Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
by Sidney Lumet
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Actor: Albert Finney, Anthony Perkins, Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Sean ConneryDirector: Sidney Lumet
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Producer: John Brabourne
Producer: Richard B. Goodwin
Writer: Agatha Christie
Writer: Anthony Shaffer
Writer: Paul Dehn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
Movie Review: Movies vs. Books
Summary: 5 Stars
For those of you out there who are multi talented, able to read and watch television, you already understand that any book that is later represented by a movie is usually far different so if you take the movie for what it is worth as a movie this is one of my favorites. I feel Albert Finney does a fine job of more closely representing the character of Poirot. Though if you are a fan of Peter Ustinov as Poirot you may not like this movie at all. There are some big names in here for the time when the movie was made though I doubt most people today will know who half of them are. There are two actors in this story that also appear in a later Agatha Christie Movie (Evil Under the Sun). And there is also a young Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates from Pyscho). It is a fairly long movie when it was released on VHS it actually came on two tapes. The movie has a richness to it that seems to capture what we believe or want to believe that time period was like. Honestly at the price you not taking a loss, I hope you enjoy.
Summary of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
HERCULE POIROTI IS A DAPPER DETECTIVE FOR WHOM MURDER SOLVING IS A PRECISE, INTELLECTUAL EXCERCISE. POIROT AGREES TOINTERVIEW ALL ABOARD THE FAMOUS ORIENT EXPRESS' CALAIS COACH, HOPING TO FIND THE KILLER OF AN AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE BEFORE THE LOCAL POLICE ARRIVE.Just the name "Orient Express" conjures images of a bygone era. Add an all-star cast (including Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Lauren Bacall, to name a few) and Agatha Christie's delicious plot and how can you go wrong? Particularly if you add in Albert Finney as Christie's delightfully persnickety sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Someone has knocked off nasty Richard Widmark on this train trip and, to Poirot's puzzlement, everyone seems to have a motive--just the setup for a terrific whodunit. Though it seems like an ensemble film, director Sidney Lumet gives each of his stars their own solo and each makes the most of it. Bergman went so far as to win an Oscar for her role. But the real scene-stealer is the ever-reliable Finney as the eccentric detective who never misses a trick. --Marshall Fine
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