Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection

Starring: Peter Ustinov, Angela Lansbury, Jane Birkin, et al.

AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERIES COLLECTION (DVD) (WS/3DISCS)

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 031398104841
• Release Date: January 2009
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Lions Gate-Sphe
• Directors: Guillermin, Guy Hamiltonnjohn, Hamilton, Guy, Guillermin, John
• Starring: Peter Ustinov, Angela Lansbury, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely, Wendy Morgan, Margaret Courtenay, Guy Hamilton, Nicholas Clay
• Runtime: 6 hours, 1 minute
• Number of Disks: 3
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Death =5 / Evil = 5 / Crack’d = waste of space

Death on the Nile. “I have never seen such a reptile in a first-class cabin,” This is a good adaptation from the book. After watching "Evil under the Sun" and "Appointment with Death," you naturally think of Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot. The movie is packed with great actors, yet even though you recognize them, they do not distract from the characters they play. It was a nice touch when the kids along the shore “mooned” Mrs. Van Schuyler (Bette Davis) as kids would do everywhere. Simon (Simon MacCorkindale) and his new bride Linnet (Lois Chiles) are being pursued by Jacqueline De Bellefort (Mia Farrow), the girl he jilted. Once on board a boat down the Nile, bodies are dropping like flies. Everyone is a suspect. Everybody could have done it. And yet n-o-b-o-d-y could have done it. Only Hercule Poirot can figure this out. Naturally, Hercule Poirot is in the right place at the right time to hear everything and extract the truth. Evil Under the Sun. Hercule Poirot shows proper swimming techniques. Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot is challenged to locate a missing jewel. To do this, he must go to a small island. Guess who tends to get seasick? He requests his fee in guineas (a guinea is equivalent to 21 shillings). Naturally, someone/s is unexplainably dispatched. Of course, the island is loaded with the usual suspects. Everyone has a motive and an alibi. By this time, you have completely forgotten how the movie started. Speaking about the movie, they pulled out all the stops with expensive locations, costumes, and actors. And Cole Porter tossed in for ambiance. There was even an appearance of Roddy McDowall, who played Alan "Mollymauk" Musgrave in "Lord Love a Duck"(1966). “The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side”, the later version of this movie, based on a novel by Agatha Christie, "Agatha is the film “Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side” (1992) (TV) (UK: series title). Stays true to form. Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. Agatha Christie always considered her the ideal Miss Marple; she shows this through her reserve and savvy. Jane takes an interactive interest in the mystery, and yet each character, as part of the discovery, stands on their own. The ending of the story is as it is in life, it is appropriate for the situation, and not black and white judgmental. This version of this movie, "The Mirror Crack'd (1980)," was made with a lot of glitzy characters. Some of them were quite well, such as Rock Hudson (Jason Rudd). Others were distracting as they let their real personalities overwhelm the characters. One of the worst was Angela Lansbury's portrayal of Miss Jane Marple; she was much too cutesy. Jane has this way of looking at you like she knows something. This film was too Americanized (black and white, judgmental), and half the characters were combined for brevity.