I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

"Preposterous" [3GAB]

We have an update to share on <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</a></b>:<br /><br />The latest movie posters have been released (on Yahoo! again), one each featuring Holmes and Watson. You may recall we made an update in July (<a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2011/07/long-shadows-trailed-down-houn.html">"Long Shadows Trailed Down" [HOUN]</a>) in which we shared the latest posters and the first appearance of the trailer for the film. You may see them again by clicking through to that link.<br /><br />The updated posters are equally as dramatic, featuring Holmes (again with a pistol) and Watson in profile, the former with the Eiffel Tower in the background, the latter with the Clock Tower behind him. Both can been seen below the latest trailer, which is available on the <b><a href="http://sherlockholmes2.warnerbros.com/">official website for the movie</a>, </b><a href="http://sherlockholmes2.warnerbros.com/">http://sherlockholmes2.warnerbros.com</a>. The site is beginning to come to life and we'll keep you updated on what we find.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="282" id="BLOGGER-video-60b20561d142f44f-14394" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxxqsSBaA959NLUDReTh4mKNpJel5cgqyUkYswfdqGwHKKnTrvNaWXKYZx_nq94RXX6plOSZKzD6zeXXo8QCkcmvBNDuOSwDEnAJyYPSkJyttz-zMPhNru7_WnXctVPYK18bgck&origin=www.ihearofsherlock.com" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe></div><br />Is it just us, or does there seem to be even more explosions and action scenes than in the last film?<br /><br />Here are the posters:<br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/6238683083/" title="Robert Downey, Jr. is Sherlock Holmes by Scott Monty, on Flickr"><img alt="Robert Downey, Jr. is Sherlock Holmes" height="954" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6238683083_7147f7f8e6_o.jpg" width="618" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsmonty/6238683053/" title="Jude Law is Watson by Scott Monty, on Flickr"><img alt="Jude Law is Watson" height="954" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/6238683053_caf27704dd_o.jpg" width="618" /></a></center><br /><br />We can tell that there's some Hollywood magic afoot in these images, as there's more smoke around the buildings than in the 1890s London sky...<br /><br />What do you think? Are you ready for the latest installment in the Guy Richie-directed franchise?<br /><br />--<br /><br />

"Preposterous" [3GAB]

We have an update to share on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows : The latest movie posters have been released (on Yahoo! again), one each f...

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by Scott Monty

"High-Class Jobs" [CHAS]

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The world of technology lost a visionary yesterday as Steve Jobs passed beyond the Reichenbach.<br />
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As you know, we cover the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and popular culture here on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. So you're probably wondering, "what could Steve Jobs possibly have to do with Sherlock Holmes?" You might be surprised at the answer.<br />
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One of the earlier references we can find is that in 1986, Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm. That was the company that later became famous for the likes of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030IIZ4M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B0030IIZ4M">Toy Story</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JNS0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B00005JNS0">Cars</a>, but in 1985 had already contributed film history by creating the first completely computer-generated image of a character in <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AUHPC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B0000AUHPC">Young Sherlock Holmes</a></b>.<br />
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Last spring when the iPad launched, we covered the world of apps that were connected with the Sherlockian world in a post titled <b><a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/05/intense-application-blac_16.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Most Intense Application" [BLAC]</a></b>. We highly recommend taking another look at that entry, as there are some gems. Since then, many others have sprouted.<br />
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If you would like to check these out, please just click through on the links provided.<br />
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There's another newfangled reading "experience" for the multitaskers among us. These days, the younger generation seems to be able to to 15 things at once - texting while watching television while working on the laptop while listening to music while ignoring a parent - so <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=C*JE*kqZKe8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fsherlock-holmes-w-booktrack%252Fid455861970%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" target="itunes_store"><b>Sherlock Holmes w/ Booktrack (Soundtracks for Books) - Speckled Band - Booktrack</b></a> was invented. Personally, I used to be satisfied with some <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/04/composer-of-no-ordinary-merit-redh.html">classical music</a> on the grammophone while I was thumbing the pages of the Canon.<br />
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Today, we stand on the terrace to remember Steve Jobs. But like Conan Doyle before him, his work will outlast him and his contribution to society will touch millions of lives.<br />
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"High-Class Jobs" [CHAS]

