Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Nigel Stock: Rupert T. Waxflatter
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Quotes
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Waxflatter : Elementary, my dear Holmes... elementary.
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[Holmes, Watson and Elizabeth are walking across the courtyard, when a voice causes them to look up]
Waxflatter : Holmes! Elizabeth! I think I have solved all of the problems!
John Watson : [looking up] Who's that?
Elizabeth Hardy : My Uncle.
Sherlock Holmes : Rupert T. Waxflatter. Retired schoolmaster, degrees in Chemistry and Biology, well versed in Philosophy, Mathematics and Physics. Author of 27 books.
[Holmes walks on]
Elizabeth Hardy : And most people think he's a lunatic.
[Elizabeth walks on]
John Watson : Why?
[Waxflatter launches his flying machine]
John Watson : Oh, my God!
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[Holmes, Watson and Elizabeth help Waxflatter carry the wrecked flying machine up the stairs to the attic]
Waxflatter : Let me see, that makes six! Six failed attemps. Nevertheless, we shall not be defeated. We shall conquer. I have made up my mind. The conquest of the skies is well within my grasp!
John Waston : [to Elizabeth] He's done this six times!
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[Waxflatter's dying words]
Waxflatter : Ehtar... Ehtar. Ehtar, Holmes. Ehtar.
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[Waxflatter has crashed his flying machine into a tree]
Waxflatter : [looking around] A very hopeful sign. Very hopeful!