The film is already 35 years old.
This year marks 35 years the film one of the best films from the series “the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson” — “the hound of the Baskervilles”. The television premiere of this film took place Saturday July evening on first program of all-Union television. A wonderful production by Igor Maslennikov, a brilliant game Duo Livanov-Solomin, an interesting interpretation of the image Henry Baskerville, have all made this film a favorite with millions of viewers.
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How did “the hound of the Baskervilles”
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2. By the time, when maslennikoff was going to shoot the hound of the Baskervilles”, the two previous pictures was such a success that it was easy to assemble a classy cast of actors. To Livanov and Solomin added a new star — Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Yankovsky, Evgenie Steblov, Irina Kupchenko, Alla Demidova, Sergei Martinson. Acting national team of Moscow with pleasure played in Leningrad.
3. “That we did “the Dog” blame the audience, which gave us peace: “If we took in Sherlock Holmes, how can you pass up such a masterpiece as “the hound of the Baskervilles”?” It all happened in an era when people still wrote letters. DH stood sacks of letters demanding the continuation. But I must admit, this time I did not have to persuade. Got “mystical” numbers. We made two films two and three of the series. Then reasoned that it would be good to finish the cycle of the two-part “Dog,” beautiful figures — three films, seven films. But, as you know, this was not the end…”, — told the Director Igor Maslennikov.
4. If Holmes and Watson had a long time all is clear, the choice of actors for the other roles it was not so simple. For the role of Henry Baskerville Maslennikov wanted to invite Nikolai Gubenko. Long time to persuade him, but for some reason he refused.
5. When filming started, the operator Yuri Veksler had a heart attack. The Director had to urgently look for a replacement. Pavilion shooting agreed to hold Dmitri Dolinin and Vladimir Ilyin then removed the entire nature.
Nikita Mikhalkov was finished painting, “Relatives”, starring Svetlana Kryuchkova, wife Wechsler. That they have, and the idea was born to invite Mikhalkov in a role of sir Henry. In fact, Maslennikov and Kryuchkov was not going to invite: she was pregnant, but was expecting a baby. In short, Wexler and Kryuchkov, he was persuaded, and Maslennikov invited Mikhalkov. After that, the Director thought to do sir Henry farmer. So there was funny, funny, cheeky character in the American style.
6. Mikhalkov has arrived early by train and immediately went to the Studio, although shooting was to begin only after 12 days. Arrived not alone, as writer, artist, actor and Director Alexander Adabashyan, who then were friends. And all these 12 days they hung on “Lenfilm”. Adabashyan, of course, no one was expecting.
7. “At first I couldn’t understand why Mikhalkov brought him in. When we started shooting, they began to discuss something among themselves, whisper. And then I realized, Mikhalkov doesn’t trust me as a Director!” — told Maslennikov. — “Remember, appearing for the first time on a shoot, Nikita with his usual panache was out for blood. By nature he is still the leader and vocation Director. Let me just say this: “You go here, you there!..” What was I to do? I’m not a despot and not a dictator, but you have to be a Director, otherwise nothing good will come of it. Had to tyknut on them. And they realized that I something imagine. Mikhalkov was happy. Because, besides the fact that he is the leader and Director, he is also an actor, and the actor is very important that he was the head, to be led and directed, and he didn’t care — the producer will come up with all prompt. And here Nikita “floated” in this happiness: “that’s right, you tell me? So we need to be? There to look?“ So affection and of Mikhalkov can make a docile lamb.”
8. In order to “neutralize” the GOP-company, it was necessary to find Adabashyanu occupation. And then Maslennikov came up with the idea: “Let them play Barrymore!” In this role, no one approved. So Adabashyan was on the court subordinate to the Director person and he has had no time to discuss with Mikhalkov, whether he shoots.
