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== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
 
In [[London]] in 1890, [[Sherlock Holmes (Downey)|Sherlock Holmes]] and [[John Watson (Law)|Dr John Watson]] race to prevent the ritual murder of a girl by [[Lord Blackwood]], who has killed five other people similarly. They are able to stop the murder just in time before [[Inspector Lestrade (Marsan)|Inspector Lestrade]] and the police arrive to make the arrest.
 
In [[London]] in 1890, [[Sherlock Holmes (Downey)|Sherlock Holmes]] and [[John Watson (Law)|Dr John Watson]] race to prevent the ritual murder of a girl by [[Lord Blackwood]], who has killed five other people similarly. They are able to stop the murder just in time before [[Inspector Lestrade (Marsan)|Inspector Lestrade]] and the police arrive to make the arrest.
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Three months later, Blackwood is sentenced to death and requests to see Holmes, who visits him in prison. He warns Holmes of three more impending deaths that will cause great changes to the world. Blackwood is hanged and pronounced dead by Dr Watson. Holmes receives a surprise visit at [[221B Baker Street]] from [[Irene Adler (McAdams)|Irene Adler]], a professional thief and his former lover, who asks him to find a missing man named [[Reordan]]. After her departure, Holmes discreetly follows her as she meets with a man, her secret employer, hidden in the shadows of a carriage. The concealed man states that Reordan is the key to Blackwood's plans.
 
Three months later, Blackwood is sentenced to death and requests to see Holmes, who visits him in prison. He warns Holmes of three more impending deaths that will cause great changes to the world. Blackwood is hanged and pronounced dead by Dr Watson. Holmes receives a surprise visit at [[221B Baker Street]] from [[Irene Adler (McAdams)|Irene Adler]], a professional thief and his former lover, who asks him to find a missing man named [[Reordan]]. After her departure, Holmes discreetly follows her as she meets with a man, her secret employer, hidden in the shadows of a carriage. The concealed man states that Reordan is the key to Blackwood's plans.
   
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== Production ==
 
== Production ==
JE SUIS TON PERE Producer Lionel Wigram remarked that for around ten years, he had been thinking of new ways to depict Sherlock Holmes. "I realised the images I was seeing in my head [when reading the stories] were different to the images I’d seen in previous films." He imagined "a much more modern, more bohemian character, who dresses more like an artist or a poet", namely Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Wigram wrote and John Watkiss drew a 25-page comic book about Holmes in place of a spec script.<ref name="csonlocation">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53180 CS on location with Sherlock Holmes] Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net, 2-5-09</ref>
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Producer Lionel Wigram remarked that for around ten years, he had been thinking of new ways to depict Sherlock Holmes. "I realised the images I was seeing in my head [when reading the stories] were different to the images I’d seen in previous films." He imagined "a much more modern, more bohemian character, who dresses more like an artist or a poet", namely Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Wigram wrote and John Watkiss drew a 25-page comic book about Holmes in place of a spec script.<ref name="csonlocation">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53180 CS on location with Sherlock Holmes] Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net, 2-5-09</ref>
   
In March 2007, Warner Bros. chose to produce the film, seeing similarities in the concept with Batman Begins. [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s estate had some involvement in sorting out legal issues, although the stories are in the public domain in the United States. Neil Marshall was initially set to direct,<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961256.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Warner Bros. gets a clue] Pamela McClintock , Variety, 3-15-2007</ref> but [[Guy Ritchie]] signed on to direct in June 2008.<ref>[http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/879/879046p1.html Elementary, my dear Ritchie] Orlando Parfitt, IGN, 10-3-08</ref>
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In March 2007, Warner Bros. chose to produce the film, seeing similarities in the concept with ''Batman Begins''. [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s estate had some involvement in sorting out legal issues, although the stories are in the public domain in the United States. Neil Marshall was initially set to direct,<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961256.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Warner Bros. gets a clue] Pamela McClintock , Variety, 3-15-2007</ref> but [[Guy Ritchie]] signed on to direct in June 2008.<ref>[http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/879/879046p1.html Elementary, my dear Ritchie] Orlando Parfitt, IGN, 10-3-08</ref>
   
