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I have always been a Sherlock Holmes fan, when I was a kid I always loved watching any old "Holmes" movie that would come on the tv. My love of Sherlock Holmes stories kind of laid dormant for many years while I was caught up in working and raising a family but, I have a little more time on my hands these days for such things. When the movie with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law came out the flame was reignited and I haven't been able to get enough Sherlock Holmes since.
My first introduction to Jeremy Brett as the master "consulting detective" came when I downloaded a movie called "The Master Blackmailer", I was immediately drawn in and realized that Robert Downey Jr. had based his style of portraying Sherlock Holmes on Brett's style and while I love the way Downey pulled it off, Brett has him beat.
Once my passion for Sherlock Holmes stories was reignited I purchased the books with all the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and enjoyed every one of them. Anyone who has enjoyed any of the movies really should give the books a shot, they are really quite enjoyable reading.
From there I purchased the other four Movies that Brett made along with costar Edward Hardwicke as Dr John Watson, who does an outstanding job of portraying Watson properly in my opinion. Far too many times we see Watson portrayed as a bumbling idiot in those old movies when he was actually far from it, he doesn't have Holmes' genius but, he is far from an idiot.
After I had watched those movies a few times I needed another fix so, I moved on to this first season of the Granada television series and I have to say that it was worth every penny of the purchase price. These stories, (along with the Brett movies), are done very well with regards to staying true to the original stories, which is something we don't see too often when books are made into movies and I, for one, am quite happy when someone gets it right.
In this season David Burke plays Watson and while he does a good job he also kind of tends to make Watson a bit of a dummy, not nearly as bad as say, Nigel Bruce, but still, as I said before, Watson was not a dummy. Burke does do an admirable job overall though.
I really love Brett's portrayal of Holmes, watching the way he does this series brings the man off the page and onto our screens, I don't think anyone will ever be a better Sherlock Holmes than Jeremy Brett, he fit the role perfectly and he played the role the same. I don't believe anyone will ever do it better.
So, if you're a fan of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tales of Sherlock Holmes then "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Season 1" is a must watch in my humble opinion.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Jeremy Brett. Includes some of Holmes' finest moments: A Scandal in Bohemia," The Naval Treaty," The Greek Interpreter," The Red-Headed League" in 13 episodes and more on 5 DVDs. 1984-85/color/11 hrs., 30 min/NR/fullscreen.
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Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the best filmed version of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, showcasing Holmes's dazzling brilliance without ignoring his unnerving intensity or drug dependencies. First aired on Britain's Granada Television in 1984, the series offered perfect casting (David Burke, replaced later in the run by Edward Hardwicke, played Dr. Watson as Holmes's sturdy companion and chronicler rather than as a buffoon), marvelous period music by Patrick Gowers, and a running time of almost an hour per story, which allowed superior detail and faithfulness to the original source.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes marked the beginning of the long-running series. Highlights of these 13 episodes include "A Scandal in Bohemia," which introduces Irene Adler (Gayle Hunnicutt), whom Holmes uncharacteristically describes as having "a face a man might die for"; the chilling locked-room mystery "The Speckled Band"; the introduction of Sherlock's brother Mycroft (Charles Gray) in "The Greek Interpreter"; and "The Final Problem," in which Holmes confronts his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty (Eric Porter) at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. The five-disc boxed set is a great bargain compared to previous VHS releases, although bonus features are limited to English subtitles and galleries of Sidney Paget's famous illustrations. The series would continue on Granada with The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as well as the stand-alone treatments of The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles. --David Horiuchi
Special features
- Includes all 13 episodes: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Dancing Men, The Naval Treaty, The Solitary Cyclist, The Crooked Man, The Speckled Band, The Blue Carbuncle, The Copper Beeches, The Greek Interpreter, The Norwood Builder, The Resident Patient, The Red Headed League, The Final Problem
- Photo gallery
- Paget's Drawings Part III
- Information about the Sherlock and Brett Societies
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