“As for Mikhalkov, Nikita has such an incredible temperament, he’s still around ranting and raving. The group has informed me that for a change he “persuades” a bottle of brandy and not eating anything. For that a healthy body is utter nonsense. On the set drove the horse to such an extent that she just collapsed to the ground. She had fainted: she was lying with her eyes closed, not moving, not breathing… I even thought: “All is lost!” But Nikita was messing with her, and then she suddenly opened his eyes, gradually came to life and off we go! He picked her up! Here is such a phenomenal man.”
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“People have been reproached that I invited him to the role, saying that it is not in the style of the picture. But it seems to me that it is organic — a rabid, temperamental home — very well blended into the story. Adabashyan was for him a kind of shock absorber, a counterweight. So I took advantage of their private affair — whispers behind my back and dragged both into the overall game.”
11. His participation in the film Adabashyan recalls with pleasure. Especially oatmeal, which he with such feeling laid out in this film on the plates to the young Baskerville and Dr. Watson. The famous phrase: “Oatmeal, sir!” became his trademark:
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“The story we needed to create a contrast between old England and new wild America. Sir Henry (Nikita Mikhalkov) arrives from America and finds himself in a completely different habitat. To show this, he invented the outfit — a wolf fur coat on the table meat, and wine, and as opposed to the traditional English oatmeal. It was quite funny…
Porridge, which is specifically for the film boiled assistant props were so delicious that at the end of the filming the pavilion bring another saucepan to the crew. In the breaks between the filming of the pot of porridge was placed a guard to avoid being eaten ahead of time!
So that was fun to play, we actors, invented in the course of different tricks. For example, I played in a pair of aluminim and asked him to add in the relationship between our heroes pepper: between Barrymore and Watson have this inner conflict — the doctor suspects the Butler, and he in retaliation negotiative him oatmeal. This “confrontation” heroes was not in the script, it’s entirely our idea “
13. Oleg Yankovsky in the role of Stapleton was not only because of some negative charm, but like a favorite actor Maslennikova — starred him in several films.
14. But the memories of Svetlana Kryuchkova:
“I read the role I was offered Maslennikov, and realized that he would remain without a child. Because the heroine is weeping. And text her so terrible about a convict, about brother. I think we need to keep the baby. Husband with infarction in the intensive care unit (Yuri Veksler — approx. authors), and it is necessary in order to preserve, and. And I went a paradoxical way. I was saying this text, smile, laugh. And it turned out the decision of the decision role. “So the killer Selden was your brother?” I said, “Yes, sir!” and smile. And begin to tell the whole story, part of which was invented by Alexander Adabashyan: “It was a real angel, he just fell into bad company…” — it was all written and improvised by us. And the story about a boy Henry who loves oatmeal…”
15. “Vitaly mefodyevich very jealous that someone shoot close up, not him, oddly enough, even though he has a huge role and a great actor, and what is there to be afraid of, and I have a small role. And, for example, this is the scene in the tower, remember, when he takes the sign to my brother, and I rush to protect him. And sandal with candles were in the hands of the straw, and he gave me all the time has turned back to the operator. And Mikhalkov has come and so my ear said, “You know, you don’t do in rehearsal, and now will be shooting, go thou, and take from his hand this scandal”. I did so, only while shooting. Solomin was confused, he asked, “So, the killer Selden was your brother?” And I turned to Solomin, that is, back to the operator, then turned by Mikhalkov, who is the master, and said, “Yes, sir,” and thus was close up in the frame. And close up said his monologue. But Mikhalkov then laughed and said: “well Done, professional.”
