P.D. James - Death in Holy Orders
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Actor: Martin ShawBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; Indonesian (Subtitled); Mandarin Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Widescreen, 1.78:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
Published: 2004-10-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E2018
Studio: BBC Worldwide
Product features:
- Martin Shaw stars as Scotland Yard detective Commander Adam Dalgliesh, who is called to conduct an unwelcome investigation in an isolated religious college torn apart by suicide and murder.Running Time: 180 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: NR Age: 794051201829 UPC: 794051201829 Manufacturer No: E2018
Movie Reviews of P.D. James - Death in Holy Orders
Movie Review: an American fan of Martin Shaw
Summary: 5 Stars
For the reviewer who believes that no one in America has heard of Martin Shaw, guess again. For me, his best role is Chauvelin in the newest recreation of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1995). As a villian he was complicated, 'soulful' but murderous. Too bad the lead character in that production was a disappointment or it might have done better here. "Rhodes" was well acted but a one-time watch and much of Shaw's other work is not available here. So as a fan of both Shaw and Marsden's Dalgliesh, I was interested to see Shaw in this role. He was excellent. As another reviewer said he is a brand new character, but a bit more tragic (and complicated, as always). Marsden, I'm sure, is tired of twenty years in the role and new interpretations of Poirot or Holmes have only led to better and better characters. Shaw lends another layer to what has been a rather wooden character up to now.
That said, you have to be a fan of PD James to like this one. There are too many characters, each of whom has secrets, crimes and mayhem in their past. I have never been in a 'closed society' (as James might call it) where there have been so many demented people outside of an asylum. The plot is like Shakespeare - you need a copy of the book next to you in order to follow it. And the next day I find myself saying 'Wait a minute, why did he do that? What was her motivation for that?' PD James does not bother about all the strings. Much as she denigrates the old 'butler in the library' settings, Agatha Christie is still the queen of murder mysteries. When you get to the end of one of Christie's stories you say, 'How did I miss that clue?', not 'Wait a minute'.
Summary of P.D. James - Death in Holy Orders
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