Blu-ray Release: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother

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Laurence
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Blu-ray Release Date: Sept. 27, 2016
Price: Blu-ray $19.47
Studio: Kino Lorber

The late Gene Wilder (Blazing Saddles) writes, directs, and stars in the 1975 comedy The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother, a spoof of Sherlock Holmes films that marked Wilder’s directorial debut.

Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter brother

Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter brother

After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes and exposed backsides.

Featuring an outrageous ensemble cast that includes Madeline Kahn (High Anxiety) as the seductive singer, Marty Feldman (Young Frankenstein) as Holmes’ bug-eyed assistant, and Dom DeLuise (History of the World: Part I) as an eccentric opera star turned blackmailer, this fun-filled caper packs a slew of clues and loads of laughs which The New York Times described as “A Charming Slapstick Comedy.”

Extras on the Blu-ray include trailers and an audio commentary by Wilder that was recorded back in 2005 for the film’s DVD release.

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Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.