Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 period mystery action film starring Robert Downey Jr. as 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 written by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg was developed from a story by Wigram and Johnson. In addition to Downey Jr. as Holmes, Jude Law portrays Dr. John Watson. The film, set in 1890, follows eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Watson attempting to foil a mysticist's plot to gain control of Britain by seemingly supernatural means. Rachel McAdams stars as Holmes' former adversary Irene Adler and Mark Strong portrays villain Lord Henry Blackwood. The film was widely released in North America on 25 December 2009, and on 26 December 2009 in the UK, Ireland, the Pacific, and the Atlantic. Sherlock Holmes received mostly positive critical reaction. The film grossed $524 million worldwide, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 2009. Downey won 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 in 2011, with a third film in the works to be directed by Dexter Fletcher.
- What can you tell about me? - You? - I don't think... - I don't know that... - Not at dinner. - Some other time. - I insist. - You insist? - You remember we discussed this. - The lady insists. - You're a governess. - Well done. Yes, well done. Shall we? - Waiter? - Your student... is a boy of 8. - Charlie's 7, actually. - Charlie? Then he's tall for his age. He flicked ink at you today. Is there ink on my face? There's nothing wrong with your face. There are 2 drops on your ear, in fact. India blue's nearly impossible to wash off. A very impetuous act by the boy. But you're too experienced to react rashly... which is why the lady for whom you work lent you that. Oriental pearls, diamonds, a flawless ruby. Hardly the gems of a governess. The jewels you are not wearing tell us more. - Holmes. - You were engaged. The ring is gone, but the lighter skin suggests... that you spent some time abroad wearing it proudly... until you were informed of its true, modest worth. You broke off the engagement... and returned to England for better prospects. A doctor, perhaps. Right on all counts, Mr. Holmes, apart from one. I didn't leave him. He died.
Sherlock Holmes