Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 period mystery action film based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. The screenplay, by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg, was developed from a story by Wigram and Johnson. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law portray Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively.
Set in 1890, eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Watson are hired by a secret society to foil a mysticist’s plot to gain control of Britain by seemingly supernatural means. Rachel McAdams stars as their former adversary Irene Adler and Mark Strong portrays villain Lord Henry Blackwood. The film was widely released in North America on December 25, 2009, and on December 26, 2009 in the UK, Ireland, the Pacific and the Atlantic.
- Starring : Robert Downey Jr. / Jude Law
- Genre : Action / Adventure / Mystery
- Country : United States / Germany / United Kingdom
- Language : English / French
- Director : Guy Ritchie
- Production : Warner Bros. / Village Roadshow Pictures / Silver Pictures / Wigram Productions / Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte / Lin Pictures
- Distributor : Warner Bros. / 20th Century Fox / Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal / Golden Village Pictures / InterComFilm / Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB / Sandrew Metronome Distribution / Village Films / Argentina Video Home / Audio Visual Entertainment / Film1 / HBO Max / Home Box Office (HBO) / Italia 1 / Kanal 2 / TNT / Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland / Warner Home Video / Warner Home Vidéo
Sherlock Holmes movie
Sherlock Holmes release date
- December 14, 2009 : UK (London) (premiere)
- December 24, 2009 : Singapore
- December 25, 2009 : Canada
- December 25, 2009 : Switzerland (Italian speaking region)
- December 25, 2009 : Israel
- December 25, 2009 : USA
- December 26, 2009 : Australia
- December 26, 2009 : UK
- December 26, 2009 : Ireland
- January 1, 2010 : Sweden
- January 8, 2010 : India
- January 8, 2010 : Philippines
- January 15, 2010 : Spain
- January 28, 2010 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- January 28, 2010 : Germany
- February 3, 2010 : Switzerland (French speaking region)
- February 3, 2010 : France
- February 28, 2010 : Japan (Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival)
- March 12, 2010 : Japan
Sherlock Holmes cast
- Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes
- Jude Law as Dr. John Watson
- Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler
- Mark Strong as Lord Henry Blackwood
- Eddie Marsan as Inspector Lestrade
- Robert Maillet as Dredger
- Geraldine James as Mrs. Hudson
- Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan
- William Houston as Constable Clark
- Hans Matheson as Lord Coward
- James Fox as Sir Thomas Rotheram
- William Hope as Ambassador Standish
- Clive Russell as Captain Tanner
- Oran Gurel as Reordan
- David Garrick as McMurdo
Sherlock Holmes received mostly positive critical reaction, with praise for its story, action sequences, set pieces, costume design, Zimmer’s musical score, and Downey’s performance as the main character, winning Downey the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. The film was also nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Original Score and Best Art Direction.
A sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, was released on December 16, 2011, with a third film scheduled for release on December 22, 2021, to be directed by Dexter Fletcher.
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