRIGHTON
White Wall Cinema presents
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11TH
Christmas Special
STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
40TH ANNIVERSARY
DIRECTOR: Barry Levinson
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STARRING: ​Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins, Sophie Ward, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Freddie Jones, Nigel Stock, Brian Oulton, & Susan Fleetwood
If these days you like your Harry Potter without any actual Harry Potter in it, you’ll love Young Sherlock Holmes.
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A fantastical mid-80s adventure that was clearly ahead of its time, Young Sherlock Holmes feels like a prototype for the Harry Potter films, huge chunks of which seem to have been lifted wholesale from this Steven Spielberg–produced mystery adventure. It’s perhaps no surprise, then, that the film’s writer, Chris Columbus (who also penned Gremlins and The Goonies), went on to direct the first two Harry Potter films. not to mention Home Alone 1 & 2 and Mrs Doubtfire.
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The story follows a young Watson (Alan Cox — yes, the son of Brian, and bearing a remarkable resemblance to a certain young wizard) during his first term at a Victorian London boarding school, where he befriends a teenage Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe). When a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur around campus, seemingly the result of strange hallucinations, Holmes and Watson set out to investigate, aided by fellow student Elizabeth (Sophie Ward) and a who’s who of vintage British character actors familiar from Doctor Who, Coronation Street, Rising Damp, Brideshead Revisited, The Elephant Man, Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Yes Minister, and many, many more.
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Directed by Barry Levinson, right in the middle of an extraordinary run that included Diner, The Natural, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Rain Man (for which he won the Oscar for Best Director), Young Sherlock Holmes was ground-breaking in many ways, including featuring the first fully CGI character in film history. Blending Conan Doyle’s classic detective world with an Indiana Jones–style sense of adventure, it’s a deeply underappreciated gem that invites endless comparisons to the Harry Potter series, despite predating the first novel by over a decade.
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This joyous coming-of-age, boarding school, supernatural adventure mystery remains a forgotten treasure, and we can’t wait to bring it back to the big screen for this special 40th anniversary screening.
DOORS: 7pm*
START TIME: 7.30pm*
RUN TIME: 109 mins
CERT: PG (Under 16's must be accompanied by and adult)
LOCATION: Wagner Hall (Regency Road, Brighton)
*Please note - doors open at 7pm in advance of screening time in order to give patrons extra time to purchase food & drink, look at our archive movie store and to allow gradual entry to your seats in a safe and easy way. Please try to allow extra time to get seated prior to the performance start time of 7.30pm. There will usually be no admittance from 20 minutes after the films stated start time. No hot food or alcohol from outside the premises is allowed. All alcoholic drinks consumed on the premises must be purchased from the bar as per the conditions of the venue's licence. For more information about screenings and the venue please visit our Venue & Screenings Info page.