Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
by Simon Cellan Jones

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
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Actor: Anne Carroll, Ian Hart, Neil Dudgeon, Nicholas Palliser, Rupert Everett
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Allan Cubitt
Writer: Allan Cubitt
Producer: Elinor Day
Producer: Gareth Neame
Producer: Greg Brenman
Producer: Kate Murrell
Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner

Movie Reviews of Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Movie Review: Worst Holmes film I have seen so far
Summary: 2 Stars

Arthur conan Doyle never delt with such crude subjects. I didn't like Everetts Holmes, he was creepy and rude. Watsons fiance was also crude. Watson was wimpy. After seeing all of the Brett and Rathebone movies I was excited about a "new Holmes". Good thing there isn't a series of these. Even the cartoons are way better.

Summary of Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

When the murder of a penniless shopgirl is linked to the body of debutante Lady Alice Burnham, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes (Rupert Everett) immediately begins to piece together the clues. The murky world of the menacing London docks collides with the glamour and glitter of Edwardian high society as Holmes and Dr. Watson (Ian Hart) are reunited to solve a case that threatens to overwhelm the privilege and tranquility of aristocratic society.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary by Simon Cellan Jones (Director) and Elinor Day (Producer)
Biographies:Cast bios


Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking is an excellent Sherlockian pastiche, i.e., part of a genre of original works featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most beloved character, but taking various liberties Doyle most likely would not have embraced. Rupert Everett gives a wholly original performance as Holmes--not an easy thing to do in the shadow of Jeremy Brett's definitive portrayal on Britain's Granada Television in the 1980s. Both Everett and the story capture Holmes during his most dissolute period, hooked on opiates, refusing to eat, and more often than not without the company of his friend, Dr. Watson (Ian Hart, essaying the character a second time), who had left Baker Street to pursue a private practice and marry his second wife. This is Holmes deep in the career crisis eventually resolved by his duel with Moriarty in Doyle's canon, but in The Case of the Silk Stocking the Great Detective is vexed by a murderer preying upon the daughters of London aristocrats. Elements of the killer's sexual fetishism make this a particularly grim tale that the discreet Watson would most certainly not have chronicled. The dark but imaginative tale is lightened a bit by the presence of Watson's fiancee (Helen McCrory), an American psychiatrist as aghast as she is impressed by Holmes' lack of emotional attachment to his work. --Tom Keogh

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