The Return of Sherlock Holmes Collection
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MPI HOME VIDEO
EAN: 0030306753591
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 85
Label: Mpi Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguagePortugueseUnknown
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
MPN: MPID7535D
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 26, 2003
Running Time: 450 minutes
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 05, 1987
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Editorial Review:Product Description:Movie DVD
Amazon.com:Granada Television followed
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 11 more episodes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective played by Jeremy Brett. After his apparent demise at the hands of Professor Moriarty, Holmes is resurrected in "The Empty House." Brett is outstanding as the famed sleuth, whose return from what Sherlockians call the Great Hiatus is challenged by one of Moriarty's most murderous lieutenants (Patrick Allen), already a killer on the run in London. "The Abbey Grange," a bloody mystery with significant moral and ethical implications, was also an early episode in the new onscreen association of Brett and Edward Hardwicke (who ably replaced the departed David Burke as Dr. Watson), and the two actors seem as perfectly meshed as their allied characters. Arguably the most entertaining and satisfying episode from the entire series, "The Second Stain" finds Holmes facing intertwining problems, each with very different consequences. The look of epiphany on Brett's face when the ever-clueless Inspector Lestrade (Colin Jeavons) tells Holmes about an odd detail in the murder victim's home is enormous fun.
Counselor Troi from
Star Trek: The Next Generation--or rather actress Marina Sirtis--is part of the cast of "The Six Napoleons," a wild mystery that suggests that a madman with a grudge against Napoleon Bonaparte is smashing clay busts of his likeness all over London. "The Priory School," one of the most interesting stories from Doyle's Holmes canon, makes for a particularly taut and exciting episode in which Holmes and Watson are summoned by the desperate founder of an exclusive prep school for boys to locate the missing son of a duke. An extreme rarity in the Holmes canon, a policeman of real competence named Inspector Baynes (Freddie Jones), is also on the case in "Wisteria Lodge," making this tale all the more interesting for Holmes fans interested in comparing and contrasting investigative styles. "The Devil's Foot" finds Watson pressuring the exhausted sleuth into joining him on a vacation on the Cornish coast. Instead of relaxation, however, Holmes and Watson encounter one of the most horrifying multiple murders they have yet come across.
Doyle caught a fair amount of flak for getting a lot of details wrong in "Silver Blaze," a story about the training and racing of horses. Nevertheless, it is one of his most popular yarns and makes a fine basis for a keen mystery with one of Doyle's most inventive solutions. A strong story with some of the sleuth's most impressive investigatory work, "The Bruce Partington Plans" also saw the return of Mycroft Holmes (Charles Gray), brother of the Great Detective and indispensable repository of government business. Holmes's methodical approach to the arcane problem in "The Musgrave Ritual" is a lot of fun, and Brett and Hardwicke seem to be having a particularly good time outdoors, pursuing the solution under a bit of sunshine. "The Man with the Twisted Lip" is one of the most ingenious of the Holmes stories, satisfying from beginning to end, with a witty conclusion and unexpected moral about class pressures.
--Tom Keogh
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This is an amazing collection of the television series broadcasted on PBS. Jeremy Brett is by far the most accurate portrayer of Sherlock Holmes and makes the stories come alive. The video quality is not the greatest but it's the same quality that was seen on television. I do wish that there were better DVD extras. Any lover of Sherlock Holmes must own this!
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This series shines all the more after the recent Downey/Law fumbling of Conan Doyle's material. Brett, an Olivier protege, was one of the great actors of his era before he came to this role some 25 years ago, and he created a Holmes that is difficult to imagine anyone equaling, let alone surpassing. Part of the reason for that is the overall quality of these Granada productions -- the writing, direction, music, and of course acting (one of the ironies of the series, though not in this particular set, is the appearance of a very young Jude Law as a stable boy in one of the Brett adventures; and another, now sadder sight is of a breathtakingly young and lovely Natasha Richardson as the Violet of The Copper Beeches).
This set features a beautifully directed (John Madden) version of The Priory School that is alone worth the price and makes this one you'll watch many times over. The adaptation of The Musgrave Ritual is ingenious, and the Man with the Twisted Lip is a production of both psychological and social depth. In short, this material raises the Sherlock stories to an exponent of artistry and significance that they had never touched before, and never have since.
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I purchased this for a gift for my mother. The price was great and I received it on or before the listed date. She was very pleased and so was I.
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Good price and service. Have all of the J. Brett Holmes collections. He's the best Holmes of them all.
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These Granada TV productions are very high quality, and show some of the best Holmes drama I've ever seen. This set includes some of the better episodes, although most of the Brett ones are outstanding.
If you enjoy very fine acting and incredibly well written adaptations, this would be a good choice. Very, very good indeed.
Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.
