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Agatha Christie : The Miss Marple Collection - Starring Joan Hickson (12 Disc Box Set)starring: Joan Hickson June 20, 2005 Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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The quality of recording is good, the production standard is excellent and Joan Hickson is outstanding as Miss Marple.
How can some people make awful movies when TV can be as good as this? For all who enjoy the stories of Agatha Cristie, with her imposters, recidivists and Machiavellian murderers, this collection is a delight. >>More Details |
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Collection - Murder she Said / Murder Ahoy / Murder At The Gallup / Murder Most Foul (4 Discs) (Box Set) (DVD)starring: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell, James Bolam directed by: George Pollock February 02, 2004 Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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Some might describe these movies as what we used to laugh at. I must confess that I still do, and I always will laugh at these wonderful old British films.
Margaret Rutherford is the definitive Miss Marple in my opinion. Later productions (for TV) are watchable and enjoyable, and may be more true to Agatha Christie. Here however, is a compelling strength of character and a thick seam of comedy running right through four flawless performances. Somehow, I can watch them again and again, and still laugh at things like a theatrical gesture, or a piece of dryly comic dialogue. Praise to Plymouth's own Ron Goodwin for composing that distinctive theme that always brings a smile to my face, because I know what is in store. >>More Details |
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Agatha Christie: Miss Marple Complete TV Mini Series - 12 Episodes Boxset Edition [import]starring: Joan Hickson Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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Great value to get all 12 full episodes of Joan Hickson's Miss Marple for under £17. (2 stories on each of a six disc set with all in English - yet there are the three titles where the Dutch subtitles cannot be removed, afterall, that's how the Dutch learn such good English). Running time said to be 1380 minutes in comparison to the 999 minutes of the 'English' 12 disc set at nearly three times the price. This difference in time may account for some of the edits supposedly made to the English edition.
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Agatha Christie : Miss Marple - A Murder Is Announcedstarring: Geraldine McEwan, Christian Coulson, Cherie Lunghi, Robert Pugh, Keeley Hawes directed by: John Strickland March 20, 2006 Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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The other reviewer is partially correct inasmuch as Zoe Wanamaker , Elaine Paige and Geraldine McEwan do a first class job . One must not forget that Robert Pugh is excellent in his role too ! It is impressive that they managed to do this novel in 90 or so minutes when the Joan Hickson one was a three parter if memory serve me right . This adaptation is pretty cliched as lesbianism which is hinted at in the original novel & the Joan Hickson version is much more blatant in the Geraldine McEwan adaptation . This in your face approach confirms what the intelligent reader and/or viewer could have worked out for themselves . The location & the script are both spot on as is the casting - it has a great deal of drama and pace and so is a stunning piece of television ... Read More:
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Agatha Christie : Miss Marple - 4.50 From Paddingtonstarring: Geraldine McEwan, Griff Rhys Jones, David Warner, Niamh Cusack, Ben Daniels directed by: Andy Wilson March 20, 2006 Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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I've been an Murder Myster fan from I was very young, growing up with a mother who watched Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poriot, Murder She Wrote etc. So, it was a difficult not to get interested and become a fan of these programmes. But I must admit my favourite is Miss Marple the old granny type who pretends to be a dottery but is so not, and always seems to outwit the male detectives and solve the cases before they can even figure it out. My two favourite Miss Marple actresses have been of course Margaret Rutherford and Joan Hickson, in my book they were the two that best fitted the part. So you can imagine that I wasn't to impressed when I heard that there where some new remakes of Miss Marple cases like 4.50 From Paddington, The Body in the Library, A Murder ... Read More:
