The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Note Générale:

7,3/10   

Réalisateur:

Billy Wilder

Scénaristes:

Arthur Conan Doyle (characters)
Billy Wilder (written by) ...
(suite)

Date de sortie:

29 octobre 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Aventure | Comedie | Crime | Mystère | Romance | Thriller

Accroche:

What you don't know about Sherlock Holmes has made a great motion picture. [USA Theatrical]

Intrigue:

When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.

Plot Keywords:

Loch Ness | Monk | Sherlock Holmes | Castle | Loch Ness Monster

Récompenses:

2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A surprisingly melancholy celebration of Conan Doyle's most famous creation

Ensemble

Robert Stephens	...	Sherlock Holmes
Colin Blakely	...	Dr. Watson
Geneviève Page	...	Gabrielle Valladon (as Genevieve Page)
Christopher Lee	...	Mycroft Holmes
Tamara Toumanova	...	Madame Petrova
Clive Revill	...	Rogozhin
Irene Handl	...	Mrs. Hudson
Mollie Maureen	...	Queen Victoria
Stanley Holloway	...	Gravedigger
Catherine Lacey	...	Woman in wheelchair
Peter Madden	...	Von Tirpitz
Michael Balfour	...	Cabby
James Copeland	...	Guide
John Garrie	...	First carter
Godfrey James	...	Second carter
Robert Cawdron	...	Hotel manager
Alex McCrindle	...	Baggageman
Frank Thornton	...	Porter
Paul Hansard	...	Monk
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Philip Anthony	...	Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)
Graham Armitage	...	Wiggins (footman at Diogenes Club) (uncredited)
Charlie Young Atom	...	Submarine crewman (uncredited)
Kenneth Benda	...	Minister (uncredited)
Penny Brahms	...	Girl (uncredited)
Martin Carroll	...	Scientist (uncredited)
Ina De La Haye	...	Petrova's maid (uncredited)
Eric Francis	...	Gravedigger #2 (uncredited)
John Gatrell	...	Equerry (uncredited)
Ismed Hassan	...	Submarine crewman (uncredited)
Marilyn Head	...	Girl (uncredited)
Sheena Hunter	...	Girl (uncredited)
Annette Kerr	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Teddy Kiss Atom	...	Submarine crewman (uncredited)
Wendy Lingham	...	Girl (uncredited)
Anna Matisse	...	Girl (uncredited)
Kynaston Reeves	...	Old man (uncredited)
Daphne Riggs	...	Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Philip Ross	...	McKellar (uncredited)
Miklós Rózsa	...	Orchestra conductor (uncredited)
John Scott	...	Scientist (uncredited)
Willie Shearer	...	Submarine crewman (uncredited)
Judy Spooner	...	Twin (uncredited)
Tina Spooner	...	Twin (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Billy Wilder

Scénaristes
Arthur Conan Doyle		(characters) (as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Billy Wilder		(written by) and
I.A.L. Diamond		(written by)

Produit par
I.A.L. Diamond	....	associate producer
Billy Wilder	....	producer

Musique originale
Miklós Rózsa		(as Miklos Rozsa)

Image
Christopher Challis

Montage
Ernest Walter

Distribution des rôles
Lesley De Pettit		(as Lesley De Pettitt)

Création des décors
Alexandre Trauner		(as Alexander Trauner)

Direction artistique
Tony Inglis

Décorateur de plateau
Harry Cordwell		(uncredited)

Création des costumes
Julie Harris

Maquillage
Biddy Chrystal	....	hair stylist
Ernest Gasser	....	makeup artist
Roy Ashton	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Directeur de production
Larry DeWaay	....	production supervisor
Eric Rattray	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Tom Pevsner	....	assistant director

