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. Dont 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 DEVILS 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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Granada Television followed The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000060MVK/%24%7B0%7D ) 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 (
/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/717/%24%7B0%7D )--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 man 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 a 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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