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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Gift SetRating:
Release Date: 27 August, 2002 Retail Price: $39.98 OUR Price: $31.99 You SAVE: $7.99! Cast: |
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Gift Set Reviews
McEwen editions inspired me to order these for comparison
Though quite good in most apsects of its period representation, the plot of The Body in the Library in the McEwen edition was altered so drastically (a lesbian relationship forced into and determining the plot), that I ordered the Hickson Marple editions for comparison. (In A Murder is Announced, a similar relationship can be implied---or not---from the book, so the pointed lesbian portrayal there can be more justified as poetic license.)
My Hickson set arrived, and I must confess that they are as charming in their portrayal of rural England as they were when they came out 15 years ago. I found them wittier as well, more subtle in their humor---I chuckled more. Cheryl Campbell in Murder at the Vicarage is priceless when she says of her cook's pastries, "Mary takes her rock cakes rather literally, I'm afraid."
With the upcoming release of a "younger" Sherlock Holmes series and a new Pride and Prejudice featuring a very contemporary actress, it seems the excellent and fairly recent productions of classic works are now being redone to make them more "politcally correct" and appealing to younger consumers.
Which is no crime, as long as the editions made in the 80's and 90's are still available for helpful comparisons. Give them a try! I'm ordering them now in case they become harder to find later on. (Speaking of classic editions, do see Geraldine McEwen in the hilarious Mapp and Lucia DVD series---with Prunella Scales of Fawlty Towers! Guaranteed tears of laughter!)
Great Marple Mysteries
This set contains three feature-length movies of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple mysteries, "The Body in the Library," "A Pocketful of Rye," and "A Murder is Announced."
"A Murder is Announced" is probably our favorite, but "Body in the Library" is a very close second. "A Pocketful of Rye" stars Peter Davison (of "Dr. Who" and "Campion" fame) and is not quite as enjoyable as the other two.
What is so exciting about the Miss Marple stories is that the killers are really, really, really heinous. And Miss Marple is always so compassionate and believably able to solve the crimes in her elderly alert kinda way.
Wonderful stories, wonderful circa 1950s settings, wonderful costuming, wonderful supporting characters, wonderful endings to all.
Be sure and get Miss Marple Collections 1 and 2 in addition to this three-movie set. They're all really, really good stuff.
I'm wondering how the new Miss Marples with Geraldine McEwan will compare????
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