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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection
Jeremy Brett
(Actor),
David Burke
(Actor),
David Carson
(Director),
Alan Grint
(Director)
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Format: DVD
IMDb8.7/10.0
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- Aspect Ratio : 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 19.3 x 4.7 x 13.2 cm; 500 Grams
- Item model number : 2724309284333
- Director : David Carson, Alan Grint, John Bruce, Paul Annett
- Media Format : PAL, Dolby, Digital Sound, Subtitled, Mono
- Run time : 39 hours and 18 minutes
- Release date : 24 Aug. 2009
- Actors : Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Eric Porter, Charles Gray
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Studio : ITV Studios Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B002EAKWEI
- Number of discs : 16
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Sherlock Holmes, the creation of novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of the world’s greatest and most popular fictional detectives, as famous for his deerstalker and pipe as his legendary powers of observation and deduction. He is an aloof and private man driven by a fierce intellect that gives him astounding brilliance and unfathomable eccentricity in equal measure.
The late Jeremy Brett, the definitive Holmes, stars in these beautiful adaptations taken from the classic ITV1 series and as ever Dr Watson is on hand as his indispensable assistant. Featuring guests appearances from stars such as John Thaw (Inspector Morse), Robert Hardy (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Natasha Richardson (Maid in Manhattan), Joss Ackland (Lethal Weapon 2), Peter Vaughan (Remains of the Day) and many more. This 16 disc boxset contains the entire Sherlock series. Episodes include:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes :
A Scandal In Bohemia
The Dancing Men
The Naval Treaty
The Solitary Cyclist
A Crooked Man
The Speckled Band
The Blue Carbunkle
The Copper Beeches
The Greek Interpreter
The Norwood Builder
The Resident Patient
The Red Headed League
The Final Problem
The Return Of Sherlock Holmes:
The Empty House
The Priory School
The Second Strain
The Musgrove Ritual
The Abbey Grange
The Man with the Twisted Lip
The Six Napoleons
The Sign of Four
The Devil’s Foot
Silver Blaze
Wisteria Lodge
The Bruce Partington Plans
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes:
The Disappearance Of Lady Frances Carfax
The Problem of Thor Bridge
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
The Illustrious Client
The Creeping Man
The Master Blackmailer
The Last Vampyre
The Eligible Bachelor
The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes:
The Three Gables
The Dying Detective
The Golden Pince-Nez
The Red Circle
The Mazarin Stone
The Cardboard Box
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 November 2019
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I took a gamble on the German Blu Ray version because I couldn’t find any reviews of it on Amazon before i purchased it. The price was the lowest i have ever seen for a complete set of Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes (£45 in the UK). The American version often goes for over twice that amount. I noticed that the images of the box were all in German and I could just about make out that there was an English Audio soundtrack. Once I saw that, it gave me the confidence to give it a chance. So what’s the catch? Everything about this set, the outer box, the individual Blu Ray cases, the covers inside the cases, and the text on the front face of each disc are in German. All of the titles of the episodes listed inside the cases are in German. When you boot the disc in your blu ray player, the menus are all in German. However, with regards to the episodes themselves, once you have set the audio track, they all play exactly the same as the European and US blu ray versions. These are the same Sherlock Holmes episodes that we all know and love. Buying the German set is definitely the least expensive option but with the caveats already described above. The set also includes all of the films in addition to the 1 hr long television episodes. So very good value for money indeed. All in all, I’m very happy with the overall image quality and sound from what i have seen so far and i’m looking forward to watching all of the episodes again. It has been many years since i last saw this incredible series. Jeremy Brett really brought the character of Holmes alive and he set the benchmark high. I hope this provides enough information for those of you who are contemplating buying the German version. Feel free to ask me a question on Amazon and i’ll be happy to answer it.
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What did I use this product for? Drooling over the late, great Jeremy Brett, of course!
He was the best ever Sherlock (sorry Mr. Cumberbatch!) and a terrific actor, as well as being totally delicious. I love the intricacy of his gestures and facial expressions, and the balletic grace of his movement. Sometimes the speed of delivery of his lines is a little unintelligible, but that was Sherlockian - "like a stick rattling along railings". (Inspector Alec McDonald!)
The history of the way Jeremy's personality appeared progressively to mesh with Sherlock's is well known, and a little eerie and sad. Also sad to observe the change in his appearance later in the series, due to illness, for which at the time he was unjustly criticised. In fact he was extremely brave to work through that ill-health, so as not to let down his audience and Granada.
