Agatha Christie's Mystery Collection: Death on the Nile/Evil Under the Sun/The Mirror Crack'd
List Price:
Our Price: $19.00
You Save: $10.98 (37%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $16.81 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Angela Lansbury, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Peter Ustinov, Wendy MorganBrand: LIONS GATE HOME ENT.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 361 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Agatha Christie's Mystery Collection: Death on the Nile/Evil Under the Sun/The Mirror Crack'd
Movie Review: 5 Stars For *Death On The Nile* And *Evil Under The Sun*
Summary: 5 Stars
The AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MYSTERY COLLECTION: DEATH ON THE NILE/ THE MIRROR CRACK'D/ EVIL UNDER THE SUN three DVD set is a good buy.
I remember seeing "Death On The Nile" on television on "the late show" when I was a kid and I really loved it so that brought me here to Amazon and this set.
Since "Death..." was the only one I saw the other two were a treat. If you haven't seen any of these Agatha Christie movies they're pretty cool. Each feature has a star studded cast and takes place in exotic locales, with many of the characters British and very memorable.
The plots are basically the same where one character is a despicable person and everyone has good reason to want that character dead. Naturally they end up dead and it's up to Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) to figure out which person out of the group is the actual killer.
Anyway, both "Death On The Nile" and "Evil Under The Sun" push this set into the 5-star category.
"The Mirror Crack'd" was OK and Kim Novak was hilarious as "Lola Brewster," Elizabeth Taylor's character's nemesis, and though the setting was a quaint English town and it was charming, Angela Lansbury as Jane Marple seemed only to be in the background helping her nephew solve the case. Although it's not bad it's not on the same level as the other two.
The picture quality on all three movies is pretty good and have been formatted for widescreen, so it looks great on widescreen televisions. There are some special features on "Death..." and "Evil..." which are as follows:
***** EVIL UNDER THE SUN SPECIALS *****
TRAILER
"THE MAKING OF EVIL..."--about 16-minutes
Cool behind-the-scenes of the movie, reminds me of those old fashioned newsreels, where the director and the cast including Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, and Diana Rigg among others discuss the film and their respective characters. The featurette is a little foggy, but viewable, and was filmed back then.
TALENT BIOS--text info on the actors.
***** DEATH ON THE NILE ******
TRAILER
"THE MAKING OF DEATH..."--about 24-minutes
Behind-the-scenes where producer John Brabourne discusses the movie and the production designer talks about the ship that had to be built as well as filming on the actual Nile River in Egypt. Actors Peter Ustinov, David Niven, and Jon Finch talk about their roles and actor George Kennedy talks about working with Bette Davis. Again, the footage is a little foggy and I wish this featurette were longer and had more information about filming in the other locations throughout Egypt, especially the famous ones, because those were really spectacular in the movie. The featurette was filmed back then.
INTERVIEW WITH PETER USTINOV--8:46-minutes--Spanish with English Sub-titles (or no sub-titles option).
Ustinov is interviewed for Spanish TV and he speaks fluent Spanish! I believe this interview was done for the London Premiere of "Death..."
INTERVIEW WITH JANE BIRKIN--4:28-minutes--English with some Spanish.
Taken at the same time and place as the Ustinov interview with the same reporter, Birkin is teased for carrying a "pig basket" as a purse, which is ironic because she is now the designer for the very expensive Birkin Bag (made famous on HBO's "Sex & The City"), and he asks her about her role in the movie and her singing career with Serge Gainsbourg (Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg).
Even though I know how the mystery ends, I'll still watch these flicks over and over again because the cast, especially Ustinov, is great and the locations are just beautiful. If you like whodunits this set is a definite for your collection!
More Agatha Christie's Mystery Collection: Death on the Nile/Evil Under the Sun/The Mirror Crack'd reviews:
1 2 3
1 2 3
Summary of Agatha Christie's Mystery Collection: Death on the Nile/Evil Under the Sun/The Mirror Crack'd
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 01/27/09
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.
Similar DVD Movies
Agatha Christie's Poirot Movie Collection Set 6Acorn; Release date: 2011-07-12; DVD
Best price: $30.00
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Movie Collection, Set 5Acorn; Release date: 2010-07-27; DVD
Best price: $31.47
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Movie Collection - Set 1POIROT; Release date: 2009-05-05; DVD
Best price: $26.99
Price in other shops:
Miss Marple - 3 Feature Length Mysteries (The Body in the Library / A Murder Is Announced / A Pocketful of Rye)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2002-08-27; DVD
Best price: $28.60
Price in other shops:
Murder By DeathSony; Release date: 2001-12-18; DVD
Best price: $7.89
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie Classic Mystery Collection (Murder Is Easy/ Caribbean Mystery/ Murder with Mirrors/ Thirteen for Dinner/ Dead Man's Folly/ Murder in Three Acts/ Sparkling Cyanide/ The Man in the Brown Suit)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-09-12; DVD
Best price: $72.24
Price in other shops:
The Agatha Christie Miss Marple Movie Collection (Murder at the Gallop / Murder Ahoy / Murder Most Foul / Murder She Said)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-03-14; DVD
Best price: $36.83
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie Collection (Dead Man's Folly / Murder in Three Acts / Thirteen at Dinner)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-09-12; DVD
Best price: $28.76
Price in other shops:
And Then There Were NoneImage Entertainment; Release date: 2001-11-27; DVD
Best price: $5.30
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient ExpressPARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2004-09-07; DVD
Best price: $8.75
Price in other shops: