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Without a Clue |  | Director: Thom Eberhardt
Actors: Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  58 reviews
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 1006073
ISBN: 0792859936
UPC: 027616902962
EAN: 9780792859932
Theatrical Release Date: October 21, 1988
Release Date: March 2, 2004
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| • | Suppose for a moment that Dr. Watson was the real brains behind Sherlock Holmes? The result is anything but elementary! Academy Award® winners* Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley deliver stellar performances as a delightful duo, an 1890s Odd Couple (Los Angeles Times) in this madcap mystery that s the most hilarious Sherlock Holmes adventure of them all ( Sneak Previews )! Dr. John Watson (Kingsl |
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Product Description
Suppose for a moment that Dr. Watson was the real brains behind Sherlock Holmes? The result is anything but elementary! Academy Award® winners* Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley deliver stellar performances as a delightful duo an 1890s Odd Couple (Los Angeles Times) in this madcap mystery that s the most hilarious Sherlock Holmes adventure of them all ( Sneak Previews )! Dr. John Watson (Kingsley) is secretly a crime-solving genius. But to protect his reputation as a physician he hires bumbling boozy out-of-work actor Reginald Kincaid (Caine) to play the part of his fictional creation Sherlock Holmes. The charade works until Watson mysteriously disappears forcing the baffled seriously inept Holmes to crack the biggest case of Watson s career on his own!System Requirements: Running Time 107 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 027616902962 Manufacturer No: 1006073
Amazon.com
Without a Clue is an underrated comedy featuring stellar teamwork by two great actors, Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley. This Sherlock Holmes pastiche with a twist stars Kingsley as physician, writer, and self-effacing super-sleuth Dr. John Watson, who channels his genius for deduction into lucrative stories about Holmes. Watson wants the world to believe the fictional private eye actually exists, posing a problem when a steady stream of troubled souls come seeking Holmes's help. The doctor's prescription: hire a two-bit, drunken, skirt-chasing actor (Caine) to portray the Great Detective, an arrangement that causes Watson consternation whenever "Holmes" tries to improvise his way through a case. Wonderful comic timing and tension make Without a Clue a delight; Caine, particularly, gets a lot of mileage out of the faux Holmes's grand efforts to appear a genius. Henry Mancini's score adds a touch of old Hollywood gloss, and Thom Eberhardt (Night of the Comet) directs. --Tom Keogh
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 A new Twist on an Old Classic October 6, 2009
Kathleen Rageur (baton rouge, la USA)
Watson is the Genius and Holmes is a Flippertygibbit, Out of work Actor.
Very Well done by both Actors...
The funniest Sherlock Holmes movie ever!! September 14, 2009
Nicknacks (Los Angeles)
This movie is so brilliantly done by such a formidable cast of actors - why it didn't get more attention is truly a mystery! No matter how many times I watch Without A Clue, it always makes me howl out loud with gut busting laughter. Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley are an unbeatable comedy combo. Great viewing for all ages.
Without a Clue September 12, 2009
Jack Harowitz
If you like Sherlock Holmes Stories and movies you will love the funny side just as much. Michael Caine is out standing in his role as Sherlock Holmes and how he bumbles through his cases and comes out smelling like a rose.
Without a Clue May 22, 2009
Charlene (Hammond, IN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An hilarious movie that wasn't widely seen. Caine and Kinsley are in top form in this spoof of Holmes and Watson. Thoroughly enjoyable.
 Holmes: I couldn't detect horse manure if I stepped in it! May 19, 2009
Galina (Virginia, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Without a Clue (1988) directed By Thom Eberhardt is amusing, consistently very funny, impeccably acted Comedy/Crime/Mystery. The greatest mystery remains why this movie is so overlooked? This is a comedy that has got all the right elements, took the beloved classics of mystery genre, looked at them from different angle and retold them in the most enjoyable way. Two of the great modern actors were perfect as beloved characters that were created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and became real for millions of fans. In the movie, though, we are presented with the situation that it was Dr. Watson who not only had documented his celebrated friend's most famous cases but who actually had the outstanding deduction, analytical, and observation skills and had solved the great mysteries of his time. Dr. Watson also had the writing talent and created his alter ago, the eccentric detective, Sherlock Holmes. The stories of Holmes' adventures had become wildly popular. Dr. Watson hired the local actor named Reginald Kincaid to impersonate the legendary detective. Kincaid (Michael Caine) certainly looked the part but by his own confession, he couldn't detect horse manure if he stepped in it! In addition to that, he was drunkard, womanizer, and a gambler. As played by Caine, he is absolutely hilarious and very charming. The best and funniest scenes belong to him. How he was trying to figure out the meaning of the evil Professor Moriarty's name is one of all time's funniest scenes. I've been fascinated by Caine's versatility for many years. If there is an actor who can play practically any role, be dramatic, moving, chillingly scary or comically brilliant and always convincing and joy to behold - it is Caine. Ben Kingsley (not a Sir at the time but Oscar Winner already) was also exceptionally good as easily irritated but brilliant, brave though greatly underrated Dr. Watson. As a huge admirer of two gentlemen from 221B Baker Street, London, I am happy to recommend the film to any fan. I believe that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would've enjoyed it. He had a wonderful sense of humor which shines through all Sherlock Holmes stories even the darkest ones and I believe he would've appreciated the idea of Holmes and Watson switching roles.
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