Yea, The movie was really great. I've also watch it.

I thought it was quite good, however, I still believe Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Holmes to be the best.

Jeremy Brett was bipolar, allegedly. He was also a top coke head after the death of his wife, someone who worked for Granada told me of this, and the interviews during that period, before his heart attack do reinforce this position.

He was the best Holmes ever.

I have enjoyed reading the Sherlock Holmes stories since I was in 4th grade 45 years ago. I enjoyed the movie. I do think Jeremy Brett may have been the best Holmes. He had a supporting role as Freddy in the grand movie of My Fair Lady starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. Billy Wilder directed a lovely version titled The Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes circa 1970. Nobody saw it. But I think it is still the best version of the stories. I do have a fond memory of driving through a snow storm in early January with my fiancee to see the movie. We got directions to the theater from the bartender at the legendary Hotel Viking in Newport.

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Legend has it that the only time O'Toole was consistently sober was on the set of Lawrence of Arabia. He had half of his pancreas removed in his mid-thirties, never stopped him from drinking.

Robert Downy JR holds belts in judo and another martial discipline. No doubt he knots them better than his ties, the loose affectation carried in his offscreen dress. I encountered him once years ago in his druggie days. He was, uh rude and yelled ' Do you know who I am?' I replied' Yes, Morton Downy junior.'
Drug and alcohol use seem the devil's price for talent. Jeremy Brett was in fact dying of cancer and mourning his late wife when he made the series. Every culture has it's accepatable drug and everything else is tabu. If nobody else is hurt and the user actually does produce creativity the proponents try to claim it seems a bit of hypocrisy by the sober to condemn while benefiting.