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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Jacqueline De Bellefort is engaged to the very good-looking and charming Simon Doyle and can't wait to show him off to her best friend, heiress Linnet Ridgeway. Within a short space of time Simon breaks off his engagement to Jackie and marries Linnet. They travel to Egypt for their honeymoon only to find that Jackie seems to be following them around relentlessly. They book a Nile cruise thinking they've out-smarted Jackie but are horrified when she turns up on thei cruiser too. With a host of other passengers on board, many of whom seem to have some grudge against Linnet or her family, it's not surprising when she is murdered in her sleep. Unfortunately for the murderer Hercule Poirot in on hand to solve the crime.
With an all star cast including Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot, Bette Davis, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Simon MacCorkindale, Mia Farrow, Lois Chiles, Angela Lansbury and George Kennedy, this 1978 film version of Agatha Christie's book of the same name is a pleasure to watch. The Egypt locations used in the film make you want to visit them for yourself. The background music is relevant and the acting is pretty good all round.
The DVD is quite light on extras with just the film, scene selection and "Making Of" (a 22 minute feature available). During this extra you find out that a set was created in Pinewood Studios to replicate the paddle steamer Karnak used in the film. It was interesting to see Peter Ustinov discussing his interpretation of Poirot. John Guillermin talks about how Agatha Christie hadn't been very happy about some of the film versions of her books (I imagine because they often took liberties with the storyline, sometimes changing major parts of the plot)! It was interesting to see some of the scenes of the film in what looked like their original format as I then appreciated how much had gone into improving the film visually for DVD!
Overall I'm happy to give this version of Death on the Nile a strong 4 out of 5 stars.
With an all star cast including Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot, Bette Davis, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Simon MacCorkindale, Mia Farrow, Lois Chiles, Angela Lansbury and George Kennedy, this 1978 film version of Agatha Christie's book of the same name is a pleasure to watch. The Egypt locations used in the film make you want to visit them for yourself. The background music is relevant and the acting is pretty good all round.
The DVD is quite light on extras with just the film, scene selection and "Making Of" (a 22 minute feature available). During this extra you find out that a set was created in Pinewood Studios to replicate the paddle steamer Karnak used in the film. It was interesting to see Peter Ustinov discussing his interpretation of Poirot. John Guillermin talks about how Agatha Christie hadn't been very happy about some of the film versions of her books (I imagine because they often took liberties with the storyline, sometimes changing major parts of the plot)! It was interesting to see some of the scenes of the film in what looked like their original format as I then appreciated how much had gone into improving the film visually for DVD!
Overall I'm happy to give this version of Death on the Nile a strong 4 out of 5 stars.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
They simply don`t make films like this anymore. An all star cast adaptation of a brilliant `whodunit` by the queen of whodunnits. Visually stunning locations. Actually inspired me to travel to Egypt and experience the country myself. Watched it again when I came back from my travels and it brought it all back to me (and still does!). A stunning film that will make you fall in love with an Egypt of yesteryear. Can`t recommend this film enough!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
every agatha christie fans dream movie death on the nile gives you a romantic look of the nile in real life unfortunatley its not like that now its a real shame it could be amazing
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One of my favourite films ever
What a brilliant film - I've watched it dozens of times and I'm still not bored with it. The film has such a great setting - cruising down the Nile - the characters are excellent... Read more
Published 26 days ago by kay key bear
great production but....
Fantastic film set in a wonderful part of the world good representation of a Agatha Christie novel. However, all the sites that they visited were not in Cairo or Aswan. Read more
Published 3 months ago by suew
Another Classic to Add to the Viewing List :-)
Just like the 'Evil Under the Sun' movie, another classic movie with the great Peter Ustinov, playing an excellent Hercule Poirot on the big-screen.
Published 6 months ago by Scotty Boy!
Aspect Ratio ?
Amazon.co.uk doesn't tell us the aspect ratio for this StudioCanal/Optimum DVD. Nor do any of the reviewers.
Presumably it's "widescreen enhanced" for HDTVs. Read more
Presumably it's "widescreen enhanced" for HDTVs. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Diotima
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SAFE READING - NO SPOILERS
Having seen this before, I bought the DVD after a request from my wife. Read more
Having seen this before, I bought the DVD after a request from my wife. Read more
Published 9 months ago by RR Waller
One of the rare occasions where the film is better than the book.
I ordered my copy of Death on the Nile at the same time as I ordered the book. I received the book a day before the film, and proceeded to read that first, before watching the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Teeny Eevee
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Having been to Egypt last November and sailed for 7 days on The Nile, my friends and I watched it to bring back happy memories.
Published 15 months ago by Greenfrogs
Death on the Nile
Purchased as a Christmas present I also enjoyed this movie. I do like Agatha Christie but am not a huge fan of Poirot, but when I watched this with Peter Ustinov in it I was very... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ms. E. Clark
excellent performance
This thriller is so wonderful, the plot, the fashion, the actors. Every is a joy to watch and you can see it again and again
Published 18 months ago by Inge Christensen
In de-Nile? Not me!
I've just watched this for the first time in, perhaps, twenty years. I bought it in anticipation of working in Egypt and the film certainly brought back memories of a recent Nile... Read more
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