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Release Date: 07 September, 2004 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $9.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (5 total) |
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Best film interpretation of Christie EVER
This is a great film with a great cast, everything is perfect. All the bad reviews of this film are bewildering. Every part of this film is hand picked by Christie, she waited decades to let this film be made because she wanted it to be made right, and she did the right thing in waiting, its perfect.
Great Cast.
Murder on the Orient Express is a detective story that I think is based on a book by Agatha Christie. Well, it's clear from watching it that it's source material came from a book; Because it's got that classic detective story set up. Instead of a detective trying to solve a mystery and then a (what the writers think is a) big twist at the end. In this story, the detective does spend the whole movie trying to figure out what is going on...But instead of the twist, we have him with all the accused going over his interrogations and reveaaling who he believes is the culprit(s). This film is directed by Sidney Lumet, the director of such films as 'Dog Day Afternoon,' 'Serpico,' 'Network,'and 'Find Me Guilty.' I think out of those films, this is his weakest...But it doesn't go without being enjoyed. Albert Finney (with a wonderfully weird moustache) plays a Belgian detective named Hercule Poirot, who is boarding the Orient Express...Much to the dismay of the suspicious looking passengers. During the beginning of his trip, he is stopped by a man named Ratchett (Richard Widmark) who asks him to serve as a bodyguard for him. He's obviously desperate for one, for he offers 15,000 dollars. Poirot turns him down and then heads off to sleep. When he wakes up, Ratchett has been murdered...Poisoned and stabbed and it's Poirot's job to interrogate the passengers of the Orient Express. The very colorful suspects include Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman (in an Oscar winning performance), Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Conney, Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates, no less), Jean-Pierre Cassell, Vanessa Redgrave, and many others.
The film is like a stage play, in the story takes place aboard the train and is mostly straight-forward story-telling. There's only a few flashback sequences. It's entertaining though, although the outcome isn't incredibly surprising. The film is funny; Connery's "pipe" was worth watching. The film is no masterpiece, neither in general film or for it's genre...But it's a cool detective story and you really can't beat the cast. Finney gives one of his most over-the-top and best performances. Remember, pay close attention to the opening credits (which show newspaper adds about a kidnapped girl). Needless to say, it evolves into a pretty big plot point. Enjoy.
GRADE: B
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