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Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape

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2019 Hong Kong animated film by Toe Yuen and Matthew Chow

Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape
Theatrical release poster

Traditional Chinese	大偵探福爾摩斯：逃獄大追捕
Literal meaning	Great Detective Holmes: Escape and Big Pursuing

Jyutping	Daai⁶ Zing¹taam³ Fuk¹ji⁵mo¹si¹: Tou⁴juk⁶ Daai⁶ Zeoi¹bou⁶


Directed by	Toe Yuen [zh] Matthew Chow
Based on	The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes byLai Ho [zh]
Release dates	28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) (Hong Kong Children's Film International Film Festiva) 1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese^[1]

Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape, originally titledThe Great Detective Sherlock Holmes – The Greatest Jail Breaker, is a 2019 Hong Kong animated film based on the children's book seriesThe Great Detective Sherlock Holmes.Toe Yuen [zh] and Matthew Chow^{[note 1]} co-directed this film.^[1] Some investments into the film came from the companyGolden Scene.^[2] The film was released theatrically in 2019.^[3]

Shout! Factory released an English dub in Canada and the United States on DVD on 23 March 2021.^[3]

Characters

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Character name	Voice actor
	Cantonese	English
Sherlock Holmes^{[note 2]}	Ken Wong Kai-Cheong [zh]^[1]	Robbie Daymond^[4]
Dr. John Watson^{[note 3]}	Monte Cho Kai-Him [zh]^[5]	David Errigo Jr.^[4]
Mack^{[note 4]}	Stephen Au^[1]	Greg Chun^[4]
Scarface^{[note 5]}	Jerry Ku Ming-Wah [zh]^[5]	Jason Marnocha
Alice^{[note 6]}	Joyce Chan Hoi-Ting [zh]^[3]	Lizzie Freeman^[4]
Gordon "Gorilla" Riller^{[note 7]}	Louis Yuen Siu Cheung^[3]	Kevin M. Connolly^[4]
Carlson Fox^{[note 8]}	Pasu Leung Wai-Tak [zh]^[3]
Little Rabbit/Bunny^{[note 9]}	Leander Lau [zh]^[3]	Abby Trott^[6]
Skinny Monkey	Toe Yuen^[3]

Reception

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Edmund Lee of theSouth China Morning Post gave the film three of five stars.^[7]

Elizabeth Kerr ofThe Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film "colorfully tackles" several social issues.^[1]

Notes

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Names in other languages

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^Matthew Chow:traditional Chinese:鄒榮肇;simplified Chinese:邹荣肇;Jyutping:zau1 wing4 siu6;pinyin:Zōu Róngzhào
^Sherlock Holmes:夏洛克·福爾摩斯;夏洛克·福尔摩斯;haa6 lok6 hak1 fuk1 ji5 mo1 si1;Xiàluòkè Fú'ěrmósī
^John Watson:約翰·華生;约翰·华生;joek3 hon6 waa4 sang1;Yuēhàn Huáshēng
^Mack:馬奇;马奇;maa5 kei4;Mǎqí
^Scarface:刀疤熊;dou1 baa1 hung4;Dāobā Xióng; 'Scarred (from a knife) bear'
^Alice:愛麗絲;爱丽丝;oi3 lai6 si1;Àilìsī
^Gordon "Gorilla" Riller:李大猩;lei5 daai6 sing1;Lǐ Dàxīng; 'Big Ape'
^Carlson Fox:狐格森;wu4 gaak3 sam1;Hú Gésēn
^Little Rabbit/Bunny:小兔子;siu2 tou3 zi2;Xiǎo Tùzi; 'Little Rabbit'

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eKerr, Elizabeth (29 July 2019)."'The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes — The Greatest Jail-Breaker' ('Daaih jingtaam fukyi mosi — Touyuk daaih jeuibou'): Film Review".The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved27 April 2023.
^Chu, Karen (18 March 2019)."Filmart: Golden Scene Backs Animated Adaptation of Children's Book Series 'The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes' (Exclusive)".The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved27 April 2023.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g"Sherlock Holmes And The Great Escape".Shout! Factory. Retrieved4 May 2023.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e"Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape".Apple TV. Retrieved4 May 2023.
^^a ^bKerr, Elizabeth (2 August 2019)."Animated tale of canine capers".China Daily. Retrieved4 May 2023. -Alternate URL,PDF
^Dee, Jake (4 October 2022)."Drifting Home: 10 Movies & TV Shows Where You've Seen The Cast".Screen Rant. Retrieved28 May 2023.
^Lee, Edmund (30 July 2019)."'100pc Hong Kong-made' animated take on Sherlock Holmes adventures has genuine quality – review".South China Morning Post. Retrieved27 April 2023.

External links

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Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape atIMDb
"Sherlock Holmes And The Great Escape - Official Trailer (HD)".Shout Kids. Shout Factory – viaYouTube.

Screen adaptations ofSherlock Holmes

Theatrical films

Silent

Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
Éclair film series (1912–1913)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
Detektiv Braun (1914)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 British film)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 US film)
The Valley of Fear (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)

Stoll series	The Dying Detective (1921) The Devil's Foot (1921) The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) The Sign of Four (1923)

Wontner series

Rathbone–Bruce
series

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Voice of Terror (1942)
Secret Weapon (1942)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1943)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)

Downey series

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
A Game of Shadows (2011)

Other films

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
The Limejuice Mystery (1930)
The Speckled Band (1931)
Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
The Grey Lady (1937)
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
Deduce, You Say! (1956)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Deadly Necklace (1962)
A Study in Terror (1965)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Murder by Decree (1979)
The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Without a Clue (1988)
Zero Effect (1998)
A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
The Empire of Corpses (2015)
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
Holmes & Watson (2018)
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape (2019)

Television/
streaming/
direct-to-video

Films

Ian Richardson	The Sign of Four (1983) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
Peter O'Toole (animated)	Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983)
Vasily Livanov series	Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) The Treasures of Agra (1983) The Twentieth Century Approaches (1987)
Christopher Lee	The Leading Lady (1991) Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
Matt Frewer	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) The Sign of Four (2001) The Royal Scandal (2001) The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
Ian Hart(as Watson)	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) The Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
Other films	The Three Garridebs (1937) The Man Who Disappeared (1951) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) The Longing of Sherlock Holmes (1972) Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery (1974) The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) Silver Blaze (1977) The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It (1977) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) The Masks of Death (1984) The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) Hands of a Murderer (1990) The Crucifer of Blood (1991) 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993) The Hound of London (1993) Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002) Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007) Sherlock Holmes (2010) Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)