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SHERLOCK HOLMES (DVD)

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 written 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. 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 25 December 2009, and on 26 December 2009 in the UK, Ireland, the Pacific and the Atlantic. Sherlock Holmes received mostly positive critical reaction. 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 on 16 December 2011, with a third film in the works to be directed by Dexter Fletcher.

Condition

New

Brand

Studio Distribution Servi

Amazon ASIN

B00G4ETEJO

UPC / EAN

883929086566

Year

2009

ReleaseDate

2009-12-25

RuntimeMins

128

RuntimeStr

2h 8min

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars, 10 wins & 31 nominations total

Directors

Guy Ritchie

Writers

Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Simon Kinberg

Stars

Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams

Produced by

Bruce Berman, Steve Clark-Hall, Susan Downey, Peter Eskelsen, Dana Goldberg, Dan Lin, Lauren Meek, Joel Silver, Michael Tadross, Lionel Wigram

Music by

Hans Zimmer

Cinematography by

Philippe Rousselot

Film Editing by

James Herbert

Casting By

Reg Poerscout-Edgerton

Production Design by

Sarah Greenwood

Art Direction by

James Foster, Nick Gottschalk, Matthew Gray, Niall Moroney

Set Decoration by

Katie Spencer

Costume Design by

Jenny Beavan

Makeup Department

Christine Blundell, Carol Ci Ci Campbell, Charmaine Fuller, Agnes Legere, Chloe Meddings, Paul Mooney, Patricia Regan, Matthew Smith, Lesa Warrener, Julia Wilson, Ricci-Lee Berry, Amy Byrne, Maria Cork, Nathaniel De Lineadeus, Andrea Finch, Patt Foad, Lucy Friend, Julius Goosen, Siobhan Harper Ryan, Suzanne Harper, Chris Lyons, Monica MacDonald, Siân Miller, Laura Morse, Jo Nielsen, Marc Pilcher, Nina Pratley, Nikita Rae, Clare Ramsey, Pascale Recher, Charlotte Rogers, Jesse Rose Rogers, Nicola Springall, Nadia Stacey, Charlotte Thompson, Victoria Yates

Production Management

Jessica Alan, Damian Anderson, Marianne Jenkins, Mark Mostyn, Ray Quinlan, Michael Tadross, Emma Zee, Bill Draper, Elizabeth Miller Gavcus, Emma Pike

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Matthew Baker, Andrew Fiero, Clare Glass, Lee Grumett, Paul Jennings, Max Keene, Carley Lane, Andrew Mannion, Danny McGrath, X. Sydney Ng, Sid Sentry, Jo Tew, Adam T. Weisinger, Thomas Alibone, Paul Bennett, Tom Browne, Seth Elkins, Terry McShane, Sarah Jean Selway, Carly Taverner, Lucy Thomas

