The Sign of Four (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Rodney Gibbons

Writers:

Arthur Conan Doyle (novel)
Joe Wiesenfeld (writer)

Release Date:

21 February 2009 (Sweden)

Genre:

Mystery

Tagline:

Sworn in Secrecy. Signed in Blood.

Plot:

Greed, betrayal and vengeance set the stage for this Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic. Mary Morstan, a young governess...

Plot Keywords:

Sherlock Holmes | Based On Novel | Number In Title

Cast

Matt Frewer	...	Sherlock Holmes
Kenneth Welsh	...	Dr. Watson
Sophie Lorain	...	Miss Morstan
Marcel Jeannin	...	Thaddeus / Bartholomew
Michel Perron	...	Inspector Jones
Edward Yankie	...	John Small
Kevin Woodhouse	...	Williams
Cas Anvar	...	Sikh #1
Samir Mallal	...	Sikh #2
Ganesha Rasiah	...	Sikh #3
Terrence Labrosse	...	Major Sholto (as Johni Keyworth)
Kathleen McAuliffe	...	Mrs. Hudson
Fernando Chien	...	Tonga
Una Kay	...	Mrs. Bernstone
Chimwemwe Miller	...	Achmet
Daniel Brochu	...	Wiggins
Dennis St John	...	Sherman
Emma Stevens	...	Mrs. Smith
Noël Burton	...	Professor Morgan
Kenneth Fernandez	...	Khitmutgar
Justin Bradley	...	Captain's Son
Pascal Richard	...	Policeman #1
Denis Franc	...	Policeman #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierre-Xavier Martel	...	Thaddeus

Directed by
Rodney Gibbons

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Arthur Conan Doyle		novel "The Sign of Four"
Joe Wiesenfeld		writer

Produced by
Pedro Gandol	....	associate producer
Steven Hewitt	....	executive producer
Irene Litinsky	....	producer
Michael Prupas	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Marc Ouellette

Cinematography by
Eric Cayla

Film Editing by
Vidal Béïque

Casting by
Andrea Kenyon

Production Design by
Jean-Baptiste Tard

Set Decoration by
Diane Gauthier
Marie-Claude Gosselin
Claude Leclair

Costume Design by
Luc J. Béland

Makeup Department
Diane Bernier	....	hair stylist
Deborah Braun	....	makeup artist
Sandra Feijoo	....	assistant makeup artist
C.J. Goldman	....	special makeup effects artist
Erik Gosselin	....	special makeup effects artist
Tahira Herold	....	makeup artist
Tomoko Hidaka	....	key hair stylist
Chanelle Ouellette	....	makeup artist
Melissa Purino	....	key makeup artist
Benjamin Robin	....	hair styles supervisor
Benjamin Robin	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Jean-Yves Dolbec	....	unit manager
Pierre Lapointe	....	assistant unit manager
Evan Tussman	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anabelle Berkani	....	third assistant director
Pedro Gandol	....	first assistant director
Laurence Mercier	....	third assistant director
Gabriel Teller	....	trainee assistant director
Dandy Thibaudeau	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Mario Barriere	....	scenic technician
André-Line Beauparlant	....	assistant art director
Rejean Brochu	....	head carpenter
Jean Chassé	....	props buyer
Jean Desroches	....	scenic technician
Charles Dugas	....	assistant property master
Carrie Foster	....	art department coordinator
Elaine Frigon	....	draftsperson
Guy Gauthier	....	assistant set decorator
Julie Gosselin	....	assistant set decorator
Christian Lafortune	....	scenic technician
Raynald Langelier	....	draftsperson
Guillaume Lord	....	assistant art director
Julie Montplaisir	....	art department assistant
Véronique Pagnoux	....	head scenic painter
Éric Philippe	....	scenic technician
Colombe Raby	....	assistant art director
André Ratelle	....	property master
Richard Shean	....	draftsperson
Guillaume St-Laurent	....	scenic technician
Jose Fernando Varela	....	scenic technician

Sound Department
Catherine Bellazzi	....	boom operator
Richard Betanzos	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dominique Chartrand	....	sound mixer
Michelle Cloutier	....	dialogue editor
Scott Donald	....	dialogue editor
David Gertsman	....	sound effects editor
Michael Gurman	....	sound effects editor
Steven Gurman	....	sound consultant (as Steve Gurman)
Christiane Hubert	....	foley assistant
Paul Hubert	....	foley artist
Eric Med Lagacé	....	foley recordist (as Eric 'Med' Lagacé)
Guy Pelletier	....	sound trainee
Stan Sakellaropoulos	....	assistant dialogue editor
Glenn Tussman	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Jean-François Aubin	....	special effects assistant
Adam Charbonneau	....	special effects assistant
Yvon Charbonneau	....	special effects technician
François Dion	....	special effects assistant
André Fortin	....	special effects assistant
André Laforest	....	special effects technician
Eric-André Paquin	....	special effects technician