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by Scott Monty

Episode 36: Michael Hoey and the Fabulous Faces of Universal

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It's not very often that one has an opportunity to speak with someone who has a direct connection to a legend. In this case, Burt and Scott spoke with Michael Hoey, the son of Dennis Hoey -Inspector Lestrade to Basil Rathone's Sherlock Holmes.<br />
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Michael Hoey is the author of <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593936605/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1593936605">Sherlock Holmes & the Fabulous Faces - The Universal Pictures Repertory Company</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1593936605&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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Join us as a very special guest introduces Mr. Hoey, as Hoey reminisces about his visits to the sets of Universal, recounts many bits of trivia about the Universal series that we all know and love, and reveals some little-known gems.<br />
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Mr. Hoey will be appearing at <b><a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/g2b3.html">From Gillette to Brett III</a></b> in Indianapolis in November. There's still time to register - and if you click through to the link above to buy his book, you might be able to get it signed by Mr. Hoey himself.<br />
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We wrap up the show with a reading of the Editor’s Gas-Lamp from a 1956 issue of <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">The Baker Street Journal</a></i>, Vol. 6, No.1 covering "Fictional Characters."<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624756/">Roy William Neil</a> (IMDb)</li>
<li><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/118245811686959745462/NigelBruceMemoirsGamesGossipAndGreasepaintInformationExtracts"><i>Games, Gossip and Greasepaint</i></a> - Nigel Bruce's autobiography. <a href="http://scarletstreet.yuku.com/topic/1101/t/Games-Gossip-and-Greasepaint-Nigel-Bruce-s-Autobiography.html">More excerpts here</a>.</li>
<li><b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1861058071/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1861058071">The Brits Who Conquered Hollywood: Tales from the Hollywood Raj</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1861058071&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i>
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<li><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000EMYKH/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B0000EMYKH"><b>Terror by Night</b></a></i></li>
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Episode 36: Michael Hoey and the Fabulous Faces of Universal

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"A Certain Selection and Discretion" [IDEN]

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With the success of the recent Robert Downey Jr. Holmes film - and the speculation and anticipation for <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</a></span>, it would be hard to believe that before now a theatrical film of Holmes with an atypical director would be successful in the marketplace.<br />
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After all, one only has to look to 1970's <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JKHF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B00005JKHF">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00005JKHF&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span>, directed by Billy Wilder, as an unsuccessful example....which is a shame, because it is a very underrated gem in Sherlockian film canon, providing a fascinating postmodern look into the Great Detective. Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIyF0_B6Yyk&feature=player_embedded">a video of the trailer</a> with brief commentary from producer/director Dan Ireland:<br />
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In many ways, this version of Holmes is a more radical reinterpretation of the canon than the Downey film. In the first full scene, for example, Holmes (Robert Stephens) begins chiding Watson (Colin Blakely) for "exaggerating" certain things in his writing. (Yes, Wilder and writing partner I.A.L. Diamond are definitely playing "the Great Game.")<br />
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Although many critics and commentators have focused on the "subtext" of the Holmes/Watson relationship, what is so much more radical is that Stephens' Holmes seems much more...emotional. Lively. Possessing a certain depth and range of character that approaches a Jeremy Brett-style approach to the role.(Colin Blakely's Watson, however, tends more towards the buffoon-ish).  Although Wilder directs this in a more straightforward style than his other work, it only serves to highlight the emotional underpinnings of the film - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Private Life</span> not only contains gorgeous footage and a wonderful soundtrack, these bring the performances forward, and quite frankly, make this an underrated gem of a movie.<br />
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What's even more remarkable about this film is that it was originally conceived as a three hour movie consisting of four separate stories, one involving Holmes in his youth. Sadly, due to cuts the movie is only two hours long with two distinct stories - one focusing on a Russian ballerina; the other a more intricate plot involving brother Mycroft (played by Christopher Lee, the only actor to play both Mycroft and Sherlock), Inverness, and....well, that would be telling. Thankfully, <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005JKHF/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B00005JKHF">the DVD</a></b> release contains scripts, shots, and footage from the "lost" portions of the film as part of the 'Special Features' selection.<br />
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Admittedly, there was a certain selection and discretion in what Conan Doyle wrote about in his stories - after all, he lived in a much different time with different standards. Many films have attempted to fill in the gaps of what we knew about Holmes, but <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</span> does so in an entertaining and thoroughly engaging way.<br />
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This is a must-view for any Sherlockians. Very highly recommended.<br />
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