Art Department

Joseph Alfieri, David Allcock, Henry Antonacchio, Michael Auszura, Toni Barton, Andrew Bennett, Susan Bode, Satarupa Bradley, Gabi Brown, Jason Jay Brown, Ken Burnett, Alison Cardy, Joe Cassar, David Caudle, Netty Chapman, Jamie Churchouse, Raymond Churchouse, Temple Clark, Chris Clarke, Liz Colbert, David Conway, Stephen Conway, Charlotte Crosbie, Sean Daly, Laura Dishington, Simon Duric, Glyn Evans, Peter Fentem, Kate Fenton, Claire Fleming, Julia Goldman, Sean Greenham, Robert Griffon Jr., Bruce Lee Gross, Emma Hanson, Alison Harvey, Stuart Headley-Read, Bill Howe, Steve Hunter, Simon Hutchings, Chas Jellis, Christopher Kay, Joseph K. Kepple IV, Eva Kuntz, Charlotte Leatherland, Pete Lennox, Shay Leonard, Nili Lerner, Elizabeth Linn, Katie Lodge, Choi Ho Man, Gary Martin, John McDonnell, Eddie O Neill, Adrian Platt, Sui Rajakaruna, Tom Roberts, Matthew Robinson, Ian Rolfe, Bradley Schmidt, Richard Smith, Mike Stallion, Hayley Easton Street, Daniel Swingler, Leigh Thurbon, Chris Tooth, Sophie Tyler, Omar Vaid, Maira Vazeou, Lloyd Vincent, Stuart Watson, Steve Wilson, Dennis Wiseman, Lee Wiseman, Lotta Wolgers, Patricia Woodbridge, Helen Xenopoulos, Jun Xu, Jackie Yau, Alex Abelman, Michael Acevedo, James Anthony, Stephen Barth, Martin Brown, Mason Chesler, Dean Clegg, Isaac Cohen, Justin Corbett, Paul Couch, Richard Bryan Douglas, James Enright, Melissa Eybers, Laurent Ferrie, Pip Fox, Eric Friedewald, Gary Gleeson, Brent Godek, Glen A. Gregory, Glenn Gregory, Wayne Hammond, Rohan Harris, Steve Harris, Richard Hawkyard, Terry Heggarty, Gavin A. Holmes, Gay A. Howard, Alexander James, Ben Johnson, Brian Kontz, Jessica Kosky, Dan Kubicek, Andrew Laybats, Peter Lee, Kimberley Lieber, Elizabeth Loach, Gary Lock, Stephen McGregor, James McKeown, Catriona Meridew, Ramona Messina, Graham Mitchell, John Moolenschot, Steven Morris, Eddie Murphy, Ian Murray, Craig Narramore, Anthony O.H. Navarro, Josh O Neill, Eric Pastore, David Pearce, Sandra Phillips, Mickey Pugh, Scott Rogers, Elliot Scott, Adam Shepherdly, Stephen Siersema, Robert Spence, Edward P Tadiello, Sophie Tarver, Tobias James Tomkins, Chris Tooth, John Whitby, Carl Wilson, Simon Wilson, Mal Zawadzki, Rachel Ziegelmeier

Sound Department

Mark Appleby, Dafydd Archard, Ron Bartlett, John Casali, Ed Colyer, Michael Fentum, Steve Finn, Nick Foley, Glen Gathard, Dominic Gibbs, Matt Gruber, Ishmael Harris, Alistair Hawkins, Doug Hemphill, Leigh Humberdross, Andy Kennedy, Steve Little, James Mather, Chris Munro, Paul Munro, Luke Neuman, Luke O Connell, Mark Paterson, Becki Ponting, Jamie Roden, Johnathan Rush, Andrew Schmetterling, Mark Taylor, Derek Trigg, Robert Weatherall, Christopher Alba, Antony Bayman, Peter Burgis, Robert Edwards, Eric Flickinger, Daniel Kresco, Beauxregard Neylen, Jordan O Neill, Becki Ponting, Andy Potvin, Brian Seagrave, Paul Tirone, Philip Young, Jerry Yuen

Special Effects by

Ian Biggs, John Boundy, Jeff Brink, Paul Clark, Andy Colquhoun, James Davis III, Mickey Edwards, Les Foyster, Andy Fraser, Martin Geeson, Hugh Goodbody, Mark Haddenham, Karen Holt, Mark Holt, Darren Longstaff, Will Malkin, Glenn Marsh, Doug McCarthy, Paul McGuinness, Noah Meddings, Dickon Mitchell, Martin Neill, Patrick O Sullivan, Steve Paton, Neil Peters, Russell Pritchett, Dave Purser, Chris Reynolds, Neil Reynolds, Matt Ryan, Jon Savage, Charlie Simunik, Jan Staines, Jody Taylor, Colin Tilley, Mike Tilley, Mark Vanstone, Mark Weatherbe, Jamie Weguelin, James R. Bilz, Steve Mosley, Susie Redfern, Delroy Reid

