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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792856214
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079285621X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 15, 2003
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 19189
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
When a beautiful woman claims that her dear husband has disappeared the investigation takes Sherlock Holmes (Robert Stephens) and Dr. Watson (Colin Blakely) to Scotland where - to their surprise - they uncover a plot involving a clandestine society Her Majesty's Secret Service... and the Loch Ness Monster! But before he can deduce matters to the elementary. Holmes makes an error that may jeopardize the national safety of Britain... and ruin his reputation!System Requirements:Starring: Colin Blakely Robert Stephens Directed By: Billy Wilder Running Time: 125 Min. Color Copyright 2003 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: PG-13 UPC: 027616887641 Manufacturer No: 1004724
Amazon.com:
This 1970 Billy Wilder comedy-drama about a major defeat in the career of Sherlock Holmes may have little to do with the legacy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but in its uncut form it happens to be one of the finest films of the decade. Robert Stephens makes a perfectly splendid Holmes, brilliant, sophisticated, and deeply flawed, while Colin Blakely plays Dr. Watson as a drinker and ladies' man with more personality and intelligence than is often granted him by filmmakers. The case (which has some echoes of Doyle's story 'The Bruce-Partington Plans') begins with Holmes aiding the distressed Madame Valladon (Geneviève Page), who is searching for her missing husband. The inquiry shifts to Scotland, and despite a stern warning from the hero's brother, Mycroft Holmes (Christopher Lee), Sherlock pursues events that reveal a top-secret government plan. Lush, energetic, funny, gorgeous to look at, and ultimately tragic, the film is layered with Wilder's familiar collision of cynicism and yearning, hope and betrayal, grace and isolation. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - The Human Side of the Most Famous Detective
This 1970's film directed by the genius of Billy Wilder, who made over 90 films in his life time, (not one a dud) adapted the film from the novel by I.A.L. Diamond, focusing on the human side of the most famous detective in history.
Robert Stevens as Holmes is more "real" for lack of a better term, as Wilder shows not only his genius but his addiction to cocaine, and his prudishness, typical of the times and an emotional side that most of us have barely caught a glimpse.
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Rating: - A truly great movie even in its present form
A long-time dream project for Billy Wilder, beginning life as a musical, going through several years of rewrites and casting proposals - at one point even a vehicle for Peter O'Toole and Peter Sellers until the director found both impossible to make a deal with - before going into production as a hugely expensive $10m budgeted three-hour plus roadshow picture only to be cut down to little over two hours when exhibitors refused to book the uncut version, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is something ... Read More
Rating:  - What Might Have Been...
The film that was released is an amusing Holmes pastiche, but when you take the time to review all the extras and get a sense of Wilder's intentions, you'll realize that this could have been a masterpiece. Poignent and farcical "movements" blend together seamlessly. It should be added to the ranks of "The Magnificent Ambersons" as a tragic loss.
Rating: - Highly underrated Holme's tall tale
Billy Wilder's genius comes through again in this more diverse look at Sherlock Holmes. Fundamental Holmesians may be appalled because this story looks at a couple of Sherlock's flaws. But most people will appreciate that after all he was human and these flaws will actually endear him more to the majority of people. The story itself is quite enteratining as Sherlock looks for a missing husband and encounters cutthroats, spies, and government red tape as he tries to get to the bottom of a couple mysteries. ... Read More
Rating: - Classic tongue in cheek comedy!
This was very well done but better suited to SH fans. Christopher Lee was unrecognisable in his part as Microft! I think he is the highlight of the Special Features section where he gives a talk about his career, the cinema, directors and Billy Wilder. Such a fine gentleman, he has always supported the cinema. He's the only actor to have played both Sherlock and Microft. Amazingly he acted free of charge in "The Wicker Man"---one of his very best parts. I recommend both of these films.
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