Agatha Christie - A Life in Pictures
by Richard Curson Smith
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Actor: Anna Massey, Anthony O'Donnell, Olivia Williams, Raymond Coulthard, Stephen BoxerDirector: Richard Curson Smith
Cinematographer: Jeff Baynes
Writer: Richard Curson Smith
Editor: Amanda Baxter
Producer: Colette Flight
Producer: Jacquie Hughes
Producer: Leanne Klein
Producer: Tessa Pemberton
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Movie Reviews of Agatha Christie - A Life in Pictures
Movie Review: Great real-life mystery of Agatha Christie
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always wondered about the 11-day disappearance of mystery writer icon Agatha Christie, and this dramatic rendition depicting that time was done extremely well. It's true to the facts, seriously creepy and quite sad. But of course, as with all her novels, ends the way it should. I loved it.
Summary of Agatha Christie - A Life in Pictures
The world's most famous mystery writer is somewhat of a mystery herself. This innovative BBC drama uses documented accounts and Christie's own words to probe the shadowy areas of her early life in a style as gripping and suspenseful as any Christie story. By exploring what really happened during her mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926, it traces the events that shaped her career as the undisputed "Queen of Crime." Starring Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense) as the young Christie with Anna Massey (Possession) as Christie in her later years. Also featuring Raymond Coulthard (Emma) and Anthony O'Donnell (Vera Drake).Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures is a more satisfying, and apparently more factually based, version of the events that transpired in Michael Apted's 1979 feature Agatha. In 1926, the renowned mystery author Agatha Christie, creator of fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, disappeared for 11 days, prompting a nationwide hunt. When she was discovered, it was clear she had no memory of who or where she was, or what specifically happened to precipitate her crisis. The ingenious A Life in Pictures approaches these extraordinary events from two angles: first, as seen by the then-contemporary Christie (Olivia Williams), undergoing psychiatric care and confronting old fears and memories, and much later, in 1962, as an old woman (Anna Massey) interviewed on the 10th anniversary of Christie's hit play, The Mousetrap. This taut drama has an unnerving and spooky quality underscoring Christie's psychological distress. But what's most interesting is the story's growing portrait of a woman living two lives, one for the public and another for herself. There's some fun in here, too: a sequence in which Christie explains how she invented Poirot (inspired by Belgian refugees she knew during World War I) is charming and playful. --Tom Keogh
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