Visual Effects by

Jan Adamczyk, Ben Aickin, Dalia Al-Husseini, Myles Asseter, Keziah Bailey, Valdimar Baldvinsson, Jakob Baltzersen, Daniel Barrow, Petter Bergmark, Thomas Biller, Matthias Bjarnason, Turea Blyth, Alan Boucek, William Brand, Paul Brannan, Jamie Briens, Richard Briscoe, Jon R. Brown, Andrew Bull, Helen Bunker, Henry Bush, Andrew Butler, Tim Catchpole, Bimla Chall, Paul Chandler, Malavika Chandrakanth, Dan Churchill, Isabel Cody, Drew Collins, Zoe Cranley, Alex Cumming, Marcello Da Silva, Nick Dacey, Alistair Darby, Alexandra Daunt Watney, Max Decroix, Virginie Degorgue, Claudia Dehmel, Rob Delicata, Lee Dexter, Katherine Durant, Graeme Eglin, Dadi Einarsson, Selcuk Ergen, Daniel Evans, Ellie Faustino, Jonathan Fawkner, David Fernández Girón, Peter Forson, Richard Frazer, Pawl Fulker, John J. Galloway, Lára Garðarsdóttir, Julian Gnass, Tom Griffiths, Aevar Gudmundsson, Alex Guri, Jeremy Hardin, Chloe Harrison, Jeremy Hattingh, Adam Hawkes, Oliver Hearsey, Josie Henwood, Jeremy Hey, Bastian Hopfgarten, Jason Horley, Laurent Hugueniot, Chas Jarrett, Laura Jennings, Oliver Johnstone, Tim Keene, Christian Kesler, Anne Putnam Kolbe, Jakob Kousholt, Benjamin Krebs, Brian Krijgsman, Rick Leary, Skeel Lee, Eugene Lipkin, Patricia Llaguno, Chi Kwong Lo, Benjamin Loch, Justin Long, Damien Macé, Jay Mallet, Jan Maroske, Jason Mayo, Oliver McCluskey, Jason McDonald, Horacio Mendoza, Charlotte Merrill, Christophe Meslin, Thomas Middleton, Jaymie Miguel, Neil Miller, László Molnár, Danny Murphy, Bruce Nelson, Carlos-Christian Nickel, Digna Nigoumi, Mike J. Nixon, Peter Olliff, Sam Osborne, Alexandra Papavramides, Daniel Pastore, Craig Penn, Richard Perry, Andrew Pinson, Marine Poirson, Mike Pope, Sonny Pye, Paul Raeburn, Marc Rice, Johannes Richter, Andreas Rohr, Sean Samuels, Sebastian H. Schmidt, Marko Schöbel, Shaun Scott, Andy Scrase, Rob Shears, David Simpson, Anthony Smith, Laurence Smith, Jean-David Solon, Jim Steel, Elwaleed Suliman, Sandy Sutherland, Noah Taylor, Michael Adam Thompson, Sveinbjörn J. Tryggvason, Sarah Tulloch, Niki Turpin, Erik Tvedt, Chris Ung, Sean Varney, David Vickery, Nathan Walster, Sharon Warmington, Tom Whittington, Clare Williams, Kate Windibank, Malcolm Woolridge, Day Yargici, Anastasios Agiakatsikas, Antony Allen, Christopher Anciaume, Szvák Antal, Matthew Baker, Manjusha Balachandran-Hall, Dave Bannister, Angela Barson, Jo Ann Cordero Belen, Zoltán Benyó, Howard Berry, Ilona Blyth, James Braid, Robin T. Brown, Stuart Bullen, Will Burdett, Thomas J. Burton, Huseyin Caner, Helen Carr, Ronan Carr, Jacob Clark, Rebecca Clay, Sean Coonce, Amy Davis, Luan Davis, Ian Dawson, Graham Day, Richard Edwards, Kate Ellis, Tamás Fiedler, Zoltán Fiedler, Dániel Forgács, Nikhil Ghoorbin, Ivan Girard, Kyle Goodsell, Azzard Gordon, Charlotte Gray, Elizabeth Gray, Mai Gray, Paul Greenwood, Varun Hadkar, Pete Hanson, Michael Harrison, Chris Hart, Guy Hauldren, Karsten Hecker, Aeon Henderson, Winnie Ho, Pete Howlett, Steve Kimbrey, László Kondor, Julien Lasbleiz, Mark Laszlo, Andrew Lawson, Duncan Lees, Taz Lodder, Keir Longden, Kim Lim Loo, Charlie Lovett, Ian Mathews, Dolores McGinley, Dan McRae, Paul McWilliams, Gurel Mehmet, Károly Mesterházy, Mitch Mitchell, Thomas Montminy Brodeur, Steven Moor, Rafael Morant, Per Mørk-Jensen, James P. Noon, Robert Nzengou-Tayo, Noel O Malley, Péter Obornik, Conrad Olson, Jonathan Opgenhaffen, Zai Ortiz, Ami Patel, Jay Patel, Stuart Penn, Ana Sofia Mestre de Almeida Pereira, Caroline Pires, Andrea Pirisi, James Porter, Kate Porter, Gabor Pulai, Simon Pynn, Sagar Rathod, Brett Reyenger, Dave Robinson, Rhys Salcombe, Markus Schneider, Aatesh Shah, Prateep Siamwalla, Henrik Soder, Marcin Stangel, David Swift, Mary Swinnerton, András Szõcs, Mark Taylor, Stephen Tew, Oleg Troy, Xique Tymn, Nick van Diem, Chris Ventress, Dan Victoire, Pragti Wadhwa, Maggie Walby, Tim Warnock, Simon Wilkinson, Patrick Woo, Xye, Péter Závorszky

