To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
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- TriviaThe part of Mycroft Holmes was originally offered to Orson Welles.
- GoofsWhen Holmes, Watson and Freud are attacked by rampaging horses, the trainer can be seen running behind the horses in long shots.
- Quotes
Sigmund Freud: Who am I that your friends should wish us to meet?
Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the fact that you are a brilliant Jewish physician who was born in Hungary and studied for a while in Paris, and that certain radical theories of yours have alienated the respectable medical community so that you have severed your connections with various hospitals and branches of the medical fraternity, beyond this I can deduce little. You're married, with a child of... five. You enjoy Shakespeare and possess a sense of honor.
- Crazy creditsIn the opening titles, there are footnotes concerning many of the characters.
- Alternate versionsIn some airings on television, the "Madame's Song" (aka "I Never Do Anything Twice") is cut.
In order to cure his friend of his cocaine addiction, Dr. Watson (Robert Duvall) and brother Mycroft create a ruse to get Holmes to Vienna where Holmes(Nicol Williamson) meets Dr. Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin). Arkin's Dr. Freud shows his own skills as a detective in a plot involving a kidnapped singer (Vanessa Redgrave).
Holmes and Freud work very well togeather. Freud points out that as a doctor he uses many of the same skills that Holmes uses in fighting crime, and in one scene demonstrates the same powers of observation and reasoning, while being careful not to upstage the great detective. There is not much mystery here, but the chemistry between Holmes and Freud keeps the movie interesting.
The clever twist concerns Holmes' archenemy Prof. Moriaity. Here we see Moriarty not as the villian, but as a timid schoolteacher harassed by Holmes because of a dark event in the lives of Sherlock and Mycroft.
This is a movie that is good fun. The only problem is that Dr. Watson isn't used very well. Freud makes a much better partner to Holmes.
- debraj1
- Jan 12, 2002
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- $5,000,000 (estimated)
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