- A Samba for Sherlock
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O Xangô de Baker Street 
Brazil posterDirected by Miguel Faria, Jr. Produced by Caíque Martins Ferreira
Marcelo LaffitteWritten by Marcos Bernstein
based on Jô Soares' novelStarring Joaquim de Almeida
Anthony O'Donnell
Maria de Medeiros
Letícia SabatellaMusic by Edu Lobo Cinematography Lauro Escorel Editing by Diana Vasconcellos Release date(s) September 27, 2001 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival) Running time 124 minutes Country Brazil Language Portuguese, English, French, Italian and Spanish O Xangô de Baker Street (English title: A Samba for Sherlock) is a book written in 1995 by the Brazilian author, comedian, and talk show host, Jô Soares. In 2001 it was made the movie of the same name.
Contents
Plot summary for the Book and Movie
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city's Municipal Theater, captivating the local audience enthralled by French culture. The city is at her feet, and even the Emperor Pedro II comes to pay his respects. He confides a secret to her: the disappearance of a precious Stradivarius violin presented by him to the charming widow Baroness Maria Luiza. The actress suggests to the monarch to hire her friend, the legendary British detective Sherlock Holmes, to solve the case. Subsequently, a brutal murder shocks the city, and leaves the police superintendent Mello Pimenta: a prostitute had been killed and mutilated, her ears cut off and a violin cord strategically placed on her body by the perpetrator. Later, under the heat of the tropical sun, the lives of Holmes and Doctor Watson are changed forever, as they find themselves neck-deep in a cultural milieu that portrays all standard Brazilian stereotypes.
Film
Cast (in credits order)
- Joaquim de Almeida ... Sherlock Holmes
- Marco Nanini ... Mello Pimenta
- Anthony O'Donnell ... Doctor Watson
- Maria de Medeiros ... Sarah Bernhardt
- Cláudia Abreu ... Baroness Maria Luiza
- Caco Ciocler ... Miguel Solera de Lara
- Marcello Antony ... Marquês de Salles
- Cláudio Marzo ... Emperor Pedro II
- Martha Overbeck ... Empress Theresa Christina
- Thalma de Freitas ... Ana Candelária
- Letícia Sabatella ... Esperidiana
- Malu Galli ... Chiquinha Gonzaga
- Jô Soares ... Desembargador Coelho Bastos
- Walney Costa ... José White
- Roger Belo ... Comte d'Eu
- Regiana Antonini ... Princess Isabel
Production Crew
- Produced by Caíque Martins Ferreira, Marcelo Laffitte, Tino Navarro, Bruno Stroppiana, & José Zimerman
- Original Music by Edu Lobo
- Cinematography by Lauro Escorel
- Film Editing by Diana Vasconcellos
- Production Design by Marcos Flaksman
- Art Direction by Marcos Flaksman
- Set Decoration by Ana Anet
- Costume Design by Marília Carneiro & Karla Monteiro
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Kátia Lund .... first assistant director
- Isabella Teixeira .... second assistant director
- Art Department
- Daniel Flaksman .... set designer
- Sound Department
- Miriam Biderman .... sound editor
- Ryan Collison .... foley engineer
- Jacob Ribicoff .... foley supervisor
- Jorge Saldanha .... sound recordist
- Yan Saldanha .... boom operator
- Reilly Steele .... sound
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Daniel Duran .... assistant camera
- Other crew
- Patrícia Alencastro .... script supervisor
- Valeria Costa Amorim .... production coordinator
- Daniel Camargo .... script supervisor assistant
- Rodrigo Lamounier .... location manager
- Samantha Mytrano .... production assistant: second unit
External links
Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories Silent films - Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
- Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
- A Study in Scarlet (1914)
- Sherlock Holmes (1916)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
- Sherlock Holmes (1922)
- The Sign of Four (1923)
Wontner series - The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
- The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
- The Sign of Four (1932)
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
- Silver Blaze (1937)
Rathbone-Bruce
series- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
- Voice of Terror (1942)
- Secret Weapon (1943)
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
- The Spider Woman (1944)
- The Scarlet Claw (1944)
- The Pearl of Death (1944)
- House of Fear (1945)
- The Woman in Green (1945)
- Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
- Terror by Night (1946)
- Dressed to Kill (1946)
Igor Maslennikov
series- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
- The Treasures of Agra (1983)
- The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
By actor - The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
- The Masks of Death (1984)
- Silver Blaze (1977)
- Murder by Decree (1979)
- The Sign of Four (1983)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
- The Sign of Four (2001)
- The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
- The Royal Scandal (2003)
Ian Hart (as Watson)- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- A Game of Shadows (2011)
Other films - The Speckled Band (1931)
- Sherlock Holmes (1932)
- A Study in Scarlet (1933)
- A Study in Terror (1965)
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
- Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
- Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993)
- Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
- Sherlock Holmes (2010)
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Comedies
and parodies- The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
- They Might Be Giants (1971)
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
- Without a Clue (1988)
- A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Television series - Sherlock Holmes (1954)
- Sherlock Holmes (1965–1968)
- Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
- The Baker Street Boys (1983)
- Sherlock Hound (1984–1985)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1994)
- Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
- Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
- Sherlock (2010)
Categories:- 2001 films
- Brazilian films
- Sherlock Holmes novels
- Sherlock Holmes films
- 1995 novels
- Brazilian novels
- Portuguese-language films
- Serial killer films
- Novels set in Rio de Janeiro
- 1886 in fiction
- 1990s novel stubs
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