On this day in movie history - Zero Effect (1998 movie & book):

Zero Effect

directed and written by Jake Kasdan,

based on the short story A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle,

released in the United States on January 30, 1998.

Music by The Greyboy Allstars.

Cast: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O’Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross, Sarah DeVincentis, Matt O’Toole, Michele Mariana, Robert Katims, Tyrone Henry, Aleta Barthell, Tapp Watkins, Wendy Westerwelle, Lauren Hasson, Daniel Pershing, David Doty, J.W. Crawford, Fred Parnes, Luisa Sermol, Marvin LaRoy Sanders, Doug Baldwin, Robert Blanche, Margot Demeter, Jerrell D. Hughes, Jake Kasdan, Bill Kelley, Geno Romo, Galen Schrick.

Recommended reading:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

Published by Dover Publications.

Published 2009.

ISBN-10: 0486474917

ISBN-13: 9780486474915

Description:

Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature's greatest detective team – the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson – as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. Originally published in 1892, this is the first and best collection of stories about the legendary sleuth. It's also the least expensive edition available. Featured tales include several of the author's personal favorites: "A Scandal in Bohemia" – in which a king is blackmailed by a former lover and Holmes matches wits with the only woman to attract his open admiration – plus "The Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," and "The Five Orange Pips." Additional mysteries include "The Blue Carbuncle," "The Engineer’s Thumb," "The Beryl Coronet," "The Copper Beeches," and four others.