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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

starring: Colin Blakely, Irene Handl, Stanley Holloway, Christopher Lee, Geneviève Page
directed by: Billy Wilder

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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: 16595
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1970



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Description:
The acting, photography and score are tops (Leonard Maltin) in this lively satirical homage from seven-time Academy AwardÂ(r) winner* Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard) and his long-time writing partner I.A.L. Diamond (The Apartment). 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, whereto their surprisethey uncover a plot involving 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! *1960: The Apartment (Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay (with I.A.L.Diamond)); 1950: Sunset Boulevard (Original Screenplay (with Charles Brackett and D.M. Marshman, Jr.)); 1945: The Lost Weekend (Director, Adapted Screenplay (with Charles Brackett)); 1987: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

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



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - A PLOT WITH SUCH BIG HOLES IN IT, YOU CAN DRIVE A SUBMARINE THROUGH THEM
This reminds me of the crappy Pink Panther movies in comparison with the good Pink Panther movies. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - private life of sherlock holmes
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 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 ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 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 ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - 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 ... Read More

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