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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MPI
EAN: 9780788604164
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788604163
Label: Mpi Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageUnknownEnglishUnknownUnknownEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
MPN: MPID7064D
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 28, 2002
Running Time: 690 minutes
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 14, 1985
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Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 05/28/2002 Run time: 500 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the best filmed version of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, showcasing Holmes's dazzling brilliance without ignoring his unnerving intensity or drug dependencies. First aired on Britain's Granada Television in 1984, the series offered perfect casting (David Burke, replaced later in the run by Edward Hardwicke, played Dr. Watson as Holmes's sturdy companion and chronicler rather than as a buffoon), marvelous period music by Patrick Gowers, and a running time of almost an hour per story, which allowed superior detail and faithfulness to the original source.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes marked the beginning of the long-running series. Highlights of these 13 episodes include "A Scandal in Bohemia," which introduces Irene Adler (Gayle Hunnicutt), whom Holmes uncharacteristically describes as having "a face a man might die for"; the chilling locked-room mystery "The Speckled Band"; the introduction of Sherlock's brother Mycroft (Charles Gray) in "The Greek Interpreter"; and "The Final Problem," in which Holmes confronts his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty (Eric Porter) at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. The five-disc boxed set is a great bargain compared to previous VHS releases, although bonus features are limited to English subtitles and galleries of Sidney Paget's famous illustrations. The series would continue on Granada with The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as well as the stand-alone treatments of The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles. --David Horiuchi
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This was my first exposure to Jeremy Brett, the actor. I've read various Sherlock Holmes stories in the past, and recently watched the new Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey, Jr (lots of explosions, and very forgettable).
But this performance by Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, with his companion Dr. Watson (played by David Burke)...
Fabulous.
Jeremy Brett portrays Sherlock Holmes as an imperfect person. Holmes has a drug problem, and borderline ... Read More
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What you need to know is that Sherlock Holmes will never be better represented than in this series. Jeremy Brett is so good you will not be able to think Holmes without seeing his face. Typical of the best British TV, every single minor character is portrayed by a top notch actor. This series is as good as the original stories, maybe better. I love the Homes stories because Conan Doyle did not feel the need to create absurd plot twists to spice things up. Once the crime is solved the reader can ... Read More
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Good price and service. Love the J. Brett Holmes series, have the whole collection.
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"The Adventures", the first two seasons of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series, is, in my opinion, the finest overall reproduction of the SH Canon there is. Certainly, all 13 episodes were undoubtedly the best in the entire series, which did loose it's quality significantly towards the last two seasons, but was loosing the magic sporradically long before the "Casebook" episodes.
What made the "Adventures" such perfection was a combination of elements, not the least of which was attention to details ... Read More
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I watched this series when it was broadcast in the US on PBS and am thoroughly entertained by it yet today. Jeremy Brett is a great Holmes.
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