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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

  • 19761976
  • PGPG
  • 1h 53m
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6.6/10
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Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall, Vanessa Redgrave, and Nicol Williamson in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.
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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.
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  • Director
    • Herbert Ross
  • Writers
    • Nicholas Meyer(screenplay)
    • Arthur Conan Doyle(characters)
  • Stars
    • Alan Arkin
    • Vanessa Redgrave
    • Robert Duvall
  • Director
    • Herbert Ross
  • Writers
    • Nicholas Meyer(screenplay)
    • Arthur Conan Doyle(characters)
  • Stars
    • Alan Arkin
    • Vanessa Redgrave
    • Robert Duvall
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    • 50User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall, Vanessa Redgrave, and Nicol Williamson in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
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    Alan Arkin
    Alan Arkin
    • Dr. Sigmund Freud
    Vanessa Redgrave
    Vanessa Redgrave
    • Lola Deveraux
    Robert Duvall
    Robert Duvall
    • Dr. John H. Watson
    Nicol Williamson
    Nicol Williamson
    • Sherlock Holmes
    Laurence Olivier
    Laurence Olivier
    • Professor James Moriarty
    • (as Sir Laurence Olivier)
    Joel Grey
    Joel Grey
    • Lowenstein
    Samantha Eggar
    Samantha Eggar
    • Mary Morstan Watson
    Jeremy Kemp
    Jeremy Kemp
    • Baron Karl von Leinsdorf
    Charles Gray
    Charles Gray
    • Mycroft Holmes
    Régine
    Régine
    • Madame
    Georgia Brown
    Georgia Brown
    • Frau Freud
    Anna Quayle
    Anna Quayle
    • Freda
    Jill Townsend
    Jill Townsend
    • Mrs. Holmes
    John Bird
    John Bird
    • Berger
    Alison Leggatt
    Alison Leggatt
    • Mrs. Hudson
    Frederick Jaeger
    Frederick Jaeger
    • Marker
    Erik Chitty
    Erik Chitty
    • The Butler
    Jack May
    Jack May
    • Dr. Schultz
    • Director
      • Herbert Ross
    • Writers
      • Nicholas Meyer(screenplay) (novel)
      • Arthur Conan Doyle(characters)
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    • Trivia
      The part of Mycroft Holmes was originally offered to Orson Welles.
    • Goofs
      At about 1:00:13, as she describes the way she was abducted, Fräulein Devereaux - portrayed as an Austrian actress by Vanessa Redgrave - uses the nonstandard pronunciation of the word "landau," rhyming the last syllable with dough, rather than with Dow, which is the right pronunciation. This mistake is usually made by those who fail to recognize the word as German, but as an Austrian, whose mother tongue is German, Fräulein Devereaux should know how to pronounce it correctly.
    • 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 credits
      In the opening titles, there are footnotes concerning many of the characters.
    • Alternate versions
      In some airings on television, the "Madame's Song" (aka "I Never Do Anything Twice") is cut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: A Star Is Born, King Kong, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The Enforcer, Network, Rocky, Nickelodeon, Silver Streak (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      The Madame's Song (I Never Do Anything Twice)
      Written by Stephen Sondheim

      Performed by Régine

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    Deconstruction of the myth,part 2.
    Till the late sixties,Sherlock Holmes was the brilliant sleuth,whose deductions the audience was invited to admire respectfully.Then came Billy Wilder and his admirable "private life of Sherlock Holmes":this director was so ahead of his time the movie was not successful when it was released(it was even cut:one hour is lacking and we are still waiting for the whole film).But it spawned a whole lot of SH movies which continued the destruction of the myth :Herbert Ross's "7 per cent solution" but also "young Sherlock Holmes "aka "pyramid of fear" (1986) and "without a clue" (1989) to name but two.None of these movies equals Billy Wilder's opus which I urge everybody to see .

    Herbert Ross had already tackled the detective story when he filmed "Seven-per-cent solution" but his "the last of Sheila" was more Agatha Christie influenced.Nicholas Meyer's screenplay was a very good idea:Sherlock Holmes meeting Freud ,why not? And there are a lot of details that show that Meyer loves Conan Doyle:he refers to several affairs the sleuth was involved in ,he introduces -for a very brief time- Moriarty's character and Even Mycroft Holmes.Billy Wilder had already used Holmes' brother :and to think that Mycroft only appears in ONE of Conan Doyle short stories!And the orient express dear to Agatha Christie is also here.

    The film sets are marvelous,from Victorian England to Francis Joseph's Vienna.The first-rate cast (check the cast and credits) gives the movie substance.It's excellent entertainment.

    Nicholas Meyer was to continue in th e same vein:not only he wrote another story pitting HG Welles against Jack the ripper,but he also directed the movie starring Malcolm McDowell and David Warner (time after time,1979)
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    • Release date
      • May 1977 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • Turkish
      • English
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Sedampostotna otopina
    • Filming locations
      • Austria
    • Production companies
      • Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions
      • Herbert Ross Productions
      • Universal Pictures
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      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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