 
As a child at boarding school, [[Guy Ritchie]] and other pupils listened to the Holmes stories through dormitory loudspeakers. "Holmes used to talk me to sleep every night when I was seven years old," he said.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/08/earlyshow/leisure/boxoffice/main4509887.shtml Guy's Take On London's Gritty Underworld] CBS News, 10-8-08</ref> Therefore, his image of Holmes differed from that in prior films. He wanted to make his film more "authentic" to Doyle,<ref name="bohemian">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/oct/02/robertdowneyjr itchie and Downey Jr launch new, 'authentic' Sherlock Holmes] Mark Brown and Ben Child, guardian.co.uk, 10-2-08</ref> explaining, "There's quite a lot of intense action sequences in the stories, [and] sometimes that hasn't been reflected in the movies."<ref name="embrace" /> Holmes' "brilliance will percolate into the action", and the film will show that his "intellect was as much of a curse as it was a blessing".<ref name="brilliance">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/2008-08-21-coming-attractions_N.htm Sherlock Holmes? Ritchie's on the case] Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today, 8-1-08</ref> Ritchie sought to make ''Sherlock Holmes'' a "very contemporary film as far as the tone and texture", because it has been "a relatively long time since there's been a film version that people embraced".<ref name="embrace">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2989033/Jude-Law-to-star-in-Sherlock-Holmes-remake.html Jude Law to star in Sherlock Holmes remake] Anita Singh, The Independent, 9-19-08</ref>
 
As a child at boarding school, [[Guy Ritchie]] and other pupils listened to the Holmes stories through dormitory loudspeakers. "Holmes used to talk me to sleep every night when I was seven years old," he said.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/08/earlyshow/leisure/boxoffice/main4509887.shtml Guy's Take On London's Gritty Underworld] CBS News, 10-8-08</ref> Therefore, his image of Holmes differed from that in prior films. He wanted to make his film more "authentic" to Doyle,<ref name="bohemian">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/oct/02/robertdowneyjr itchie and Downey Jr launch new, 'authentic' Sherlock Holmes] Mark Brown and Ben Child, guardian.co.uk, 10-2-08</ref> explaining, "There's quite a lot of intense action sequences in the stories, [and] sometimes that hasn't been reflected in the movies."<ref name="embrace" /> Holmes' "brilliance will percolate into the action", and the film will show that his "intellect was as much of a curse as it was a blessing".<ref name="brilliance">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/2008-08-21-coming-attractions_N.htm Sherlock Holmes? Ritchie's on the case] Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today, 8-1-08</ref> Ritchie sought to make ''Sherlock Holmes'' a "very contemporary film as far as the tone and texture", because it has been "a relatively long time since there's been a film version that people embraced".<ref name="embrace">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2989033/Jude-Law-to-star-in-Sherlock-Holmes-remake.html Jude Law to star in Sherlock Holmes remake] Anita Singh, The Independent, 9-19-08</ref>
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Sherlock Holmes was the first Sherlock Holmes film adaptation directed by Guy Ritchie. Released on 25 December, 2009, it starred Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes, Jude Law as Dr John Watson, Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler, and Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood.

Plot

In London in 1890, Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson race to prevent the ritual murder of a girl by Lord Blackwood, who has killed five other people similarly. They are able to stop the murder just in time before Inspector Lestrade and the police arrive to make the arrest.

Three months later, Blackwood is sentenced to death and requests to see Holmes, who visits him in prison. He warns Holmes of three more impending deaths that will cause great changes to the world. Blackwood is hanged and pronounced dead by Dr Watson. Holmes receives a surprise visit at 221B Baker Street from Irene Adler, a professional thief and his former lover, who asks him to find a missing man named Reordan. After her departure, Holmes discreetly follows her as she meets with a man, her secret employer, hidden in the shadows of a carriage. The concealed man states that Reordan is the key to Blackwood's plans.

