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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781569384374
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1569384371
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Acorn Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 06, 2001
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 42912
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The murderer isn't the only one with a secret to hide in this television adaptation of Agatha Christie's first novel. With the (often unwitting) help of his friend Arthur Hastings (Hugh Fraser), retired Belgian supersleuth Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) arranges the pieces of a puzzle, which include a broken coffee cup, spilled candle grease, untidy mantel ornaments, a fake beard, and a chief suspect who seems almost eager to be arrested.
Place all these clues on the grand estate of a murdered matriarch as World War I draws to a close, and you have not only a fine mystery but also a quiet elegy to a way of life that would soon fade away. What this adaptation sacrifices in the romantic intrigues that flesh out the novel, it makes up for in setting. As with all the Poirot episodes, there is a sumptuous attention to detail, from the furnishings of Styles Court to the white spats on Poirot's shoes as he interrupts a military war game to give his fellow Belgians a lesson on local botany. Suchet's characterization of Poirot here verges on caricature at times, but it is still difficult to resist his charms as he skillfully peels away the layers of deception to reveal the truth.
The DVD special features include biographies of David Suchet and Agatha Christie, challenging Poirot trivia questions and classic quotes, and a link to the official Agatha Christie Web site. --Larisa Lomacky Moore
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Funny little provincial continental private eye
A nice little story with Hercule Poirot playing the continental dandy. The local aristocracy engaged in strange affairs and businesses suddenly trapped in their own snares by small little social climbers. It is all a question of money and doing as little as possible. It is not the doing nothing that is hard since for these people it is inscribed in their genes. But it is the money that gets rarefied, and that is not inscribed in their genes at all, that is the real problem that requires a fast and ... Read More
Rating: - The first Poirot
The DVD was much better than the version aired on public TV. The entire series is delightful and great fun. The ensemble cast is superb.
Rating: - The Little Grey Cells' Debut.
"Another example of the English bucolic beliefs," Hercule Poirot pontificates to a group of puzzled fellow Belgians. "Anagallis arvensis. In English: the scarlet pimpernel. It is believed that when this flower is opened, it is a sign of a prolonged spell of the fine weather. It is seldom seen open in this country ..."
What we first see of the little detective with his unmistakeable egg-shaped head, stiff, upward-twisted moustache and many little grey cells, as he utters these words, is ... Read More
Rating: - The DAUGHTER-IN-LAW did it!! Or did she??
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I watched this movie without reading the 1920 Dame Agatha Christie novel that it is based on. I'm glad I did this! Why? Because it forced me to really watch the movie in order to try and deduce who the murderer was.
As a brief synopsis, the movie takes place in the summer of 1917 in an isolated country manor or estate called "Styles Court" (located in Essex, a county of south-east England). This is the place where an army friend of the war-weary Hastings (Hugh Fraser) ... Read More
Rating:  - Enjoy with an old "cuppa" and some "seed cake"
One of the joys of having a long weekend at home is always having a good set of movies to fall back on. "The mysterious affair at Styles" proved to be not only entertaining but delicious to watch in that it was a feast for the eyes. I won't really summarize the plot here since I have already done so in my review of the actual novel. But I can honestly say that if there ever was to be a production that came as close to the original as possible this would be it. The English countryside of Essex during World ... Read More
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