Stunts

Nina Armstrong, Andy Butcher, Michael Byrch, Sebastiano Cartier, Ben Cooke, Rob Cooper, David Cronnelly, Matt Da Silva, Ben Dimmock, Richard Dwyer, James Embree, Rick English, Frank Ferrara, Glenn Foster, James Grogan, Richard Hansen, Frank Henson, Mark Henson, Rob Inch, Paul Kennington, Stephanie Lelievre, Guy List, Nick McKinless, Sian Milne, Ray Nicholas, Brian Nickels, James O Donnell, Eric Oram, Ian Pead, Bean Peel, Martin Pemberton, Heather Phillips, Andy Pilgrim, Chris Pollard, Dominic Preece, Jodi Michelle Pynn, Charles Ramsay, Richard Ryan, Gordon Seed, Marcus Shakesheff, Diz Sharpe, C.C. Smiff, Helen Steinway Bailey, John Street, Ryan Stuart, Vincent Wang, Reg Wayment, Peter White, Leonard Woodcock, Michael Yahn, Robert Alonzo, James M. Churchman, Ben Cooke, Rob Cooper, Sam Creed, Matt Da Silva, Glenn Foster, Robert G. Goodwin, Paul Leonard, Peter Miles, Brian Smyj, Stuart St. Paul, Alexander Temmink, Ben Wright

Camera and Electrical Department

Michael Arisohn, Alex Bailey, Dave Brennan, Jason Brignola, Kevin Brookner, Julian Bucknall, Keith Bunting, Chris Cavanagh, Alan Coates, Jason Dully, Jack English, Chuck Finch, Stephen Finch, Tommy Finch, John Flemming, Brian Greenway, Fred Harris, Lewis Hume, Nils Johnson, Dylan Jones, Kevin Kasarda, Paul Legall, Gus Magalios, Bobby Mancuso, Keith Manning, Lance Mayer, Vince McGahon, Kevin McKenna, Billy Merrell, Richard Merrell, Philip Murphy, Neal Norton, George Patsos, Collin Quinlan, Greg Quinlan, Nick Ray, Kenny Richards, Derek Russell, Louis Sabat, Luke Selway, David Sinfield, Paul Snell, Alan Stewart, Iain Struthers, Olly Tellett, Scott Tinsley, Colin Townsend, Dan West, Barry Wetcher, Des Whelan, Steve Wood, Dave Armstrong, Si Bell, Jason Berman, Eric Boncher, Stuart Bridges, Thomas Calandrillo, John Coots, Martyn Culpan, Adam Dale, Tim Dean, Richard Bryan Douglas, Andy Edridge, Martin Elvin, Christopher Heikel, Alex Howe, Alex Kruszelnicki, Dan Kubicek, Tobias Marshall, Campbell McIntosh, Paul C. McKenna, Keith McNicholas, Iris Ng, Kelly Paul, Claire Pie, Stephen Price, Ian Sinfield, Basil Smith, Rob Southam, Mario Spanna, Ian Speed, Simon Surtees, Carsten Thoms, Neil Tomlin, Tom Wilkinson, Glyn Williams, Ben Wilson, Marc Wolff, Ernest Yurich