16. But the biggest challenge was to find the main character of the film — the notorious hound of the Baskervilles. In selection for this role it is impossible to make a mistake — only this monster can explain the fear and terror of the inhabitants of Baskerville hall:
17. “In the selection of this role could not be wrong — only the appearance of a monster in the frame would explain the fear and terror of the inhabitants of Baskerville hall, — said Victor okovity, the artist combined surveys. The four — legged contenders have looked several. Trial and error was looking for type — nobody knew how it should look like the dog in the end. Tried dogs of different breeds even offered a Pekingese scratched with a cat eye, the other eye was looking very crazy. We shot with him a few takes, but the result was not satisfied. Invented to take the role of the dog of the Baskervilles calf, but quickly refused this idea. Then there was a variant with dog. It was covered with reflective tape that glues to road signs. Stuck a skeleton on the animal and began to shoot on black velvet. Looked captured pieces and laughed — turned out just to “run skeleton”.”
18. After watching the movie directed by Maslennikov said one solution is to make the dog mask.
“At first we thought to paint the entire dog with phosphorus, as it is written from Conan Doyle. Told the handlers, and they grabbed his head, say, it will ruin the dog’s sense of smell, none of the host will not be allowed to paint his animal chemistry, — says the Director. — She’s immediately all of this phosphorus will lick…”
“And since the idea of reflective tape was mine, I was instructed to do muzzle the dog,” says the artist okovity. — Black velvet I put a light Scotch. With this on the head and ran the dog in the frame. Instead of phosphorus, we have prepared a special foamed mixture of washing powder and a reflective coating, erased from the tape. This mixture I put on the mask for the dog.
With shootings we’ve suffered considerably. A dog wearing a reflective mask, it was necessary both to withdraw and to send her light. Rear cameras put a special spotlight. Ready for recording. But we have not considered one: the dog will never run into the bright light. Animals generally do not run on the fire — it’s the law of nature. The shoot was canceled again. This frame we shot six times!”
No one could not assume that the animals are so difficult to work on the set. A seemingly simple episode — the bullet hits the dog. But the dog need as an artist to “win back” a bullet fired from a revolver Lestrade. We wanted to show the aggressive dog’s reaction, and she by nature was very peaceful. Maslennikov said: say, let’s make tin wire bullet in the dog fire that she started. Assistant Director Natasha Aspen, intelligent woman, and shamed the Director, they say, you Petersburger, how can you cause the dog pain?!
Maslennikov, to prove that the bullets are only going to excite the animal and had offered to shoot him in the leg. Pyrotechnics shot Maslennikova… just above the hip… you know… Igor Fyodorovich grabbed her soft place, yelling loudly! In General, the response was she is, and everyone realized that to shoot the dog not!!! Did such a move: put the dog under the plywood and sharply pulled her to dog stumbled. But it was SLI — sensing a trick, she ran over to the plywood, it jumped! Had to shoot more than seven takes ismaliya dog, tired to jump, began to stumble.
By the way, in the last scene the actor Nikita Mikhalkov was afraid to play near the dog, so the dog and Mikhalkov filmed separately then the shots were combined.
In the group remember that the dog on the set got the full, but she bravely endured everything and has become a favorite of the group. According to the actor Vasily Livanov, the dog was an amazing sweet tooth — the cake brought by the birthday straw she inhaled along with the box, not leaving a single crumb.
“And then articulating long conjured over the voice of the hound of the Baskervilles,” says the sound engineer of the picture Asya Zvereva. — It’s hard today to restore the “recipe”. Used the voice of a lion, bear, dog, everything is stretched. The work was so complex that it had to do in Moscow, in Leningrad, then was not a good instrument”.
19. In search of nature for the filming of “the hound of the Baskervilles” directed by Maslennikov went to Estonia. There was shooting and the Devonshire, which the unfolding events of the novel “the hound of the Baskervilles” and Dartmoor peat swamps. Baskerville hall was shot in Tallinn, and nature were two buildings. In that episode where Dr. Mortimer performed by Evgeny Steblov tells the legend of the Baskervilles, is castle Glen. It was here that the captive Hugo Baskerville was climbing down the ivy from the window of a castle tower. Baskerville hall the XIX century played the castle of count A. V. Orlov-Davydov. Now it is a Museum of Estonian history.
