(Warner Brothers) Watson (Jude Law) and Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) are not afraid to get their hands dirty in this latest outing
Sherlock Holmes Ditches his Deerstalker
DECEMBER 30, 2009Michael Osborn, BBC
Legendary detective Sherlock Holmes is best remembered for solving mysteries in the London fog, clad in a flowing cape, deerstalker hat and puffing on his pipe.
Gone is the deerstalker in director Guy Ritchie's film, as Holmes takes to the streets to save 1890s London from a dark foe. He says he wanted to create a Holmes not "contaminated with previous symbols", but insists there is a strong association with Conan Doyle's original work.
Read the BBC story by Michael Osborn: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8420024