Animation Department

Joey Park

Casting Department

Emma Callinan, Meredith Jacobson Marciano, Abigail Barbier, Chuck Douglas, Louis Elman

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Arlynn Abseck, Valentina Aulisi, Alison Beard, Anthony Brookman, Rob Brown, Helen Ingham, Joe Kowalewski, Charlotte Law, Martin Mandeville, Melissa Meister, David Otzen, Clare Spragge, Pete White, Vanessa Woolgar, Sue Bradbear, Alex Carey, Berel-Anne Evans, Elizabeth Everall, Ian Foweraker, Jenny Hawkins, Vivienne Jones, Jane Law, Brian Lawler, Jenna McGranaghan, Stephen Miles, Sophie Norinder, Steve O Sullivan, Lora E. Revitt, Sunita Singh, Susan Smith, Anabel Temple, Sally Turner, Nat Van Halle

Editorial Department

Siobhan Boyes, Matthew Bristowe, Alex Fenn, Philip Hedgecock, Adam Inglis, Todd Kleparski, Angus Munro, Siôn Penny, Dominic Thomson, Matt Adams, Victoria Anderson, Dash Boam, Simon Brasse, Leigh Brooks, Harry Connolly, Sam Daley, Gabriel J. Diaz, Dan Dolan, Simona Harrison, Charles Herzfeld, Clare McKee, Daniel Paress, Harold Parker, Richie Roefaro, Rachael Watmough, Lee Wimer

Location Management

Peter Bardsley, Martin Breen, David Campbell-Bell, Bruno Cassoni, Mally Chung, Tom Crooke, Giles Edleston, Ali James, Pablo Daniel Magee, Chris Moore, Nick Oliver, Adam Richards, Charlie Simpson, Jane Soans, Mark Somner, Oliver Vine, Rob Campbell-Bell, Faye Newton, Chris Patterson, Charlie Somers

Music Department

Bob Badami, Lorne Balfe, Richard Bissill, Dudley Bright, Tom Broderick, Nicholas Bucknall, Ann Marie Calhoun, Rupert Coulson, Alejandro de la Llosa, Geoff Foster, Bruce Fowler, Gavin Greenaway, Tina Guo, The I. Griffiths Ensemble, Aleksey Igudesman, Davey Johnstone, Andrew Kawczynski, Steven Kofsky, Peter Lale, Roger Linley, Steve Mair, Eliza Marshall, Perry Montague-Mason, Maurice Murphy, Tom Pigott Smith, Anthony Pleeth, Mary Scully, Richard Skinner, Owen Slade, Peter Oso Snell, Noah Sorota, Dave Stewart, Diego Stocco, David Theodore, Richard Watkins, Mark Wherry, Andrew Zack, Warren Zielinski, Hans Zimmer, Atli Örvarsson, Ryeland Allison, Mark Berrow, Rachel Bolt, Nick Delaplane, Sam Estes, Nima Fakhrara, Dave Foster, Walt Fowler, Dominic Gibbs, Rick Giovinazzo, Kevin Kaska, Daniel Kresco, Michael A. Levine, Katia Lewin Jablonsky, Alan Meyerson, Satnam Ramgotra, Jacob Shea, Allen Walley, Bruce White, Jonathan Williams

Script and Continuity Department

Polly Hope, Liz Elizabeth West

Transportation Department

Jim Atkins, Peter Clores, Steven R. Hammond, Andrew Thurlbourne, Gerry Turner, Paul Allen, David Conelli, Mark Crowley, David Gwyther, Jerry Hamshar, Jeff Hudson, Tony Power, Ken Price, Colin Simmons, Piotr Walczak, Terry Wilde, Barrie Williams

