Yahoo Movies have released the official theatrical trailer for director Guy Ritchie's latest crime caper Sherlock Holmes, a reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic works featuring featuring Robert Downey Jr. as the titular master sleuth and Jude Law as side-kick Watson. Sherlock Holmes is produced by Warner Bros. and is scheduled for release on December 25th 2009. In the movie Holmes and Watson must unravel a conspiracy to destroy Britian led by Satanist Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), and the big budget adaptation also features Rachel McAdams as Holmes' love interest, Irene Adler.
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4 comments:
I for one arent too happy about this-he isn`t Sherlock Holmes is he-to my thinking,Basil Rathbone is.
Why do they have to make remakes at all-you can`t better the original, so why can`t they find new material and new characters is all.
I`ve got some Sherlock Holmes audio CD`s and Basil Rathbone even did them. They`re American radio plays with all these mad adverts in for Lux soap I think is one. They`re really good because its like being in the cinema and I like them because they`re like the real deal. Sooner stick with them and the original films.
But maybe some other people would like this new film.
They do seem to be going overboard with remakes, have been for a few years now.
I haven't heard any of the old time radio Sherlock Holmes, although I'm sure I've got an adaptation "Suspicion" with Basil Rathbone. I'm not sure if it is one of the Lux Theater, Screen Guild, something like that. They are all out of copyright so there are a number of websites where you can download them for free - I can't for the life of me remember which site I found them but there is quite a collection here - http://www.archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
well thanks that`s great. I`ll check it out in a mo.
when you say out of copyright, what does that mean then? is it to say that nobody owns them or suchlike?
my favourite one is The Third Man. i was thinking how great that they got Orson Wells to narrate it. and of course,they have the harry lime theme etc. it`s all very dramatic and i find them very enjoyable.
in this format as well, they`re a very valuable resource for non-sighted people-next best thing to watching them really.
so yes, i like them a lot.
what a shame they don`t do similar with todays movies. but theyd never catch on would they. pity.
I think that it's to do with American copyright laws - sound recordings before a certain date weren't covered by copyright so most of the old US radio shows and serials are now in the public domain...
http://www.radiolovers.com/copyrights.html
There is some information on there, and that site also has a few downloads. Some sites charge, but if you look around you should be able to find free downloads for most of the shows (understandably, the quality does vary).
I think radio drama has pretty much had its day now unfortunately, but I did enjoy listening to a few of the shows I found, some of them are very interesting and I'm sure you'll find much to enjoy. The Orson Welles Mercury Theatre stuff is very good, but there are thousands of different shows available.
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