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Poirot - The New Mysteries Collection (Death on the Nile / Sad Cypress / The Hollow / Five Little Pigs) | 
enlarge | Directors: Andy Wilson, Dave Moore, Paul Unwin, Simon Langton Actors: David Suchet, Rachael Stirling, Aidan Gillen, Toby Stephens, Marc Warren Studio: A&E Home Video Category: DVD
List Price: $59.95 Buy New: $23.25 You Save: $36.70 (61%)
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Rating: 37 reviews Sales Rank: 8192
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language) Rating: NR (Not Rated) Number Of Items: 4 Running Time: 400 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9 Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: AAED71727D ISBN: 0767076796 UPC: 733961717273 EAN: 9780767076791 ASIN: B0006212JK
Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 2004 Release Date: February 22, 2005 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED,item is 100% quaranteed,exacly the same as Amazon list,authentic US version
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Product Description Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 02/22/2005
Amazon.com Portly, mincing, gracious, and unrelenting, Hercule Poirot rivals Sherlock Holmes as the greatest sleuth of the English murder mystery genre--a form as strict as a sonnet that's part logic puzzle, part magician's misdirection, of which Agatha Christie remains the undisputed queen. The New Mysteries Collection pulls together TV-movie adaptations of four Poirot novels, each a compendium of eccentric characters, intricate plotting, sleek storytelling, and sprinklings of wit (such as a dotty matriarch's declaration, "Murder is a very awkward thing--it upsets the servants so"). Death on the Nile sets an entire boatful of suspicious character afloat in Egypt, where Poirot's vacation is disrupted by a splash in the night, falling rock, missing pearls, three murders, and a boozing gargoyle named Salome Otterbourne. The plot is one of Christie's more preposterous, yet also one of her most popular. Sad Cypress opens with a murderess on trial, then flashes back to young lovers, a wealthy but stricken dowager, a spiteful anonymous letter, and a pretty young blonde. A wonderfully creepy dream haunts Poirot as he struggles to redeem the wrongly convicted killer. In The Hollow, Poirot's vacation in the English countryside gets disrupted by a philandering doctor apparently shot by his adoring wife, his blood trickling into a swimming pool clotted with leaves. But the best of the lot is Five Little Pigs, a story told almost entirely in flashback, as a young woman hires Poirot to clear her mother, who was convicted of murdering her father. Not only are the clues deftly planted and the solution cunningly worked out, it's one of the rare mysteries that inspires a genuine sorrow for its characters. Scattered throughout are a wealth of recognizable faces, though not many recognizable names--among the better known are James Fox (The Remains of the Day), Edward Fox (The Day of the Jackal), Paul McGann (Withnail and I), Sarah Miles (White Mischief), Lysette Anthony (Husbands and Wives), and David Soul (Starsky & Hutch!). But it's David Suchet as Poirot who keeps everything in motion, his beady eyes glittering under heavy lids, constantly tending to one of the most ridiculous mustaches in literature. Poirot has been played by such stars as Peter Ustinov and Albert Finney, but Suchet has made the fastidious Belgian detective his own. He's simply magnifique. --Bret Fetzer
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Hercule Poirot Mysteries December 29, 2008 We have enjoyed the Hercule Poirot mysteries for a while now and we needed to add to our collection and so I decided to buy these because we enjoyed them a lot and we seldom get tired of seeing them. He always keeps you guessing. If you like mysteries you would enjoy these mysteries.
An excellent collection December 9, 2008 Agatha Christie has a well deserved reputation as one of the world's most popular authors, and her Hercule Poirot stories played by David Suchett are absolutely marvelous. I can recall four of the five mysteries in this series, and they're all quite good. If you like Poirot, you can't go wrong with this excellent set.
Perfect Poirot,- perpetually personifying perspicacity. September 7, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
David Suchet is the quintessential Poirot. It will be a long, long time before anyone will again be able to play the role convincingly, after the superlative portrayal of the splendid Belgium Detective dreamed up by Agatha Christie.
To see Suchet as Poirot, is to believe the character has come alive before your very eyes. None could give the Christie stories more credence, than David Suchet - a consummate actor.
Winter Movies June 28, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Arrived on time. No damage. Gave as a gift and recipient just loves them.
ADORE POIROT April 24, 2008 I get the biggest kick out of David Suchet's talent and how he has successfully created this whole personality of Poriot. I have been lucky enough to see him perform on the London stage several times & he amazes me. As a result, I just had to have all of the DVD's of this series & I have traveled to some of the locations which are romantized.....escape into the life our grandparents lived & then add a little murder mystery-what more can you ask for!!! ha
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