Additional Crew

Sahin Abdul, Christina Acevedo, Jason Acevedo, Sabbir Ahmed, Peter Anders, Aaron Auch, Jules Baker-Smith, Philip Ball, Frank Barranca, Joanne Batten, Rosie Bedford-Stradling, David Bell, Kate Bone, Dougal Cadiou, Karl Caffrey, Ian Cappello, Kelly Kiyoon Chang, Peter Coritsidis, Tom Cox, Paul Crimmings, Tony Cypres, Tony Davis, Marie-Cecile de Faucigny, Asa Donat, William Duncklee, Helen Christine Dwyer, Jake Edmonds, Judith Edwards, Larry Eydmann, Theo Garatziotis, Ali Glasser, Mia Gray, Nicky Gregory, Richard Hagerty, Loren Herbert, Moira Houlihan, Amy Irvine, Patrick Isherwood, Andrew Jack, Paula Jack, Dave Jackson, Nick Jeffries, Carrie Johnson, Lisa-Kim Ling Kuan, Julie Kuehndorf, Lara Khajetoorians Larkin, Cristina Lois, Sophia Lucchesi, Nadiya Luthra, Christine Mammolito, Francesca M. Mannix, Peter Marschark, Alana McGowan, Fiona May McLaren, Alastair McNeil, Anna I. Medakovich, Gavin Millingan, Andrew Moorehead, Kyle O Brien, Kory O Donnell, Eric Oram, Claire Page, James Payton, Jeffrey Phelps, Meghan Quinlan, Ryan Quinlan, Rebecca Rae, Hallam Rice-Edwards, Jimmy Rich, Buck P.B.D. Rodgers, Lara Roth, Angelika Schierz, Sarah Jean Selway, Sid Sentry, Claire Severance, Sam Smith, Jesse Solomon, Sonic, Joss Spry, Vaughn Stein, Ryan Sweeney, Katherine Tibbetts, Martin Travis, Michael Vastano, Yves Wilson, Seanne Winslow, Charbel Youssef, Rick Ambros, Joanne Batten, Ajay Bhatt, David Bispham, Clare Brody, Kriss TheDish Brown, Unjoo Lee Byars, Chris Cavanagh, Mel Churcher, Simon Clowes, Kyle Cooper, Kenneth Daniels, Lisa Davidson, Robin Demetriou, Kristyn DiPane, Jessica Dunlop, Elton Farla, Chris Foggin, Lucia Foster Found, John Frade, Ingo Gardner, Stephen Gilchrist, Becky Goldenthal, Henry Hobson, Ben Hope, Amy Irvine, Ben Jackson, Mikael Jaeger Jensen, Steve Keane, Ryan Locke, Sharon Lomasney, Ollie Madden, Keiran Mahon, Garry Marriott, Claire Mear, Damian Mitchell, Adrienne Oliver, Patricia Porter, Myles Robey, Ben Rothwell, Gemma Rourke, Harry L. Seddon, Johnny Silmon, David Sousa, Michael Stapleton, Jo Stedall, Andy Stephens, Kevin Trehy, Ben Vokes, James Weston, Richard Wild, Marc Wolff, Jhonny Zurita

Thanks

Michael Bloomberg

Genres

Action, Adventure, Mystery

Companies

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures

Countries

USA, Germany, UK, Australia

Languages

English, French

ContentRating

PG-13

ImDbRating

7.6

ImDb Rating Votes

629682

Metacritic Rating

57

Short Description

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 written 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. 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 25 December 2009, and on 26 December 2009 in the UK, Ireland, the Pacific and the Atlantic. Sherlock Holmes received mostly positive critical reaction. 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 on 16 December 2011, with a third film in the works to be directed by Dexter Fletcher.

Box Office Budget

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$62,304,277

Box Office Gross USA

$209,028,679

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$524,028,679

Keywords

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