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Actor: Jeremy BrettBrand: MPI
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Portuguese (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 450 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-08-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mpi Home Video
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- "Sheer enjoyment" USA Today The celebrated duo of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke are back as the masterful Sherlock Holmes and his faithful cohort Dr. Watson. Based on the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the spellbinding adventures of THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES are packed with mystery and suspense. Don't miss a single clue in these deadly games of cat and mouse! Produce
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Movie Review: The Return of London's Only "Consulting Detective."
Summary: 5 Stars
In his foreword to Bantam's "Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories," Loren Estleman called the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson literature's warmest, most symbiotic and most timeless: rightfully so. Not surprisingly, film history is littered with adaptations of Conan Doyle's tales and Holmes pastiches (using the protagonists but otherwise independent storylines). Yet - and with particular apologies to the fans of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce canon - none of these prior incarnations can hold a candle to the ITV/Granada TV series produced between 1984 and 1994, starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes and first David Burke, then, beginning with this cycle and in near-seamless transition, Edward Hardwicke as a refreshingly sturdy, pragmatic, unbumbling Dr. Watson.
Jeremy Brett was the only actor who ever managed to perfectly portray Holmes's imperiousness, bitingly ironic sense of humor and apparently indestructible self-control without at the same time neglecting his genuine friendship towards Dr. Watson and the weaknesses hidden below a surface dominated by his overarching intellectual powers. The series takes the titles of its four cycles of shorter episodes - "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," "The Return of Sherlock Holmes," "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" and "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" - from four of the five short story collections featuring London's self-appointed only "consulting detective" (published 1892, 1905, 1894 and 1927, respectively). While not all episodes correspond exactly with the original story collections, and the series's premise - Holmes's and Watson's shared tenancy of rooms at 221B Baker Street - was no longer true even at the beginning of the "Adventures," particularly the first two cycles ("Adventures" and "Return") are must-haves for any mystery fan.
"The Empty House:" Three years after Holmes's seemingly deadly dive into Reichenbach Falls in what Conan Doyle originally conceived as his final clash with evil mastermind Professor Moriarty ("The Final Problem"), his absence is painfully felt in a murder Scotland Yard's Inspector Lestrade (Colin Jeavons) and Dr. Watson are unable to solve. But this cycle is called "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" for a reason ... and with the detective, his evil opponent and his minions are back as well.
"The Abbey Grange:" Holmes and Watson solve the mystery surrounding the death of rich Sir Eustace Brackenstall - and Holmes surprises Watson with his unorthodox ethical stance once the culprit is uncovered.
"The Second Stain:" In one of several mysteries seeing Holmes involved in international intrigue, he is on the hunt for a letter stolen from a Cabinet Secretary's house, and feared to bring about a war if falling into the wrong hands.
"The Six Napoleons:" A London dealer sells small busts of Napoleon to six unconnected purchasers. Shortly thereafter, several of the busts are found smashed to pieces. Holmes and Watson connect the scattered dots and link the case to a murder that Inspector Lestrade had considered unrelated.
"Wisteria Lodge:" Taken from the 1917 collection "His Last Bow" - the only one not nominally represented here - this tale of murder and an unhappy governess begins when Holmes's client-to-be awakens to find the house where he has been staying as a guest unexpectedly empty, with no trace of his host or any of the other inhabitants in sight.
"The Priory School:" Called upon by an exclusive private school's anguished principal, Holmes and Watson take a trip to the moors to uncover the trace of a powerful nobleman's vanished son - and his likewise vanished German teacher.
"The Devil's Foot" (likewise from "Last Bow"): Holmes and Watson visit rural Cornwall and find themselves facing the gruesome case of a young woman who has died without apparent cause, and her brothers, inexplicably gone mad over night. While different from "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (published 16 years earlier) in storyline and solution, in mood and references to local superstition this is reminiscent of Holmes's probably best-known case.
"Silver Blaze" (from "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"): Holmes's and Watson's foray into the world of race horse training is the source of one of the detective's most famous quotes, relating to "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" (which most recently inspired Mark Haddon's like-named book), where Holmes explains that a watch dog's *failure* to do anything - particularly bark - was the "curious incident" that caught his attention, and conclusively allowed him to narrow down the circle of suspects.
"The Bruce-Partington Plans" (from "Last Bow"): One of the rare cases where Holmes is joined - nay, where his investigation is even initiated - by his equally intelligent, mysterious brother Mycroft (Charles Gray), now in the British government's service in a position of his own creation. The mystery concerns the disappearance of the plans for a brand new submarine, and the murder of a young government employee who had been among the few persons with access thereto.
"The Musgrave Ritual" (from "Memoirs"): While Holmes and Watson are staying with one of Holmes's rare boyhood acquaintances, the gentleman's exceptionally well-informed butler disappears, followed shortly by a maid he had once courted. Using an old family ritual the butler had been discovered to be secretly studying before his disappearance, and relying on his knowledge of trigonometry, Holmes follows their trace - and on the way, solves a riddle that has been in the family's possession since the days of King Charles I.
"The Man With the Twisted Lip" (from "Adventures"): The "consulting detective" is called to investigate the disappearance of a wealthy man last seen in one of London's infamous opium dens. Suspicion soon falls on a beggar, the present occupant of the room where the vanished man was last seen. But is the beggar truly guilty - or is there something else to uncover?
Stories from the "Return of Sherlock Holmes" collection used in this series's other cycles:
In "Adventures:"
"The Norwood Builder"
"The Dancing Men"
"The Solitary Cyclist"
In "Memoirs:"
"The Golden Pince-Nez"
Adapted as a stand-alone movie-length feature entitled "The Master Blackmailer" co-starring Robert Hardy:
"The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton."
Also recommended:
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Granada Television Series (12 DVD)
Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen
Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street
Bending the Willow: Jeremy Brett As Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle - The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Murder Rooms - The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Conan Doyle, Detective: The True Crimes Investigated by the Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur and George
Summary of The Return of Sherlock Holmes Collection
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES DVD COLLECTION The celebrated duo of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke are back as the masterful Sherlock Holmes and his faithful cohort Dr. Watson. Based on the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the spellbinding adventures of THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES are packed with mystery and suspense. Don?t miss a single clue in these deadly games of cat and mouse! Produced by Granada Television and filmed on location in London.Includes:
Disc One: THE EMPTY HOUSE & THE ABBEY GRANGE
Disc Two: THE SECOND STAIN & THE SIX NAPOLEONS
Disc Three: THE PRIORY SCHOOL & WISTERIA LODGE
Disc Four: THE DEVIL?S FOOT, SILVER BLAZE & THE BRUCE PARTINGTON PLANS
Disc Five: THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL & THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
DVD Extras:
-"Elementary, My Dear Watson: An Interview With Edward Hardwicke"
- Director's Commentary with John Madden
- Production Notes
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