I believe the only reason he received no major industry awards, is that Sherlock is considered "light-weight" - Brett left the lofty heights of National Theatre Shakespeare to work in the film and television sector.
But perhaps, as Holmes himself was so fond of saying, "his work is its own reward".
He was the best ever Sherlock (sorry Mr. Cumberbatch!) and a terrific actor, as well as being totally delicious. I love the intricacy of his gestures and facial expressions, and the balletic grace of his movement. Sometimes the speed of delivery of his lines is a little unintelligible, but that was Sherlockian - "like a stick rattling along railings". (Inspector Alec McDonald!)
The history of the way Jeremy's personality appeared progressively to mesh with Sherlock's is well known, and a little eerie and sad. Also sad to observe the change in his appearance later in the series, due to illness, for which at the time he was unjustly criticised. In fact he was extremely brave to work through that ill-health, so as not to let down his audience and Granada.
I believe the only reason he received no major industry awards, is that Sherlock is considered "light-weight" - Brett left the lofty heights of National Theatre Shakespeare to work in the film and television sector.
But perhaps, as Holmes himself was so fond of saying, "his work is its own reward".
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For me, and I know for many others, there is only one Sherlock Holmes on film and that is the wonderful Jeremy Brett. There is also one outstanding Dr. Watson - David Burke, closely followed by Edward Hardwicke.
Jeremy Brett was a sad loss to the world when he passed away in 1995. He had much in common with the original Sherlock Holmes and portrayed him with a passion rarely seen in acting. He understood the character, lived and breathed him and throughout his own personal problems carried the part through over 39 hours of brilliant episodes.
I could write so much about this fabulous boxed set, but it has all been written so many times and the stories are too well known to require description so I will just add that this complete collection has pride of place in my DVD library and I would not part with it for all the tea in China, Sri Lanka and India. I love it and have watched it many times.
Jeremy Brett was a sad loss to the world when he passed away in 1995. He had much in common with the original Sherlock Holmes and portrayed him with a passion rarely seen in acting. He understood the character, lived and breathed him and throughout his own personal problems carried the part through over 39 hours of brilliant episodes.
I could write so much about this fabulous boxed set, but it has all been written so many times and the stories are too well known to require description so I will just add that this complete collection has pride of place in my DVD library and I would not part with it for all the tea in China, Sri Lanka and India. I love it and have watched it many times.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 February 2021
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This specific boxed set was recommended to me by a connoisseur of Sherlock Holmes, Luke Holwerda from Phoenix, Arizona who, with his brother Gus Holwerda, made the Lovecraftian movie Intersect and record Sherlock Holmes podcasts. Check them out. Jeremy Brett is widely regarded amongst Holmes cognoscenti as the "truest Sherlock Holmes". The Granada programmes look a bit dated now and, apart from Brett, the acting can be a touch wooden and the dynamic a bit slow but these are British TV drama gold. As other reviewers have commented, the language can easily be selected to English from the sound menu. Great winter viewing.
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The Connoisseur's Choice of Sherlock Holmes: Simply The Brett
By dsgb on 20 February 2021
This specific boxed set was recommended to me by a connoisseur of Sherlock Holmes, Luke Holwerda from Phoenix, Arizona who, with his brother Gus Holwerda, made the Lovecraftian movie Intersect and record Sherlock Holmes podcasts. Check them out. Jeremy Brett is widely regarded amongst Holmes cognoscenti as the "truest Sherlock Holmes". The Granada programmes look a bit dated now and, apart from Brett, the acting can be a touch wooden and the dynamic a bit slow but these are British TV drama gold. As other reviewers have commented, the language can easily be selected to English from the sound menu. Great winter viewing.
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It has been a comfort - after having watched the Cumberbatch/Freeman modernised version of the Sherlock Holmes' adventures - to return to the episodes with the unsurpassable Jeremy Brett. Cumberbatch is indeed a marvellous actor but as Sherlock, perhaps obeying to the director's orders, he becomes rather ridiculous instead of eccentric, while Brett is indeed an actor who leaves you to face the real Holmes without any effort. Here, with Brett (he also has a wonderful diction - Cumberbatch with his speaking rapidity is only fastidious) , everything is delivered with great honesty, without the strange challenges to combine thwarting ways which do not let you understand the story as in the Cumberbatch's. Nowadays it is often customary to modernise anything in order to surprise, to give new impulse, but I - pardon me, friends, thinking otherwise - don't appreciate the bully idea of changing everything, with the boldness of believing to be more intelligent than the original authors!
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