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Essential viewing for any fan of the “whodunit”, this collection contains three classic Poirot mysteries perfectly complimented by a Miss Marple outing. Sidnet Lumet’s Oscar-winning MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS stars Albert Finney in his only incarnation as the Belgian sleuth Poirot – this despite Agatha Christie’s own endorsement of him as her personal favourite. Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role, a feat she repeated at the BAFTAS where the film had 10 nominations in total – also a win for Best Supporting Actor for John Gielgud. Peter Ustinov then made exercised his “little grey cells” as Poirot in the subsequent DEATH ON THE NILE and EVIL UNDER THE SUN, supported by an equally stellar cast that included Jane Birkin and Maggie Smith in both films, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, David Niven, James Mason, Roddy MacDowall and Diana Rigg. Finally, everyone’s favourite crime-solving OAP the Oscar-winning Angela Lansbury moved from a supporting role in DEATH ON THE NILE to centre stage as Miss Marple in THE MIRROR CRACK’D. The list of luminaries that graced the cast lists of these films illustrates the quality of these archetypal British mysteries: Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins, Michael York and Vanessa Redgrave.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
These four Agatha Christie cinematic adaptations really set the template for countless television versions to follow, with star-studded casts, exotic locations and sumptuous attention to detail. While I believe that it was the small screen that eventually gave us the definitive portrayals of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple in the form of David Suchet and Joan Hickson respectively, the two characters are played quite compellingly here, and are aided by a dazzling array of guest stars. Murder on the Orient Express, with Albert Finney as Poirot, is perhaps the true classic amongst them, though Peter Ustinov is most amusing in the role in Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun. While Angela Lansbury's portrayal of Miss Marple may not be completely convincing (the make-up used to 'age' her is quite distracting, for instance), The Mirror Crack'd is an entertaining adaptation that swaps some of the plot strands of the original story for some genuinely funny quips delivered by the film-making suspects. All four films are beautifully presented, both on-screen and in their high-quality packaging. The 'making of' featurettes for the Ustinov films are a welcome bonus, and overall this is terrific value for money. I've deducted a point for the excruciating Studio Canal 'ident' that plays twice before viewing each film!
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I absolutely love this collection, all 4 features are darn good stories, yes, we have seen them presented before, but each time we view them with different actors etc they always seem "different". There are some really big names from the old days in these movie versions of the infamous stories and that itself makes them worth a watch. Lovely presentation and good quality discs (bearing in mind they were made before HD).....If you love Agatha Christie then you should treat yourself to this set....well worth the price tag!
25 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Where does one begin when doing a critique of such superb Agatha Christie films ? The settings are very attractive and the writing is both true to the novels while giving the cast some freedom to develop their characters . We are reminded of the brilliance of Albert Finney , Sir Peter Ustinov , Angela Lansbury not to mention Sean Connery , Vanessa Regrave , Ingrid Bergman , Lauren Bacall , Maggie Smith , Bettie Davis , Jane Birkin , Michael York , George Kennedy , Sir John Gielguld , David Niven , Rock Hudson , Tony Curtice and of course Elizabeth Taylor . If you love great quality drama that is edited , produced & directed to a high standard then these are certainly films for you . Unlike the so called stars that have been in Poirot & Marple over the last few years the acting legends that I have just listed can act to perfection , they connect with each other as well as with the audience and are true to the characters in the books . Murder On The Orient Express , Evil Under The Sun and Death On The Nile are a fine way of showing that an unsolved murder not only sows the seeds of the case in question but can lead to it's being solved thanks to the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot . Evil Under The Sun & Death On The Nile by virtue of being cinematic productions rather than TV movies ( as the David Suchet versions have been ) are long enough to include much of what is in the novel and allows the characters to have the time to become known by the viewer rather than just being single dimensional wall flowers as has happened in ITV's Poirot since 2003 . The Mirror Cracked stays true to that fine novel and shows that Angela Lansbury could play a sleuth rather well - it is a lovely little foretaste of what was to come with Murder She Wrote . All in all these are splendid DVD's to own & it is to the credit of Amazon.co.uk that we can buy them in region 2 format at a jolly reasonoble price .
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Gotta love the classics!
Fantastic! Cheesy acting (as pointed out by my 12 and 13 year old), but no amount of guessing on our part was correct. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Yvonne
Very nice, but no subtitles.
Good selection,even if Miss Marple disc is copmletelly different kind of movie compare to other 3 with Hercule Poirot.
All films without any subtitles.
All films without any subtitles.
Published on 6 Dec 2009 by Perugia13
The Agatha Christie Collection
Everything went very well. The product arrived after a short while and in best condition. Thank you very much!
Published on 8 April 2009 by Norma Van Der Walde
Great Afternoon Matinees!
Agatha Christie classics are great afternoon matinee movies, thouroughly enjoyable who dunnits, where all is explained in the last act by the great Hercule Poirot.
Published on 13 Mar 2009 by jelman
the best maple
you just cannot beat the orginal missmaple aka joan hickson, none of the other miss maples can conpare.
Published on 2 Feb 2009 by J. Woods
Wow!
Wow!
THE Hercule Poirot himself (A.k.a. Sir Peter Ustinov) in action! That's really something to watch and fully enjoy! Read more
THE Hercule Poirot himself (A.k.a. Sir Peter Ustinov) in action! That's really something to watch and fully enjoy! Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2008 by teodorescu flaviu-traian
Aspect Ratio 16:9 widescreen
by the way even although its missing from the details above for ' The Agatha Christie Collection (4 Disc Box Set) ASIN: B000HEVTF4 ' this set has the Aspect Ratio 16:9 widescreen... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2007 by brian from london
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