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 enlarge | Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Actors: Rupert Everett, Nicholas Palliser, Neil Dudgeon, Ian Hart, Anne Carroll
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 30363
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 97
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DE2390D
ISBN: 1419816160
UPC: 794051239020
EAN: 9781419816161
ASIN: B000AOEMVY
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: October 25, 2005
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 Best of the Holmes May 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Of all the actors depicting Sherlock Holmes, I have to say that Rupert Everett is my absolute favorite. Not only does he fit the physical description of Holmes as tall and lanky, but he seems to smoothly ease into the dialogue as well. I prefer Everett because he seems to take some of the dryness and aloofness out of some previous characterizations and infuses it with wit, humor and charisma.
The story has a sexual nature which is clearly not written by Doyle, but is not overly explicit and the storyline does add some freshness to some of the Holmes tales.
Overall, a fresh, entertaining mystery.
a darker, conflicted, more relatable holmes April 4, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i thoroughly enjoyed this rendition of holmes and watson. rupert everett's delivery of holmes is much more interesting than any other i've seen. he's got a bit of an opium problem and ian hart as watson plays the interventionist friend. fortunately for us, an odd murder is enough to inspire holmes to return to his work. the mysterious killings are interesting and not easily solved. the cinematography, clothing, and cast were well done (here is our good friend neil dudgeon from the 'mrs. bradley' series as chief of police). watson's feminist fiancee jenny vandeleur adds to the interest by testing holmes' distrust of women. i wish this was part of a series.
Exceptional!!!! February 15, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Rupert Everett as Sherlock Holmes "Silk Stocking" was so exceptionally great I was intrigued to search web for more BBC Sherlock Homes starring Rupert Everett & Ian Hart. I have quite a collection of Sherlock Holmes DVD's. This BBC with Rupert Everett & Ian Hart has made me interested in purchasing a whole new set! BUT to my dismay all I found was this one "Silk Stocking".
I am sad there are no other makings with these 2 fine gentlemen Rupert & Ian.
These character's Sherlock Homes & Dr. Watson have had a "Great Pair Of Shoe Filled" ( all the previous wonderful actor's, Basil Rathbone, etc.) by these two actor's Rupert & Ian playing these roles.
Please film more!! ;-)
Enjoyable movie even if you don't know much about Sherlock January 5, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Unlike these other reviewers, I am not a walking encyclopedia on the Ubiquitous Sherlock Holmes. I've only seen a few Sherlock Holmes movies and don't know all three names of Sherlock's creator or (gasp) I don't know what that weird looking pipe he smokes is called. Nevertheless, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking kept me entertained & had my attention throughout the entire movie.
The most pleasant & unexpected treat was Rupert Everett. I'd only seen him in a few mediocre movies and was skeptical about seeing his interpretation of Holmes. Boy was I ever wrong to pre-judge! I had NO IDEA. Everett gave a five-star performance and shocked and surprised me. I loved his Holmes. I was sold on Everett as Holmes from the early scenes. I completely forgot about Rupert and was completely absorbed in the character of Holmes. Now that's great acting if you have me so entranced in the movie & the character that I forget about the actor!
Therefore, don't make the same assumptions I did and snicker at this movie before you watch it. I'm also glad I never read some of these nit-picky reviews.
Just go and enjoy the movie by getting lost in this unique and BETTER interpretation of Sherlock Holmes!
 A fine Sherlock Holmes with Rupert Everett, along with fog, the privileged class and a dangerous fetish October 17, 2006
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
"Stocking in the throat. One tied about the neck. Signs of bondage. These are the killer's calling card. This man leaves his mark on his work like a painter leaves his signature upon a canvas." Sherlock Holmes says this while studying the corpse of a young woman...a girl, really, born of a wealthy, aristocratic family who had gone missing. She was the second, and now Holmes has been brought out of his bored lethargy. He will find the killer, and the hunt will take him into some of London's noblest families, where arrogance and concern over position is found far more often than love or even much affection, where the butlers are as much snobs as their masters, where hanky-panky with the servants can be excused as long as it's discrete.
Traditionalists who are fond of a Holmes who looks like Basil Rathbone and mysteries which definitely do not include a dose of sexual fetishism may not be thrilled with this version of The Great Detective. Holmes is played by Rupert Everett, a fine actor, but who is younger than we're used to. Holmes is easily bored, we all know that, but here we don't just hear about his fondness for the seven-percent solution, we watch him shoot up. Mary Moran, Dr. John Watson's wife-to-be in The Canon, has disappeared. In her place as Watson's fiancee is Dr. Jenny Vandeleur (Helen McCrory), an American who doesn't hesitate to call Holmes 'Sherlock.' "I'm a trained psychoanalyst. Surely you knew that," she says to Holmes while she, Watson and Holmes are at dinner. "I didn't know that," Holmes murmurs. "I find it so strange," she says, "that you two could be such close friends and yet not talk about someone as significant as a fiancee." "I take no interest in such matters," Holmes says. "No," she continues, "but as I understand it, Sherlock, you dislike and distrust women." "Women are one of the necessary evils." "I take it you've never been in love," she asks. "My brain has always governed my heart," he replies. She beams at Holmes and says, "Would you submit to analysis? You'd make a fascinating study."
To my way of thinking, a Holmes story can work if the actor playing Holmes is first-rate at his craft, if the mystery (and the writing) is clever, if the actors give performances that are detailed and authentic, and if the production values capture the mood and look of the period. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking works on all four levels. Rupert Everett's Holmes comes off as a bit dissipated because of boredom. He also is intense and honorable when he's on a case, even a little vulnerable. Ian Hart is very good as Watson. The mystery is well mounted, well played and well written, with lots of condescension coming from the upper classes. The story also is off-beat sexually, and not just games with a handy footman or two. There's plenty of attention to feet along with deep inhalations of slippers. Production values are very high, with much fog in the streets and graveyards, a chilly stone morgue, the clip-clopping of horse-drawn carriages and immaculate, bespoke clothing. When the upper-class English dress for dinner, the presumption of inherited privilege almost seems reasonable.
Holmes is such a vivid concept that any number of actors have been able to make him interesting. Rathbone is one, although I think seeing what Hollywood did to Watson would make Conan Doyle retch. Ian Richardson, Jeremy Brett, Peter Cushing, Christopher Plummer...all have done fine jobs. I'd add Rupert Everett to the list now.
And with the case solved and Watson and Jenny Vandeleur married and set to leave for their honeymoon in Paris, the three of them are finishing lunch. "What will you do with yourself, Sherlock, now that your Boswell's away," Jenny asks. "For me," he replies, "there's always the needle." "Holmes!" Watson says sharply. "Good old Watson," Holmes says with a slight smile, "you're the one fixed point in a changing age. No, I shall sit and stare at the wall like Whistler's mother, a study in gray. And now, it's time you left."
Perhaps while they're gone he'll encounter Irene Adler.
The DVD looks just fine. For extras there are cast biographies and a commentary by the director and producer.
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