Three days later, Blackwood's tomb is destroyed from the inside out. Reordan is found dead inside Blackwood's coffin. A grounds-keeper claims to have seen Blackwood walking from the tomb. Following a series of clues from the body, Holmes and Watson find Reordan's home and discover experiments attempting to merge science with magic. Later, Holmes is taken to the Temple of the Four Orders, an occult-dabbling secret society. The leaders, Sir Thomas Rotheram and Home Secretary Lord Coward, ask Holmes to stop Blackwood, a former member of the Order. Sir Thomas and another senior member of the group are later killed through apparently supernatural means by Blackwood, allowing him to assume control. He plans to push for Britain to retake the United States, weakened by civil war. Lord Coward, who was in league with Blackwood all along, issues a warrant for Holmes' arrest.

When Holmes learns he is wanted by the police he goes into hiding and studies Blackwood's rituals, concluding the next target is British Parliament. Holmes tricks Lord Coward into revealing that the plan is to wipe out the House of Lords and then rejoins Adler and Watson. The three sneak into the sewers beneath Parliament and discover a machine, based on Reordan's experiments, designed to release a cyanide derivative into the Parliament chambers. They fight off Blackwood's men, and remove the cyanide containers from the machine.

Adler grabs the cylinders and races away, pursued by Holmes. Blackwood and Coward realise their plan has failed. Coward is captured but Blackwood manages to escape. Holmes confronts Adler on top of the incomplete London Bridge but is interrupted by Blackwood. Holmes tricks him into becoming entangled in the ropes and chains, hanging over the Thames while Holmes recounts the technical trickery behind all of Blackwood's supposed magic. A loose beam falls off the rafter supports, causing Blackwood to fall catching his neck around a chain and hanging himself.

Adler explains that her employer is Professor James Moriarty, warning that he is every bit as intelligent as Holmes but far more devious. Later, the police report to Holmes and Watson that a dead officer was found near Blackwood's device. Professor Moriarty used the confrontations with Adler and Blackwood as a diversion while he took a key component from the machine. This prompts Holmes to accept the new case whilst refusing an offer to name his own fee.

Production

Producer Lionel Wigram remarked that for around ten years, he had been thinking of new ways to depict Sherlock Holmes. "I realised the images I was seeing in my head [when reading the stories] were different to the images I’d seen in previous films." He imagined "a much more modern, more bohemian character, who dresses more like an artist or a poet", namely Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Wigram wrote and John Watkiss drew a 25-page comic book about Holmes in place of a spec script.[2]

In March 2007, Warner Bros. chose to produce the film, seeing similarities in the concept with Batman Begins. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate had some involvement in sorting out legal issues, although the stories are in the public domain in the United States. Neil Marshall was initially set to direct,[3] but Guy Ritchie signed on to direct in June 2008.[4]

As a child at boarding school, Guy Ritchie and other pupils listened to the Holmes stories through dormitory loudspeakers. "Holmes used to talk me to sleep every night when I was seven years old," he said.[5] Therefore, his image of Holmes differed from that in prior films. He wanted to make his film more "authentic" to Doyle,[6] explaining, "There's quite a lot of intense action sequences in the stories, [and] sometimes that hasn't been reflected in the movies."[7] Holmes' "brilliance will percolate into the action", and the film will show that his "intellect was as much of a curse as it was a blessing".[8] Ritchie sought to make Sherlock Holmes a "very contemporary film as far as the tone and texture", because it has been "a relatively long time since there's been a film version that people embraced".[7]

Filming began on 1 October 2008.[9] The crew shot at Freemasons' Hall and St Paul's Cathedral, as well as in the catacombs under London's East End.[10]

Filming was done in Manchester's Northern Quarter, while the Town Hall was used for a fight scene (which required smashing stained glass windows).[11] They shot the opening scene for three days at St Bartholomew-the-Great church in London,[2] and shot on the river Thames at Wapping for a scene involving a steamboat on 7 November.[12] Filming continued at Stanley Dock and Clarence Dock in Liverpool.[13]

