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Product Description
Daffy detective spoof stars Gene Wilder as the supremely talented and insanely jealous Sigerson Holmes, who gets a chance to solve a case of his own when his famed sibling is away. Marty Feldman is Sigerson's loyal sidekick, Scotland Yarder Ormond Sacker, Madeline Kahn is damsel-in-distress Jenny, and Leo McKern is the villainous Moriarty. 91 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.
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After co-writing and starring in Mel Brooks' smash hit Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder graduated to his own directing debut with another spoofy take on a cultural icon. The 1975 Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother gives Wilder some great trademark meltdowns, even if the movie doesn't sustain its initial comic energy. Wilder plays Sigerson Holmes, third (and bitterly resentful) brother to the more fabled Sherlock and Mycroft. Two Young Frankenstein co-stars help bring the game afoot: Madeline Kahn, as an opera singer with a problem in distinguishing truth from lies, and Marty Feldman, as a Scotland Yard man with "photographic hearing." The long early sequence that introduces all three characters to each other--and culminates in a lunatic song-and-dance number, "The Kangaroo Hop"--is truly funny, and Dom DeLuise summons up some broad yoks as a singer with a bad toupee. The British are represented by Leo McKern and Roy Kinnear, as well as a mysterious cameo by Albert Finney. (Mel Brooks isn't around, but you can spot his unmistakable pipes in a moment of voiceover.) Things become routine fairly quickly, and the last half-hour is something of a slog, so you'll have to be a Gene Wilder fan to love this one. Still, the rapport of Wilder and Kahn is something to behold: two expert comedians who always suggested an undercurrent of melancholy beneath their clowning. --Robert Horton
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Gene Wilder
Madeline Kahn
Marty Feldman
Recording label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
EAN: 0024543232865
Binding: DVD
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC,
Release date: 2006-04-04
Universal product code (UPC): 024543232865
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region code: 1
Running time: 91 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Brand: Fox