Shanghai Knights
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Shanghai Knights is an American movie produced by Touchstone Pictures released on 3 February 2003 (USA). 114 min.
Sherlockian connections in the movie:
- In the hall of Buckingham Palace, Roy looks at a clock where a plaque shows: "Sherlock Watchmakers, Holmes County, Ireland". So he takes the pseudo "Sherlock Holmes" to be officially announced.
- Later on, Roy will disguised with a deerstalker, a MacFarlane and a calabash pipe.
- The inspector of Scotland Yard, "Artie" is in fact "Arthur Conan Doyle". He is not very motivated by his profession and prefers to write novels. He has a talent of observation and deduction. His adventures with O'Bannon and Wang will give him the idea of writing the Sherlock Holmes stories.
- The bad guy is named Lord Nelson Rathbone as a reference to the actor Basil Rathbone, who played Sherlock Holmes in 14 movies between 1939 and 1946.
Photos
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Shanghai Knights -
Chon Wang disguised as Watson
(Jackie Chan) -
Chon Wang / Dr. Watson (Jackie Chan) & Roy O'Bannon / Sherlock Holmes (Owen Wilson) -
Inspector Artie Doyle
(Tom Fisher) -
Lord Nelson Rathbone
(Aidan Gillen) -
Jack the Ripper
(Oliver Cotton) -
Charlie Chaplin
(Aaron Johnson) -
Queen Victoria
(Gemma Jones) -
Server
(John Owens) -
Cast
- Roy O'Bannon / Sherlock Holmes : Owen Wilson
- Chon Wang / Dr. Watson : Jackie Chan
- Inspector Artie Doyle : Tom Fisher
- Jack the Ripper : Oliver Cotton
- Chon Lin : Fann Wong
- Charlie Chaplin : Aaron Johnson
- Lord Nelson Rathbone : Aidan Gillen
- Queen Victoria : Gemma Jones
- Server : John Owens
- ...
Crew
- Director : David Dobkin
- Producers : Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman
- Screenplay : Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
- Music : Randy Edelman
