Agatha Christie's Poirot: Collector's Set Volume 3
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Actor: David SuchetBrand: Acorn Media
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 153 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
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Movie Review: The Dapper Belgian Detective Shines in Three Top-Notch Episodes from Series 2 and 3.
Summary: 5 Stars
"Poirot Collector's Set 3" includes three 50-minute episodes: "The Kidnapped Prime Minister" and "The Adventure of the Western Star", from Series 2, which first aired in 1990, and "How Does Your Garden Grow?" from Series 3, which aired in 1991. The other episodes from Series 2 are found on Collector's Sets 1 and 2. The two feature-length movies from Series 2, "Peril at End House" and "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", are on separate discs. All of the episodes on the Collector's Set 3 feature David Suchet as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, Hugh Fraser as his friend Captain Arthur Hastings, Pauline Moran as Poirot's fastidious secretary Miss Lemon, and Philip Jackson as Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Japp.
This is a nice combination of stories that feature three different types of crime: kidnapping, theft, and murder. Contemporary murder mysteries have abandoned all other crimes in favor of murder, it seems, and have become rather far-fetched as a result, constantly striving for a more sensational murder and more improbable murderer than the last. Agatha Christie and the creators of ITV's "Poirot" series managed to make other crimes easily as interesting as murder, if not moreso. The terrific casts and production design help. The episodes are as follows:
The British government is in need of Hercule Poirot's services in "The Kidnapped Prime Minister". Following an apparent attempt on the Prime Minister's life, he is kidnapped en route to Paris where he is to address the League of Nations Disarmament Conference. The Permanent Undersecretary of State, Sir Bernard (Ronald Hines), consults Poirot with only 32 hours left to find the PM before he must be at the Conference to unite Europe against German re-armament. Sir Bernard's increasing frustration with Poirot's methodical ways provides some comic relief, as Poirot decides to investigate the previous assassination attempt rather than the kidnapping, while Inspector Japp tags along, hoping the Belgian will not embarrass him.
"The Adventure of the Western Star" finds Poirot swooning over the prospect of meeting Belgium's greatest film star, Marie Marvelle (Rosalind Bennett). Miss Marvelle has received letters threatening to steal her enormous diamond, the Western Star, purchased for her by her husband Gregorie Rolf (Oliver Cotton). At the same time, a Lady Yardly (Caroline Goodall), who owns the Eastern Star, the diamond's twin, consults Poirot. She too has received threatening letters. The ladies' husbands are not inclined to take the threats seriously -until both diamonds are stolen. Inspector Japp suspects a wealthy gem collector named Henrik Van Braks (Struan Rodger), who is known to deal in black market stones.
Poirot is proud to have a pink rose named after him in "How Does Your Garden Grow?". When he attends the Chelsea Flower Show, where the rose is to be presented, an elderly woman named Amelia Barrowby (Margery Mason) insists that he accept the gift of a seed packet. Miss Barrowby has written Poirot a letter in which she expresses fear of an unspecified problem in her household. Then she dies. Inspector Japp is already on the case, as the cause of death has proven to be strychnine. The question is which member of her household is guilty: her impoverished niece Mary Delafontaine (Anne Stallybrass), Mary's drunken husband Henry (Tim Wylton), or her young Russian attendant Katrina (Catherine Russell).
The DVD (Acorn 2003): Bonus features are a short text interview with David Suchet, a brief text bio of Agatha Christie, and a list of her Poirot books. Those are the same features that are on other discs in this series. There are also filmographies for 9 members of the cast and an essay entitled "Poirot's Opposite Number: Inspector Japp", which discusses the character of Japp and his relationship with Poirot. No subtitles.
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