{"id":178,"date":"2010-08-24T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T07:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2010\/08\/24\/%e2%80%98tom-and-jerry-meet-sherlock-holmes%e2%80%99-dvd-streets-today\/"},"modified":"2010-08-24T20:36:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T03:36:18","slug":"%e2%80%98tom-and-jerry-meet-sherlock-holmes%e2%80%99-dvd-streets-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2010\/%e2%80%98tom-and-jerry-meet-sherlock-holmes%e2%80%99-dvd-streets-today\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes\u2019 DVD Streets Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onfocus=\"this.blur()\" onclick=\"ps_imagemanager_popup(this.href,'TomJerry_Sherlock.jpg','150','206');return false\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/TomJerry_Sherlock.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"TomJerry_Sherlock.jpg\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"TomJerry_Sherlock.jpg\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbs\/th-TomJerry_Sherlock.jpg?resize=153%2C210\" width=\"153\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>If <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/become-a-juror\/SearchTitleDetailPages\/TomJerrySherlockDetail.htm\">Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes<\/a><\/em> is the movie your child wants to review for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/become-a-juror\/FilmCriticsCampaign.html\">KIDS FIRST! Film Critics\u2019 Search<\/a> competition, then today is the day you\u2019ve been waiting for. Ideal for 6- to 12-year-olds, <em>Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes<\/em> streets today. And thanks to these two competition sponsors, the Warner Home Video DVD is readily available in-store at Toys \u201cR\u201d Us (on the special KIDS FIRST! Film Critics Search endcap display) and online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tom-Jerry-Meet-Sherlock-Holmes\/dp\/B003N1Z70Q\/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1282623614&#038;sr=1-1\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Academy Award-winning cartoon cat and mouse duo Tom and Jerry take their trademark antics and mayhem to London, where they help the legendary Sherlock Holmes and <em>his<\/em> helper Dr. Watson crack the burglary case that has befuddled Scotland Yard: A beautiful singer is being framed for jewel heists in the city of London in this first Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film to be produced without its original creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Featured voices include film notables Malcolm McDowell, whose acting career spans the sci-fi\/drama\/thriller <em>A Clockwork Orange<\/em> (1971), for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination, to this year\u2019s comedy <em>Barry Munday<\/em>; Michael York, whose similarly extensive and varied filmography includes voicing characters in 1997\u2019s <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em> and current TV show \u201cFamily Guy\u201d; and John Rhys-Davies, who has such action-blockbuster franchises as <em>Indiana Jones<\/em> and <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> on his long list of credits.<\/p>\n<p>KIDS FIRST! has prepared a special <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/become-a-juror\/SearchTitleDetailPages\/TomJerrySherlockDetail.htm\">discussion guide<\/a> to help our budding reviewers. Among the talking points for parents to share with their kids are questions about this Sherlock Holmes-ian story that go to details of the plot (Name some of the clues Jerry found and discuss how they led him to the three cats as suspects for the stolen jewel) and others that focus on the relationship between favorite characters Tom and Jerry (How do Tom and Jerry, whose rivalry is recognized as one of the most famous and longest-lived in American film, treat each other in this movie?).<\/p>\n<p>To enter the KIDS FIRST! Film Critics\u2019 Search \u2014 which offers kids aged six to 15 the chance to be one of five KIDS FIRST! film reviewers, enjoying a year of attending red carpet events and reviewing films for our website and those of our partners \u2014 the first step is to send in a written review by October 10. KIDS FIRST! will then send the applicants instructions for creating a videotaped review. The video entries will be posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wonderworldtv.com\/\">WonderWorldTV.com<\/a> for public vote, so tell all your friends. And be sure to vote yourself!<\/p>\n<p>Winners of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/become-a-juror\/FilmCriticsCampaign.html\">KIDS FIRST! Film Critics\u2019 Search<\/a> will be announced the weekend of Nov. 12 \u2013 14. The weekend\u2019s exciting festivities will also include a unique KIDS FIRST! first: We will attempt to <em>set a world\u2019s record of one million kids<\/em> and a caring adult \u201cviewing and reviewing\u201d a single film (<em>The Velveteen Rabbit<\/em>). Mark your calendar to share the event with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes is the movie your child wants to review for the KIDS FIRST! Film Critics\u2019 Search competition, then today is the day you\u2019ve been waiting for. 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