Sherlock Holmes
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Holmes sweet Holmes: Literature's greatest sleuthBut worse is to come. Columbia Pictures has announced that it is preparing a comedy spoof, produced by Judd Apatow, the golden boy of Hollywood comedy, and starring Sasha Baron Cohen as Holmes and Will Ferrell as Watson. You can hear a... In this article: Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Bell, Peter Cushing, Basil Rathbone, A Study in Scarlet, and Jeremy Brett |
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CBS News | September 21, 2009
Cloudy Has Clear View of Box Office Lead
...from Columbia Pictures' "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" (CBS) Sherlock Holmes, vampires and "Wild Things" are among the characters filling theaters this season (AP) The forecast was bright at the box-office for "Cloudy with a...
In this article: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Sony, Jennifer's Body, Megan Fox, Jennifer Aniston, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Judi Barrett, and The Informant
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boston.com - Celebrity news | July 02, 2008
Sherlock Sacha Baron Cohen
...in a new comedy. According to Variety, Sacha will take the role of legendary fictional detective Holmes, while Will portrays his sidekick Watson in the movie inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels and short stories. Matt Tolmach,...
In this article: Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Ferrell, E-mail, Guy Ritchie, Sherlock Holmes, Jimmy Miller, Boston.com, and Etan Cohen
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PR-Inside.com Entertainment News | July 02, 2008
FERRELL AND COHEN TO STAR IN HOLMES MOVIE
...Watson in the as-yet-untitled film. Matt Tolmach, co-president of production for Columbia Pictures, tells Variety.com, "Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh. "Sacha and Will are two of the funniest...
In this article: Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Ferrell, Columbia Pictures, and Ali G
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eFluxMedia | July 03, 2008
Baron Cohen, Ferrell, Apatow Team Up for Sherlock
The yet to be titled comedy will pair comedians Baron Cohen and Ferrell as the world-famous crime-solving duo Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle s Sherlock Holmes tales, reports trade paper Variety. While...
In this article: Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Ferrell, Judd Apatow, Lindsay Lohan, Jimmy Miller, Columbia Pictures, Bruno, Land of the Lost, and Dr. Watson
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | July 02, 2008
Ali G Sacha Baron Cohen to play Sherlock Holmes
...the man who brought us Borat will do the role justice. "Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh," Columbia's co-president Matt Tolmach told Variety. "Sacha and Will are two of the funniest and most...
In this article: Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Ferrell, Ali G, Borat, Judd Apatow, Sherlock Holmes, Bruno, and The Hound of the Baskervilles
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OK Magazine - celebrity news | July 10, 2008
OK! Magazine - First for Celebrity News - Holmes Sweet Holmes for Robert Downey Jr.
...Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby stars Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen. The as-yet-untitled film will feature Borat, er, Sacha as Sherlock and Will as sidekick Dr. Watson. Whose Sherlock Holmes film do you want to see?
In this article: Robert Downey Jr., Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Ferrell, Iron Man, Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Iron Man, and Columbia Pictures
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | July 02, 2008
Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Hollywood duel
...Watson. Squaring up to Columbia is Warner Bros, which has announced a Guy Ritchie project entitled Sherlock Holmes, which will portray the legendary detective as a punching, sword-jousting comic book-style adventure hero. While Conan...
In this article: Dr Watson, Judd Apatow, Hollywood, Guy Ritchie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Baker Street, Cocaine, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Will Ferrell
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www.washingtonpost.com | July 03, 2008
Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Ferrell team up for sleuth film
...Fiction," "Blades of Glory" and "Semi-Pro." "Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh," Columbia Pictures co-president Matt Tolmach said in a statement. Columbia's development of a Sherlock Holmes...
In this article: Will Ferrell, Sacha Baron Cohen, Columbia Pictures, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Deductive reasoning, Cambridge University, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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People.com Latest News | July 10, 2008
Guy Ritchie to Direct Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes
...than in his previous incarnations, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Not that Downey will be the only versatile actor to don Holmes's stalking cap and coat cape. Columbia Pictures recently announced that Judd Apatow would produce a...
In this article: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Ritchie, Dr. Watson, Hollywood Reporter, The Warner Bros., Iron Man, Columbia Pictures, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skilful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning (though in reality, he uses abductive reasoning) and forensic skills to solve difficult cases.
Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first story, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890, respectively. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialised novels appeared until 1927. The stories cover a period from around 1875 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914.
All but four stories are narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, two are narrated by Holmes himself and two others are written in the third person. In two stories ("The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott"), Holmes tells Watson the main story from his memories, whereas Watson becomes the narrator of the frame story.
Conan Doyle said that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing large conclusions from the smallest observations.
- Name:
- Sherlock Holmes
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- English
- Occupation:
- Consulting detective
- Family:
- Mycroft Holmes (brother)
- First appearance:
- 1887
- Created By:
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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