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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Robert Stephens (Actor), Christopher Lee (Actor), Billy Wilder (Director), Greg Carson (Director) | Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | Format: DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

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This 1970 Billy Wilder comedy-drama about a major defeat in the career of Sherlock Holmes may have little to do with the legacy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but in its uncut form it happens to be one of the finest films of the decade. Robert Stephens makes a perfectly splendid Holmes, brilliant, sophisticated, and deeply flawed, while Colin Blakely plays Dr. Watson as a drinker and ladies' man with more personality and intelligence than is often granted him by filmmakers. The case (which has some echoes of Doyle's story "The Bruce-Partington Plans") begins with Holmes aiding the distressed Madame Valladon (Geneviève Page), who is searching for her missing husband. The inquiry shifts to Scotland, and despite a stern warning from the hero's brother, Mycroft Holmes (Christopher Lee), Sherlock pursues events that reveal a top-secret government plan. Lush, energetic, funny, gorgeous to look at, and ultimately tragic, the film is layered with Wilder's familiar collision of cynicism and yearning, hope and betrayal, grace and isolation. --Tom Keogh

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Basis of the Film, Aug 4 2003
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Karl E Scott (Norco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) (DVD)
Having not yet seen the DVD I have, however, seen the film on its first theatrical release (double billed with MCKenna's Gold). Most folks reviewing the film mention Miklos Rozsa's fine score. Few realize that Billy Wilder based the plot ideas for the film on the Miklos Rozsa Violin Concerto and that Rozsa adapted the Concerto themes to form the basis for the score. Find the 1955 Jascha Heifeitz recording on RCA (available on CD)or look for the 6 minutes adapted Fantasy recorded by Rozsa. If ever there was music to inspire a Sherlock Holmes story this is it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The whole 3 Hours, Sep 3 2008
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Eric R. M. Bauman "disheartened" (Cobourg, Ont. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) (DVD)
I saw the full cut of 3 hours in 1970 at the Odeon Carlton Theatre in Toronto along with a few other people.
The full cut was brilliant, one of Wilder's greatest movies.
Central to the movie was the Love Story and the fools at UA saw fit to cut this out, and as a result ruined the film.
This was done against Wilder's wishes, evidenced by the fact that he refuses to speak about it in Cameron Crowes interview book.
It is a tragedy that the cut footage is not to be found.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Missing material expertly handled!, July 23 2003
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S J Kurtz (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) (DVD)
I am reinterating the Falkirk reviewer's delight in the Deleted Scenes section. Yes, it is mostly text based, but done with great imagination. There is blending of written text, still photographs and music ("Original Prologue" and "The Adventure of the Dumbfounded Detective/Holmes Recounts an Affair of the Past"), still photographs syncronized with the dialog soundtrack ("The Curious Case of the Upside Down Room") and original silent footage with subtitles ("The Dreadful Business of the Naked Honeymooners"). Given the spotty nature of this sort of material, this virtually seamless presentation is a miracle to a fan of this movie such as myself. It is not the same thing as seeing the original cut, but it gives the viewer a very good idea of the sort of movie Wilder was aiming at.
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