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The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother [1975] [DVD]

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  • Actors: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise
  • Directors: Gene Wilder
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Sep 2006
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000GL18K4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,731 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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 laughs 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

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More by good luck than good management, Sherlock's young brother (Gene Wilder) solves one of his sibling's cases. Wilder borrows from the master Mel Brooks' book in this great mid-70s comedy ensemble.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars If you are a fan of Wilder and Feldmann you will love this!, 28 Mar 2008
By farm boy (england) - See all my reviews
Previous reviews have perhaps given a better critical view of this film, but if you are a fan of Wilder and Feldmann you will enjoy this. Leo Mckern makes a fine villain who is both believable and insane, both important to the credibility. Too many of the jokes are simple such as chocolate on the face, but some are sublime such as the wonderful ballroom scene (I will not spoil the joke). For an English audience there is the added 'reassurance' of Roy Kinnear and other 'usual suspects'. The singing, dancing and fencing are unexpectedly good and the whole film becomes an enjoyable romp with some quite dramatic moments.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely hilarious, 26 Feb 2009
By Jesper Kjaer (denmark) - See all my reviews
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I remember seing this movie in the eighties - but I never forgot about it. I have always been a fan of the movies that came out of the insane ability that Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder possesses - to create absolutely hilarious movies. Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother is however a work Gene Wilder created on his own - together with a cast that are perfect for the job. Madeline Khan and Marty Feldman does it splendidly
I can only recommend people to see it. It's filled up with great laughs and not to forget Dom de luise as a operasinging italian wannebe.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars "Is this rotten or is it all terribly brave?", 12 Mar 2007
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother isn't Mycroft but the `forgotten' third brother Sigerson (actually the assumed name Holmes used in The Adventure of the Empty House), and there's a lot to forget about this failed attempt to do for the Holmes family what Gene Wilder did for the Frohnkensteens. Without a collaborator on the screenplay and taking the directorial reins himself, as well as the starring role, there's far more unfettered self-indulgence here than wit. There's thankfully a little less pointless hysteria from Wilder than usual, although this is sadly more than compensated for by excessive yelping from Leo McKern and tedious showboating from Dom De Luise (now there's a surprise). Indeed, this may well be the only film in which chronic overactor Aubrey Morris gives the most restrained performance. There's also an excess of messy eating and childish humor to contend with, not to mention the unforgivable waste of Marty Feldman's unique talents in a dull sidekick role. There is one funny sequence in a ballroom and a couple of moments where the ideas are good enough to survive the sledgehammer execution, but when Albert Finney, in a one-shot cameo in the film's Night at the Operatic finale, turns to the camera to ask "Is this rotten or is it all terribly brave?", it's not difficult to come up with an answer.

Fox's DVD offers a decent 1.85:1 widescreen transfer with the original trailer, but doesn't include Gene Wilder audio commentary from the Region 1 disc - admittedly no great loss since it's so sparing and uninformative and filled with dead air pauses of several minutes at a time that you'll wonder if you clicked the wrong button on your menu!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime hilarity and insanity
The funniest film ever, and the only one that I rate 10 out of 10 on the imdb movie database. We - me and friends, after retiring gracefully from the local clubs at around 2am in... Read more
Published 2 months ago by John Rathbone

2.0 out of 5 stars "Is this rotten or is it all terribly brave?"
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother isn't Mycroft but the `forgotten' third brother Sigerson (actually the assumed name Holmes used in The Adventure of the Empty... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Trevor Willsmer

4.0 out of 5 stars galleyboy
Quite funny this one but not THE best of gene wilders, but still a few good laughs.
Published 7 months ago by D. M. Williamson

5.0 out of 5 stars Verdi + Dom DeLuise = Hysterics
If you have never seen or heard of this film and you like clever and funny movies -this is it. From the first scenes with the "real" Sherlock slipping into drag, through Madeline... Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2006 by A. M. Glenville

5.0 out of 5 stars Gene Wilder's best!
This is the best and most funniest film in all movie history. There is no better song and dance than the 'Kangaroo Hop'. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2006 by Ms. L. Pollock

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