Sherlock Holmes

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Director: Guy Ritchie Writers: Michael Robert Johnson & Anthony Peckham Stars: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law & Rachel McAdams Genre: Action/Adventure/Crime

Box Office Budget:$90,000,000 Opening Weekend:$62,304,277 (USA) (27 December 2009) (3626 Screens)
Gross: $209,019,489 (USA) (25 April 2010)

Production Co: Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures
Technical Specs
Runtime:128 min
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS
Country: USA | Germany
Language: English | French | Latvian
Release Date: 26 December 2009 (UK)
Filming Locations: Brompton Cemetery, Fulham Road, West Brompton, London, England, UK


Facts:
Colin Farrell was in talks to play Watson before Jude Law was cast. Link this trivia

Robert Maillet accidentally knocked out Robert Downey Jr. while filming a fight scene.

Robert Downey Jr. read many Sherlock Holmes stories and watched "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1984) by Granada Television (starring Jeremy Brett) in order to learn more about the character.

Sienna Miller was in talks for a role before her ex-fiancé Jude Law was cast as Watson.

The set for Sherlock Holmes's home in this film was previously used as Sirius Black's home in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).

Sherlock Holmes is Guy Ritchie's first film not to be rated R in the US.

Watson's line to Holmes, "You know that what you're drinking is for eye surgery?", is an obscure reference to Holmes's cocaine usage. At the time, cocaine was used as a topical anesthetic for eye surgery. In the stories, Holmes injects cocaine.

The four symbols referred to in the movie, the Man, the Lion, the Ox and the Eagle, are also attributed to the four Gospels of the Christian Bible: Matthew (Man, the humanity of Christ), Mark (Lion, for courage and for action), Luke (Ox, for strength and perseverance), and John (Eagle, for clarity of sight and for divinity).

Rachel McAdams, Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. reportedly did most of their own stunts.

There are repeated references to five women murdered by Lord Blackwell 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).