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Agatha Christie : Miss Marple - Murder At The Vicaragestarring: Geraldine McEwan, Mark Gatiss, Robert Powell, Jane Asher, Derek Jacobi directed by: Charles Palmer March 20, 2006 Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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Robert Powell , Tim McInnery , Derek Jacobi , Janet McTeer and Rachel Tier all do a very good job in a well filmed attempt to update the Miss Marple franchise . Geraldine McKewan is very brave to try and follow on after Joan Hickson and both of them have the merit of looking and sounding like the Miss Marple of the novels . It is a stunning TV Movie but the excecutions at the end are a bit distressing . But it does point out that thoughts of adultery & murder can give birth to death if not rooted out by a desire to stand before Our Lord in good conscience . In a way it is pleasing that Agatha Christie's works are being adapted for a modern early 21st Century audience but the harrowing conclusion of this episode could have been made less graphic by just having Miss Marple ... Read More:
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MISS MARPLE - complete Series 3starring: Geraldine McEwan, Richard E. Grant Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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Robert Powell , Tim McInnery , Derek Jacobi , Janet McTeer and Rachel Tier all do a very good job in a well filmed attempt to update the Miss Marple franchise . Geraldine McKewan is very brave to try and follow on after Joan Hickson and both of them have the merit of looking and sounding like the Miss Marple of the novels . It is a stunning TV Movie but the excecutions at the end are a bit distressing . But it does point out that thoughts of adultery & murder can give birth to death if not rooted out by a desire to stand before Our Lord in good conscience . In a way it is pleasing that Agatha Christie's works are being adapted for a modern early 21st Century audience but the harrowing conclusion of this episode could have been made less graphic by just having Miss Marple ... Read More:
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Miss Marple - The Body In The Librarystarring: Geraldine McEwan, Ian Richardson, Jamie Theakston, Tara Fitzgerald, Simon Callow directed by: Andy Wilson March 20, 2006 Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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It was great to see James Fox , Joanna Lumley , David Walliams , Jamie Theakston and Tara Fitzgerald playing their parts so well . It was a very lavish & stunning piece of work - the bumbling , comic coppers take the edge off of an otherwise dark storyline . The real treat of course is Ian Richardson and one had to laugh at Miss Marple declining a lemonade and wanting a ginger wine ( plus a bit of whisky ! ) - what would Joan Hickson say !?! Miss McKewan plays the part like your favourite aunt who is unshockable and full of life . Fans of Joan Hickson might lament the lesbian twist at the end but as some of Agatha Christies novels had a gay/lesbian subtext ( like Five Little Pigs , Cards On The Table & A Murder Is Announced not to mention The Moving Finger ) you have to ... Read More:
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Sidestarring: Joan Hickson directed by: Norman Stone Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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It was great to see James Fox , Joanna Lumley , David Walliams , Jamie Theakston and Tara Fitzgerald playing their parts so well . It was a very lavish & stunning piece of work - the bumbling , comic coppers take the edge off of an otherwise dark storyline . The real treat of course is Ian Richardson and one had to laugh at Miss Marple declining a lemonade and wanting a ginger wine ( plus a bit of whisky ! ) - what would Joan Hickson say !?! Miss McKewan plays the part like your favourite aunt who is unshockable and full of life . Fans of Joan Hickson might lament the lesbian twist at the end but as some of Agatha Christies novels had a gay/lesbian subtext ( like Five Little Pigs , Cards On The Table & A Murder Is Announced not to mention The Moving Finger ) you have to ... Read More:
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - At Bertram's Hotelstarring: Joan Hickson directed by: Mary McMurray Best Selling > DVD > Miss Marple |
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It is not easy comparing movies to books, especially Agatha Christie's novels. However this one has the feel and just the right actors. There is great attention to detail.
If you have the nagging feeling that you saw Chief Inspector Fred Davy (George Baker) before it may be that he has been in at least 100 movies and shows, recently as Detective Chief Inspector Wexford in Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Bertram's Hotel is just how Jane (Joan Hickson) remembered it as a child. She soon comes to the conclusion that it is to good to be true. The Chief Inspector is of the same mind. This film has several overlying plots. However just being in the hotel will distract you from them. So get out your muffins, sit up in bed and watch "At Bertram's Hotel." Read More: >>More Details |
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