In late November 2008, stunt man Robert Maillet was filming a fight scene at Chatham Dockyard in Kent, and accidentally punched Robert Downey Jr. in the face, causing Downey to be bloodied and knocked down, but not knocked unconscious as originally reported.[14] When filming at St John's Street in December, the schedule had to be shortened from 13 to nine days because locals complained about how they would have always have to park cars elsewhere during the shoot.[15]

In January 2009, filming moved to Brooklyn.[16]

Ritchie wanted his Holmes' costume to play against the popular image of the character, joking "there is only one person in history who ever wore" a deerstalker. Downey selected the character's fedora. The director kept to the tradition of making Holmes and Watson's apartment quite messy, and had it decorated with artefacts and scientific objects from the continents they would have visited.[17].

Cast

Trailer

Gallery

Trivia

  • Although he does not have a large role in the film, Holmes' arch enemy Professor Moriarty, acts as a presence. The twist ending involving Professor Moriarty getting hold of the radio technology has no effect on the plot of the film's sequel.
  • Watson's line to Holmes, "You know that what you're drinking is for eye surgery?", is an obscure reference to Holmes' cocaine usage. At the time, cocaine was used as a topical anesthetic for eye surgery. In the stories, Holmes injects cocaine.
  • There are repeated references to five women murdered by Lord Blackwood before the beginning of the movie. Five is also the number of women that the bulk of historians agree were murdered by Jack the Ripper (additional victims are disputed).
  • This is Guy Ritchie's first film not to be rated R in the US, to be rated 12 in his native country (UK), and where he has not been part of the writing process.
  • This is the first Sherlock Holmes film to reach U.S. movie theaters in over twenty years, since the 1988 comedy Without a Clue (1988) with Michael Caine as Reginald Kincaid/"Sherlock Holmes".
  • When Holmes looks back at Irene when the barrels begin to explode outside the slaughterhouse, the number 221 can be seen on one of the still intact barrels; the same number as Holmes' address (221 Baker Street).
  • The bare-knuckle fight between Holmes and McMurdo references the Holmes story The Sign of Four. In the story, Holmes encounters McMurdo and says to him, "I don't think you can have forgotten me. Don't you remember that amateur who fought three rounds with you at Alison's rooms on the night of your benefit four years back?"

External links

References

  1. "Sherlock Holmes (2009)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  2. 2.0 2.1 CS on location with Sherlock Holmes Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net, 2-5-09
  3. Warner Bros. gets a clue Pamela McClintock , Variety, 3-15-2007
  4. Elementary, my dear Ritchie Orlando Parfitt, IGN, 10-3-08
  5. Guy's Take On London's Gritty Underworld CBS News, 10-8-08
  6. itchie and Downey Jr launch new, 'authentic' Sherlock Holmes Mark Brown and Ben Child, guardian.co.uk, 10-2-08
  7. 7.0 7.1 Jude Law to star in Sherlock Holmes remake Anita Singh, The Independent, 9-19-08
  8. Sherlock Holmes? Ritchie's on the case Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today, 8-1-08
  9. Sherlock Starts Shooting ign.com, 10-1-08
  10. Is That You, Sherlock?, Sarah Lyall, the New York Times, January 26, 2009
  11. Diary: Guy about town Kevin Bourke, Manchester Evening News 10-28-08
  12. Sherlock Holmes in latest mystery boat chase on Thames Victoria Huntley, East London Advertiser, 11-14-08
  13. Sherlock Holmes is back with stars Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr Paula Owens, Liverpool Daily Post, 11-21-08
  14. New Brunswick actor knocks down star Yvon Gauvin, Times & Transcript, 1-5-09
  15. Sherlock Holmes almost foiled in film parking row, Islington Gazette, 12-3-08
  16. Rachel McAdams, From Canada In My Holmes Jarett Wieselman, The New York Post, 1-9-09
  17. 'Sherlock Holmes': More than Elementary Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today, May 6, 2009