P.D. James - Original Sin
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Actor: Amanda Root, Cathryn Harrison, Ian Bannen, Roy Marsden, Sylvia SymsBrand: Koch International
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Content/Copy-Protected CD, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 148 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: KOCH VISION
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- P.D. James's indefatigable Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh is knee deep into a another series of mysterious deaths in this miniseries based on the popular novel. In ORIGINAL SIN, Dalgliesh is called in to investigate the murders of a number of employees at a publishing house. Soon, Dalgliesh has discovered a twisting string of clues that include family rivalries, bizarre love triangles,
Movie Reviews of P.D. James - Original Sin
Movie Review: Who killed Gerard?
Summary: 4 Stars
When Gerard Etienne, the high powered director of a publishing house turns up dead there are lots of suspects who had reasons to want him dead. As one of the employees tells the police inspector, "He wasn't a ray of sunshine." So, whodunit? Was it Frances, the jilted spinster who still loved him, but hated the way he ran her family's business? Was it Miss Blackett, his PA that he treated like a punching bag? Could it be Claudis, his sister who wants the money she'll inherit only if he dies before his upcoming wedding? And, the list of plausible suspects goes on. There are lots of plot twists and turns that keep the viewer guessing up to the end.
The acting is superb, particularly on the part of James Wilby playing Gerard and Carolyn Pickles playing Miss Blackett.
So why didn't I give it five stars? First, it was hard to believe there had ever been a relationship between the gorgeous, sophisticated Gerard and the timid, frumpy Frances. Perhaps this was a matter of casting a sexy, charismatic actor opposite a rather ordinary looking actress, or perhaps Gerard was supposed to have had an ulterior motive for the relaionship. I suspect the latter, but it wasn't made clear by the script.
Second, I felt the murderer was treated with too much sympathy. It's impossbile to explain this without giving away his motive. I don't want to write a spoiler, so I'll leave it at just saying here is a person who killed three people during the course of the movie, and yet we are supposed to sympathize because of things that happened in the past.
Finally, there were certain plot lines that weren't adquately explained/explored. For instance, what was going on in the relationship between Gerard and his father? Why was Gerard so desperate to please his father, and why wasn't his father pleased? How did certain people whose paths had crossed decades before happen to be working at the same publishing house. I can't explain that without giving away the mystery, but I did wonder about it at the end. I'm going to read the book, and hope that all the answers are in there.
Still, it's an intriguing story, involved, but easy to follow. The acting is excellent, the sets are wonderful, the pace is good. You will enjoy it, I am sure.
Summary of P.D. James - Original Sin
Book publishing is always a competitive business. At Peverell Press, it?s becoming cutthroat.Scotland Yard?s Adam Dalgliesh is called to the venerable publishing house by one of his longtime literary heroes to look into a stream of hate mail received by some members of Peverell?s Board.
When a series of macabre deaths occur, Dalgliesh and his young DI team uncover a snake pit of family rivalry, sexual jealousy and dark secrets. It appears that the answer to murder lies buried deep in the past ? but whose?
Dalgliesh faces a long line of suspects ? and a murderer prepares to kill again.
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