Stunts
David McKeown	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Alain Bisson Doyal	....	best boy
Philippe Bossé	....	still photographer
Gérald Bourget	....	generator operator
Claude Cardinal	....	grip
Stéphane de Ernsted	....	key grip
Mathieu-Félix Drouin	....	camera trainee
Jacques Dupuis	....	grip
Christian Gagné	....	electrician
Sébastien Giroux	....	electrician
Réal Guindon	....	grip
Marc Hénaut	....	electrician
Judith Lagacé	....	focus puller
Raynald Lavoie	....	electrician
Luc Lorrain	....	electrician
Nicolas Marion	....	camera operator
Louis Richard	....	grip
Martial Simard	....	electrician
Michel Steinmetzer	....	best boy
Geoffroy St-Hilaire	....	clapper loader
Dominic Thibault	....	electrician
François Warot	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Randi Wells	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Julie Amyot	....	additional extras dresser
Jacinthe Demers	....	wardrobe mistress: extras
Chantale Di Filippo	....	assistant wardrobe mistress: extras
Angela Di Marzio	....	assistant wardrobe
Dominique Girard	....	dresser
Christine Gribbin	....	key dresser
Stéphane LaRoche	....	wardrobe coordinator
Véronique Marchessault	....	assistant wardrobe
Josée Philibert	....	extras dresser
Caroline Poirier	....	assistant to costume designer

Editorial Department
Marc Châles	....	off-line assistant editor
Marilène Clouâtre	....	colorist
Geneviève Duffault	....	post-production coordinator
Martin Maltais	....	colorist

Transportation Department
Christian Biron	....	driver captain
Bertrand Calmeau	....	driver
Aleck Duncan	....	driver
John Gendron	....	driver
Jasmine Lewandowski	....	office driver
Jean-Pierre Majeau	....	driver
Jose Uria	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Annick Barbery	....	assistant unit publicist
Jesabelle Boileau	....	assistant craft service
René Brisson	....	set runner
Eric Brulotte	....	script trainee
Patrice Bujold	....	set production assistant
Bruno Caroît	....	boat wrangler
Marie-France Caron	....	assistant location manager
Christiane Charpentier	....	craft service
Suzanne De Carufel	....	location manager
Harvey Diamond	....	stand-in: Kenneth Welsh
Harvey Drouelle	....	daily production assistant
Raymond Ducasse	....	animal wrangler
Paul Dupont	....	medic
Émilie Dussault	....	assistant to executive producer
Normand Fleury	....	boat pilot
James Galwey	....	dialogue coach
François Gauthier	....	animal coordinator
Josée Juteau	....	animal wrangler
Christian Labrie	....	armorer
France Lachapelle	....	script supervisor
Charles Lafond	....	medic
Bernard Landry	....	carriage wrangler
Ghyslain Larouche	....	medic
Suzanne Laverdure	....	assistant location manager
Danielle Lavoie	....	production coordinator
Mélanie Lavoie	....	production secretary
Horatio Léal	....	animal wrangler
Réjean Leclair	....	medic
François Lessard	....	off-line coordinator
Rachel Maness	....	assistant accountant
Bruce Miller	....	assistant accountant
Vie Nystrom	....	stand-in
Betty Palik	....	unit publicist
Nancy Partheniou	....	production accountant
Jean-Clément Renaud	....	production assistant
Martin Roy	....	production assistant
André Savard	....	production assistant
Julie-Anne Szabo	....	receptionist
Mario Trépanier	....	medic
Michel Valliéres	....	stand-in: Matt Frewer

Production Companies

• Muse Entertainment Enterprises
• Sign of Four Inc.

Distributors

• Odyssey Channel (2001) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Artisan Entertainment (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Hallmark Entertainment (USA)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Muse Distribution International

Special Effects

• Intrigue
• Intrigue (special effects)
• Twins F/X II Inc. (special effects makeup)

Other Companies

• Pemium Sound 'N' Picture Inc.  audio post-production

Also Known As:

Le signe des quatre (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Goofs:

Factual errors: While bluffing to get information from Mrs. Smith about the Aurora, Holmes says "Judge Jeffereys and Dr. Crippen have beaten us to it". This is clearly intended as a joke, as well as perhaps a nod to Holmes' encyclopedic knowledge of crime. Of the two, the only one Holmes would have known about is Jeffereys, a seventeenth century judge famous for handing down executions. Dr. Crippen was an alleged murderer who was accused of poisoning his wife, caught, tried, and executed. However, this event did not happen until 1910. "The Sign of the Four" takes place in 1890, a good 20 years before Crippen's name would have hit the papers.

Movie Connections:

Version of Das Zeichen der Vier (1974) (TV)

very entertaining

Matt Frewer has played Sherlock Holmes in four TV movies: The Hound of the Baskevilles, The Sign of Four, The Royal Scandal, and The Whitechapel Vampire. I purchased a DVD set of all four of Frewer's Holmes films to share with friends and family. We planned to watch only one movie per evening, but we ended up watching all four in one weekend. It was just too much fun! Matt Frewer's performance as Sherlock Holmes is extremely humorous and Kenneth Welsh is the perfect straight-man for Frewer's highly eccentric Holmes. These are fun adventures for the entire family. Frewer and Welsh should make more movies as Holmes and Watson. They are a blast!