BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Wild Target - Bill Nighy, Rupert Grint and Martin Freeman on German tv

**Posted by Mattlocked** May 4, 2013 5:36 pm

No idea what this movie may be like. Anyway:

http://programm.daserste.de/pages/programm/detail.aspx?id=0501C487EFFC12BF396D11901D34B862

Last edited by Mattlocked (May 5, 2013 8:32 am)

**Posted by Mary Me** May 4, 2013 8:03 pm

Wild Target! I always wanted to watch this! You made my evening, so thanks for sharing, Mattlocked!

**Posted by Mattlocked** May 4, 2013 9:39 pm

Pleasure.
Never heard of it before, but it sounds quite good, so we will give it a try now.

**Posted by Russell** May 4, 2013 9:55 pm

Oh my gosh, yes!! Reading the subject, I thought maybe talking about a talk show and was all 'hmm?' at the names. The first mention of it being a movie with those three, I immediately thought of Wild Target! I never heard of it either until I started looking up stuff Martin was in, and been meaning to get to it for ages, too! Finally found a copy of it through my library, and looked hilarious (and a very different Martin). Cool to hear of others stumbling across…. We'll have to give thoughts when done….

**Posted by Schmiezi** May 4, 2013 10:58 pm

A very different Martin indeed! Thank you all for recommending it!

**Posted by Mattlocked** May 4, 2013 11:21 pm

And it started directly with (Reichenbach-)Fall.
Funny, I really liked it!

**Posted by Mary Me** May 4, 2013 11:24 pm

-spoiler-

naaah, Dixon just died. Kind of awkward, if you ask me. I enjoyed the film very much and had a good laugh at some scenes. For example, "Or I will cut off your finger and make you swallow it."

**Posted by Mattlocked** May 4, 2013 11:27 pm

"Who did this painting?" "Rembrandt" "Tell me his address" "He's dead." "Since when??"

**Posted by Mary Me** May 4, 2013 11:30 pm

Mattlocked wrote:
"Who did this painting?" "Rembrandt" "Tell me his address" "He's dead." "Since when??"

Martin's expression was priceless

**Posted by Mattlocked** May 4, 2013 11:33 pm

The Hobbit and Wild Target....... slight Martin overkill today. Time for bed. Good night! (Wonder if I find someone for a nice foot massage now...)

**Posted by TicTacToe** May 5, 2013 8:28 am

Mattlocked wrote:
No idea what this movie may be like. Anyway:

http://programm.daserste.de/pages/programm/detail.aspx?id=0501C487EFFC12BF396D11901D34B862

It's a remake of a french movie with Jean Rochefort :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106573/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

**Posted by QuiteExtraordinary** May 5, 2013 10:22 am

Thanks for recommending this film. It was quite funny, and interesting to see Martin in the role of a bad guy. Also he looked very elegant in that suit.

**Posted by Russell** May 10, 2013 3:47 am

Yay! So, finally watched the copy I borrowed of it, too, after discovering this flick thanks to a thread here and then hearing about how you all enjoyed it. And I gotta say - it's awesomely hilarious seeing Martin in that role, not to mention how great the main trio are. Weren't they? Even though some of the best snippets were Martin. ;)

Also enjoyed the well-done selection of catchy tunes, which can often make a scene, as well… especially the ending one, which I left the credits rolling just to listen to the whole thing, and to get down to the song credits to see who it was. And as I'm curiously perusing the list of people/places they put in the 'special thanks' section as it went by as well, I see an even more amusing trivia gem --
"Special Thanks - Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford - for use of 'Paul Cezanne Near Auvers-sur-Oise' oil on canvas, 46x55cm. This painting was stolen on 1 January 2000 and has not been recovered."
Um…. wonder what constituted 'use' of it, if it was stolen? Thoughts? Maybe just the appearance of such a painting, considering the clever tie-in with a thief/art restorer having a 'stolen' painting seen in the room.

(and Mattlocked - one of my favorite lines!)