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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788604225
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788604228
Label: Mpi Home Video
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 28, 2002
Running Time: 150 minutes
Sales Rank: 29512
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 14, 1985
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In 'The Resident Patient,' Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Dr. Watson (David Burke) are approached by Dr. Percy Trevelyan (Nicholas Clay), who has been set up in an office by a man named Blessington (Patrick Newell) in exchange for free medical care. Despite several successful years of this arrangement, Blessington is found hanging in his room. This episode from the long-running Granada Television series has the incomparable Brett enact one of Holmes's most dramatic and complex deductions. A terrific show, from the earliest and perhaps best years of the series.
'The Red-Headed League' is based on a truly popular tale from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes canon. The story has a pawnbroker named Wilson (John Woodnutt) hearing from an assistant about a wealthy foundation, the Red-Headed League, dedicated to the 'propagation and spread of... redheads as well as [to] their maintenance.' Good fun all around, especially for Holmes fans who would enjoy seeing this unique story well adapted for the screen.
In 1893 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's weariness with his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes, led him to write 'The Final Problem.' The plan was to bring Holmes face to face with his most cunning and vile adversary, Professor Moriarty (Eric Porter), in a showdown that would bring a graceful and ennobling close to the Holmes saga. In time, Doyle allowed popular pressure to change his mind, and he brought back the sleuth, but this engrossing adaptation truly seems like Holmes's last bow and gives no hint of things to come. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  - Two of the Best
Two of the very best episodes of this series.
I read the Sherlock Holmes canon for the first time only last month. Where was he all my life! I was so taken in by the stories' cleverness and style that I just had to have the Granada TV series. There is no one else like the young Brett as Holmes and it is unlikely that anyone will try to do the entire series again.
The later episodes in the series run from good to hideous, but it's not really Brett's fault. When he had control over Holmes, the results were ideal. But the later films show him a mere caricature of the real Holmes. At least Hardwicke remained constant as Watson.
Regarding these two shows, I don't know why Moriarty was dragged into the Red Headed League. It really isn't necessary, and it implies that Doyle's story is somehow inadequate as written. I find this to be my favorite of the Holmes stories, and the casting in the TV version couldn't have been better. The only other nick I have with it is that when Holmes knocks on Wilson's door and the fellow who has been digging in the basement comes out, his knees are very obviously wet, but there is no evidence that he was on his knees in dirt. I found this rather odd, but it is a minor issue.
As for The Last Problem, I was spellbound all the way through. I felt that I knew Holmes and Watson well by now, and they were old friends. When Holmes and Moriarty fight it out at the end, we all know what will happen. And when they finally went over the edge, I was in awe. ... Read More
Rating: - "A Mastermind has been at Work"
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This DVD presents three of the 50 minute Sherlock Holmes' episodes that had Jeremy Brett as Sherlock and David Burke as Dr. Watson. Each episode is based on a story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 to 1930) who wrote 56 short stories and 4 novels about Sherlock Holmes.
(1) "The Resident Patient" (12 scenes; based on the 1893 story).
A wealthy man in "a state of mortal dread" sets up a practice for a struggling doctor in his home. Later, the wealthy man is found dead in his home. Was it suicide or murder? Sherlock investigates.
(2) "The Red-Headed League" (12 scenes; based on the 1891 story).
A businessman gets a second lucrative job because he satisfies the condition for employment: he has red hair. An episode that's hilarious at first (check out Sherlock and Watson laughing uncontrollably) but later turns more sinister. The quotation by Sherlock that is the title of this review comes from this episode.
(3) "The Final Problem" (12 scenes; based on the 1893 story).
What can I say about this riveting episode? There's a unique "meeting of masterminds" at 221B Baker Street. Check out the thrilling "Final Solution" at the end of this episode that may spell the end of Sherlock. Eric Porter as Professor Moriarty does a fantastic job in this role. A must-see for all Sherlock Holmes' fans.
Brett (who made 41 Sherlock Holmes' dramas between 1984 and 1994) is in top-form in these episodes ... Read More
Rating: - We love it!
Every once in a while, an actor comes along who not only plays the role of Sherlock Holmes, but actually redefines the role. In 1984, veteran actor Jeremy Brett (1933-95) actually did it yet again! And now, these wonderful Granada Television episodes are available on DVD.
This wonderful DVD has no less than three of the 55 minute episodes! My family and I loved this DVD, and think that any fan of Sherlock Holmes, or just plain fan of mysteries, will love it, too! (By the way, if you like Jeremy Brett, you can see him in an entirely different role in My Fair Lady (1964) as Freddie Eynsford-Hill!)
The following episodes are included on this DVD:
The Resident Patient - Series 2, episode 4 (September 15, 1985) - One day, a young doctor comes seeking Holmes' advice for a patient. The patient is mortally afraid of intruders, but can Sherlock find out why before it is too late?
The Red Headed League - Series 2, episode 5 (September 22, 1985) - When pawnbroker Jabez Wilson comes to Holmes and Watson with the strange tale of a league of red-headed men that never was, he expects to be laughed at. But, only Holmes can see that this strange "prank" was only the cover on a deeper mystery
The Final Problem - Series 2, episode 6 (September 29, 1985) - When Holmes foils a plot to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, he finds that he has crossed the path of the "Napoleon of Crime" Professor Moriarty once too often. Will Holmes survive or will this be his final ... Read More
Rating:  - hmmm
The shows were wonderful. Good suspense and I love Jeremy Brett--the best Sherlock out there. But in 'The Final Problem' they had a nude "art" scene with a woman. Come on, this is just not right, why would they ruin the movie with that?!
If they would have left out the "art" they movie would be a 5 star, and it would have been just fine.
Rating: - Fell In Love With This Series On A&E
Have always enjoyed this series - great stuff.
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