STUDIOCANAL is thrilled to announce that four classic film adaptations from the pen of Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, have been restored in stunning 4K. Essential viewing for any fan of the “whodunit”, the boxset contains three classic Poirot mysteries along with a Miss Marple outing.
Available on both 4K UHD and Blu-ray, the 4-disc boxset features a 64-page booklet plus 4 posters of brand-new artwork designed by W$YK. Coming complete with a host of extras material, the boxset will be available to own from November 24 via STUDIOCANAL’s Vintage Classics label.
The four thrilling mysteries feature an array of exotic and globe-spanning locations and an unrivalled cast of the era and will be available to own individually on 4K UHD and Blu-ray on the same day.
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Sidney Lumet’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS stars Albert Finney in his only incarnation as the Belgian sleuth Poirot – this despite Agatha Christie’s own endorsement of him as her personal favourite. Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar®for Best Supporting Actress for her role, a feat she would repeat at the BAFTAS, where the film received 10 nominations in total and a win for John Gielgud, who took home the award for Best Supporting Actor. Peter Ustinov then exercised his “little grey cells” as Poirot in the subsequent films, DEATH ON THE NILE and EVIL UNDER THE SUN, and was supported by equally stellar casts that included Jane Birkin and Maggie Smith, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, David Niven, James Mason, Roddy McDowall and Diana Rigg. Finally, everyone’s favourite crime-solving OAP (Angela Lansbury) was promoted from a supporting role in DEATH ON THE NILE to centre stage as Miss Marple in THE MIRROR CRACK’D.
The list of acting royalty that graced these films illustrates the sheer quality of these archetypal British mysteries; numbering Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins, Michael York and Vanessa Redgrave.
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS(1974)
Dir: Sidney Lumet
Elegant, all-star production introducing Albert Finney as the first screen Hercule Poirot. A no-good American Tycoon lies dead with twelve dagger wounds, but which of the passengers is the guilty party? Includes an
– NEW Behind the Velvet Curtains: Jacqueline Bisset revisits The Orient Express –
– Interview with Richard Goodwin –
– Audio Interview with Michael York –
-Audio commentary with Howard S. Berger, Steve
Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson –
-Agatha Christie: A Portrait –
-Making ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ –
-Making ‘Murder on the Orient Express’: The Passengers –
– Making ‘Murder on the Orient Express’: The End of the Line –
– Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery –
– Original trailer –
DEATH ON THE NILE (1978)
Dir: John Guillermin
A visually sumptuous and quintessentially British production, Death on the Nile won an Oscar ® for Anthony Powell’s costume design and introduced Peter Ustinov in his first portrayal as the Belgian detective Poirot. Abroad a luxury Nile steamer a mystery assassin takes the life of an heiress.
– NEW Reflections on Miss Marple: featuring Jean Kwok, Rian Johnson, Matthew Sweet and Mark Aldridge –
– Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson –
– Interview with screenwriter Barry Sandler –
– Interview with Angela Lansbury –
– Interview with Producer Richard Goodwin –
– Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery –
– Storyboards Gallery –
EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1982)
Dir: Guy Hamilton
A star-studded cast heads this Agatha Christie story of one man’s efforts to fathom the mysterious death of a resort hotel in the Mediterranean. Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot.