Département Art
Leon Davis	....	construction manager
Vernon Dixon	....	set dresser
Terry Parr	....	set dresser
Frank Willson	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Roy Baker	....	sound editor
J.W.N. Daniel	....	sound recordist
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound recordist
Dudley Messenger	....	sound recordist
Danny Daniel	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Graham V. Hartstone	....	sound camera operator (uncredited)
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Charlie McFadden	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
Cliff Richardson	....	special effects
Wally Veevers	....	special effects
Peter Hutchinson	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Caméra et Département Electrique
Freddie Cooper	....	camera operator (as Frederick Cooper)
John Palmer	....	focus puller (uncredited)
Bob Penn	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Dorothy Edwards	....	wardrobe supervisor: women (uncredited)
John Hilling	....	wardrobe supervisor: men (uncredited)

Département Musique
Miklós Rózsa	....	conductor (as Miklos Rozsa)
Angela Morley	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)
David Tamkin	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Divers
Maurice Binder	....	title designer
David Blair	....	ballet advisor
David Blair	....	dance arranger
Henry E. Lester	....	production consultant: Sir Nigel Films Ltd.
Ivo Nightingale	....	location manager
Elaine Schreyeck	....	continuity

Companies de production

• Compton Films
• Mirisch Corporation, The
• Phalanx Productions
• Sir Nigel Films

Distributeurs

• United Artists Corporation (1970) (UK) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1970) (USA) (theatrical)
• United Artists Films (1971) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1978) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1979) (1993) (2001) (Finland) (TV)
• CBS/Fox Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Key Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1988) (UK) (VHS)
• Fox Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Fazer Musiikki Oy/Fazer Video (????) (Finland) (video)

Autres Companies

• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The  orchestra
• Tadlow Music  score album released by (limited edition)

Durée:

125 min | Germany:120 min (TV version)

Pays:

UK

Langue:

Anglais | Russe | Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #22200) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | USA:GP (original rating) | West Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Lieux de tournage:

Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland, UK

Société:

Compton Films

Anecdotes:

At the request of director Billy Wilder, 'Miklós Rózsa (I)' adapted music from his Violin Concerto as the basis for the film score, supplementing this with further original music.

Goofs:

Erreurs dans la géographie: There are references to HMS Jonah undergoing sea trials in the Moray Firth from her base in Loch Ness. The only link between Loch Ness and the sea is the River Ness which is broad and shallow and would not allow the passage of a submarine.

Guillemet:

Nikolai Rogozhin: Mr. Holmes, what you have seen tonight is last, and positively final performance of Madame Petrova. She is retiring.
Holmes: What a shame.
Nikolai Rogozhin: She's been dancing since she was three years old, and after all, she is now thirty-eight.
Holmes: I must say, she doesn't *look* thirty-eight.
Nikolai Rogozhin: That is because she is forty-nine.

Connexions:

Références Hamlet (1948)

A surprisingly melancholy celebration of Conan Doyle's most famous creation

Billy Wilder's excellent 1970 film handles the whole subject of Sherlock Holmes from a refreshingly different angle. As the title suggests, the film is rather more concerned with characterisation than plot, which although entertaining and original, is hardly an adequate stage to show off Holmes' exceptional talents.

Instead, Wilder and Diamond start with the premise that "Watson's" stories for Strand Magazine were a little more lurid than the "reality" and use it to develop a more subtle characterisation than the "thinking machine" of the literary Holmes. Admittedly, the film probably concentrates on Holmes' celebrated cocaine habit more than it should, but all references are lifted straight from the book and in any case, Stephens does not dwell on it.

Stephens himself is quite simply excellent, giving Holmes' a depth of character not seen again until Jeremy Brett on the small screen. Stephens' performance leaves us with a slightly melancholy Holmes', a man who perhaps regrets that, unlike Watson, he has dedicated his life to pure reason and while the screenplay hints at Holmes' sexuality, Stephens deflects it masterfully, remaining ambivalent and gentile where a less accomplished actor would have been simply camp, and so uses the suggestion to wrap another layer of ambiguity about the character.

All in all, Wilder and Stephens combine to make a refreshingly accessible Holmes and the entertainment comes from the interplay of characters rather than pace of plot.