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Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)

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Sherlock Holmes is an upcoming movie, set to be released on December 25th, 2009. It will be directed by Guy Ritchie.

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[edit] Plot

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must save Britain in 1891 from a plot by the evil, and supposedly dead Lord Blackwood.

[edit] Production

Producer Lionel Wigram remarked that for around ten years, he had been thinking of new ways to depict Sherlock Holmes. "I realized 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.[1]

In March 2007, Warner Bros. chose to produce the film, seeing similarities in the concept with w:c:batman: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,[2] but Guy Ritchie signed on to direct in June 2008.[3]

As a child at boarding school, 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.[4] Therefore, his image of Holmes differed from that in prior films. He wanted to make his film more "authentic" to Doyle,[5] explaining, "There's quite a lot of intense action sequences in the stories, [and] sometimes that hasn't been reflected in the movies."[6] 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".[7] 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".[6]

Filming began on 1 October 2008.[8] The crew shot at Freemasons' Hall and St Paul's Cathedral,[9] 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,[1] 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 artifacts and scientific objects from the continents they would have visited.[17].

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Watson, Holmes & Adler

Holmes and Adler in action

Watson and Holmes at 221B Baker Street

Watson and Holmes on the case

Holmes and Watson

Watson and Holmes in a street fight

Watson and Holmes investigate

Lord Blackwood explains his plot

Lord Blackwood

Watson

Holmes in a fight

Holmes and Watson

Director Guy Ritchie on set with Downey and Law

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[edit] Trivia

  • Watson will not be as bumbling as he was in the books and other adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories, but will be calm and agreeable.
  • The movie has been confirmed as to be rated PG-13.
  • Although he does not have a large role in the film, Holmes' archenemy Professor Moriarty is mentioned. [9]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 CS on location with Sherlock Holmes Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net, 2-5-09
  2. ↑ Warner Bros. gets a clue Pamela McClintock , Variety, 3-15-2007
  3. ↑ Elementary, my dear Ritchie Orlando Parfitt, IGN, 10-3-08
  4. ↑ Guy's Take On London's Gritty Underworld CBS News, 10-8-08
  5. ↑ itchie and Downey Jr launch new, 'authentic' Sherlock Holmes Mark Brown and Ben Child, guardian.co.uk, 10-2-08
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jude Law to star in Sherlock Holmes remake Anita Singh, The Independent, 9-19-08
  7. ↑ Sherlock Holmes? Ritchie's on the case Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today, 8-1-08
  8. ↑ Sherlock Starts Shooting ign.com, 10-1-08
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Sherlock Villain Kicks Ass Leigh Singer, IGN UK, 12-3-08
  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
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