Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express Movie Streaming
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 |
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Agatha Christie’s mysteries changed the genre. With twists, turns and credible watertight plotting her novels divorced themselves from the hackneyed conventions of the genre. Sidney Lumet’s advantageous film of Christie’s unique looks righteous on this deluxe DVD from Paramount. The rich, intellectual cinematographer of Geoffrey Unsworth (”2001: A Station Odyssey”) looks terrific. Lumet’s assured hand guides the film without hesitation to a truly splendid conclusion. Paramount has remastered the soundtrack for Dolby Digital 5.1 giving the sound a richer feel than previous video editions of the movie. While it doesn’t quite bid the detail one might hear in a trace modern movie, it does a tremendous job of improving an already big mystery movie.
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After working on a case, Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) travels home on the Orient Issue hoping for a relaxing swagger. Instead, when the screech is caught in the display he’s drawn into a mystery on the very lisp he’s traveling on. A millionaire named Ratchett (Richard Widmark) has been brutally murdered. Who could the murderer be and what was his or her motive? Poirot must work this out and perceive which of the train’s passengers committed the crime. He discovers an fresh link between the millionaire and many of the passengers on the allege. Is this the indispensable link that will aid him solve the crime?
Featuring a stellar all cast of Hollywood and London stage and camouflage veterans, “Cancel on the Orient Tell” chugs along on the charm of the performers, a solid script by Paul Dehn (”The Peek Who Came in the Cool”, “Goldfinger”, “Beneath the Planet of the Apes”) and outstanding direction by Sidney Lumet (”The Verdict”, “Deathtrap”, “Network”, “Prince of the City”) . The casting is a bit unique. While Albert Finney probably wouldn’t be most fan’s first choice for Poirot, he gives a excellent performance as Agatha Christie’s detective. I’ve read reviews criticizng Finney’s performance and, while he may not be the “ideal” Poirot his interpretation is recent and works perfectly for this film.
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I’m pleasantly surprised that Paramount has sprung for all the extras here. We come by a documentary that can be viewed all at once or by segments. The documentary features interviews with Sidney Lumet, producers John Brabourne, Sean Connery, Jacqueline Bisset, Michael York, Richard Goodwin, writer-director Nicholas Meyer (”Star Slip II: The Wrath of Kahn”, The Seven Percent Solution) and the grandson of Agatha Christie discussing the hard road to producing the film. Evidently, Christie reluctantly agreed to give the rights to the film to the producers at first but was won over when she found out that producer Brabourne had worked on “Tales of Beatrix Potter”. Lumet comments on the grief in having Finney play Poirot as he was too young for the role (Alec Guinness and Paul Scofield were Lumet’s first and second choices) . The marvels of create up helped sell Finney in the role and the fact that he played against audience expectations worked for him in the role. Lumet recounts a laughable epic where the cast got together to read the script together the first time couldn’t hear the cast. Why? Because the stage actors were in fright of the theater actors and vice versa. Lumet’s challenge was honing an acting style that was consistent between all the very different performers. “Destroy” is one of those few mysteries that live up to its potential despite noteworthy odds against it doing so. It’s sure that the cast respect and like Lumet-how else to clarify Connery, Bisset and York agreeing to appear in a documentary on the making of the film for the DVD? There’s also a discussion of the right life inspiration for section of the story-the Lindbergh kidnapping. Another advantageous documentary by the talented Laurent Bouzereau, his work has become the standard against which all other writer/producer/directors of extras on DVDs should be measured. His work here as on “Duel”, “E.T.” and other DVDs continues the tradition of digging up the past to articulate those of us who couldn’t possibly have been there.
“Agatha Christie: A Portrait” gives us insight into the mysterious life of the elusive novelist. We’re also told almost as distinguished about her most famed creation Poirot who appears almost as elusive as the novelist herself. This eight miniature featurette puts a human face on a noteworthy mystery novelist who helped reinvent the genre. We also find the unusual theatrical trailer which demonstrates how worthy work went into restoring and transferring this beautifully shot film. Smudged with loads of analog blemishes, the comparison between the trailer and the film indicates the tall work that went into improving this film for DVD. There’s no commentary track but Lumet’s insightful observations in the documentary more than originate up for the lack of such a track.
Beautifully restored with enhanced sound, “Cancel on the Orient Declare” probably didn’t notice this profitable when it showed in theaters in 1974. The outstanding international cast of veil and stage veterans along with Dehn’s inspiring adaptation and Lumet’s assured direction makes “Execute” one of the best films made from one of Christie’s convoluted mystery novels. It’s a joy to sight.
…but turn on the closed captioning, because as one reviewer pointed out Albert Finney’s heavy accent and often garbled speech could try anyone’s comprehension, not to mention patience. But Finney is unruffled gracious, though he falls short of David Suchet, who is the quintessential Hercule Poirot.
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But enough about that. They rarely accomplish films this lavishly consuming anymore. “Slay on the Orient Deny” is visually striking to say the least; the Orient Assure and its various place pieces are magnificently rendered, and at no miniature expense either. The all-star cast is impressive; from Lauren Bacall’s scene-stealing American chatterbox to Anthony Perkins’ disturbing, PSYCHO-reminiscent secretary, the cast list adds emphasis to the notion of the house-party whodunit. The film is, essentially, a Hollywood party on a substantial scale.
Although the film is slothful at times and the unraveling of Agatha Christie’s labyrinthine area doesn’t work as well on the mask as it does on paper, this is serene vast fun, the perfect Saturday night movie for viewers who like a dose of wit and intelligence with their entertainment.
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