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: 024543232865 Manufacturer No: 2233286

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4068 in DVD
• Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
• Released on: 2006-04-04
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 91 minutes

Amazon.com
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

Customer Reviews

Madeline Kahn Rules!!!
I just love this movie! It's one of the lesser known Gene Wilder films, but I think it's even funnier than Young Frankenstein.
Madeline Kahn's performance is pricelesss!!
Give yourself a treat and check it out!

Sherlock Holmes's Smarter Brother
Item 1 x DVD arrived in excellent condition and on time. Only problem is the format does not match the UK Type. However it does play on my computer so I don't mind. I have been looking for a PAL formatted disc for a number of years to no avail. Come on, someone must be prepared to re-publish this great film on a UK format!!!

Funny & Entertaining
If you liked Young Frankenstein and the witty slaps-sticky humor, you'll like this. Creative, humorous, and lots of fun.