“ Brilliant, Mysterious and Lyrical”
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Ian McKellen is magnificent as Sherlock Holmes.”
- Alex Billington, First Showing
TM
SANTA MONICA, CA (Aug. 31, 2015) – Oscar ®
nominee Sir Ian McKellen * joins fellow Academy
Award
®
nominee Laura Linney ** in the mysterious and intriguing Mr. Holmes, arriving on Digital HD
October 27 and Blu-r ay™ (plus Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital), and On Demand November 10 from
Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Miramax
Mind,
®
. Based on Mitch Cullin’s novel “A Slight Trick of the
” written for the screen by Jeffrey Hatcher ( The Duchess ), and directed by Academy Award
® winner Bill Condon (Best Adapted Screenplay, Gods and Monsters , 1998), Mr. Holmes finds a retired
Sherlock returning to close the book on the one mystery he could never solve. Winner of the Audience
Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival and released theatrically in July by
Miramax
®
and Roadside Attractions, the film is Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh.
See the world’s most famous detective as you’ve never seen him before, portrayed by acting legend
Ian McKellen, in this ingeniously plotted suspense-thriller. For thirty years, Sherlock Holmes has been haunted by his final case, one that remains unsolved. Now, spurred by a mysterious trip to Japan,
Holmes quietly slips out of retirement to confront the ghosts of his past —and a spellbinding mystery that will take all of his deductive powers to solve.

Filled with an “undercurrent of warmth and humanity” (BBC.com), the home entertainment release of
Mr. Holmes includes two behind-the-scenes featurettes. Mr. Holmes will be available on Blu-ray and
DVD for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.
*Best Supporting Actor, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , 2001; Best Actor, Gods and Monsters , 1998
** Best Actress, The Savages , 2007; Best Supporting Actress, Kinsey , 2004; Best Actress, You Can Count on Me , 2000
BLU-RAY/DVD/DIGITAL HD SPECIAL FEATURES*
 “Icon” Featurette
 “Story” Featurette
*Subject to Change
*** For artwork, please visit www.lionsgatepublicity.com ***
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 2014
Title Copyright: Mr. Holmes © 2015 AI Film Production Limited/British Broadcasting Corporation. All
Rights Reserved. Artwork © 2015 Roadside Attractions LLC. Supplementary Materials © 2015 Lions
Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Theatrical Release
Rating: PG for Thematic Elements, Some Disturbing Images and Incidental Smoking
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Suspense
Blu-ray Closed Captioned: NA
DVD Closed Captioned: English
Subtitles Blu-ray: English, Spanish and English SDH
Subtitles DVD: English and Spanish
Feature Run Time: 105 Minutes
Blu-ray Format: 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen (2.35:1)
DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen (2.35:1)
Blu-ray Audio Status: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio TM
DVD Audio Status: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio
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ABOUT MIRAMAX
®
Miramax
®
is a global film and television studio best known for its highly acclaimed, original content. The studio’s new projects include both film and TV, among them the critically acclaimed Mr. Holmes , directed by Academy Award
®
winner Bill Condon ( Gods and Monsters, Kinsey ) and starring Academy
Award
® nominees Sir Ian McKellen (
The Lord of the Rings film franchise, X-Men film franchise) and
Laura Linney ( Kinsey, You Can Count on Me, The Savages ), which Miramax
®
released in the U.S. on
July 17, 2015 with Roadside Attractions; the Kevin Hart comedy hit The Wedding Ringer , which
Miramax
® released in January 2015 together with Sony’s Screen Gems; and The 9th Life of Louis
Drax , currently in post-production, and starring Jamie Dornan ( Fifty Shades of Grey, “ The Fall” ), Aaron
Paul (“ Breaking Bad,” Need for Speed, Triple Nine ) and Sarah Gadon ( Dracula Untold, The Amazing
Spider-Man 2 ).
Building on its unparalleled library of characters and groundbreaking storylines, Miramax
®
is also currently developing new television series alongside industry luminaries, with projects that include
Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,” now in its second season.
Collectively, the library of more than 700 motion pictures has received 278 Academy Award
® nominations and 68 Oscars
® with four Best Picture awards, and includes such celebrated independent films as Pulp Fiction, No Country for Old Men and City Of God – as well as scores of commercial hits such as Chicago, Good Will Hunting and Bridget Jones’s Diary .
Since the purchase of Miramax
®
in 2010 by Qatar Holding, together with the investor group led by
Miramax
® Chairman Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.’s Colony Capital, the studio’s world-class global distribution team has successfully brought this renowned collection to existing and emerging platforms in nearly every country in the world.
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For artwork and additional information on this release, e-mail Nick Valente at nick_valente@bhimpact.com