The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

Description

Product description The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to
steal Sherlock’s glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric
Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.System
Requirements:Running Time: 91 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG
UPC: Manufacturer No: 2233286 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

Features:

Product Details:

• Genre: Comedy
• Format: NTSC, Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color
• Contributor: Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder
• Language: English
• Runtime: 1 hour and 31 minutes
• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1, 1.85:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 7.25 x 0.75 inches; 2.4 Ounces
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 31 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ April 4, 2006
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
• Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified, French (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)