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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767066686
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767066685
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 26, 2004
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 13208
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Editorial Review:
Description:
Tony Award nominee David Suchet returns to his celebrated role as Hercule Poirot in a lavish A&E adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic--DEATH ON THE NILE. When Linnet Doyle, the richest woman in London, steals and marries her best friend's fiancé, the
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For almost the first half of Death on the Nile, any viewer who hasn't read Agatha Christie's intricate mystery won't be wondering who-done-it--instead, it's who's-it-going-to-be. The movie, from the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot, swiftly lays out a panoply of enjoyably odious personalities, from the American heiress who stole her best friend's fiance to the snotty, unkempt radical thinker to the boozing gargoyle of a pulp novelist named Salome Otterbourne, any of whom could be a suitable victim. Puttering amongst this mix of fops and harridans is Christie's most popular creation, the fastidious Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, played with exquisite precision by David Suchet (The Way We Live Now). Once the murder occurs, Poirot sets to work sifting through red herrings and petty deceits to unravel the truth. The crisp script and vigorous editing of this adaptation of Death on the Nile (a previous star-studded version from 1978 starred Peter Ustinov as Poirot) are at their best in the first half, zipping from catty remarks to petty bickering to fussy grumbles, deftly planting clues with the skill of a magician's misdirection. Once the interrogations and searches begin, the movie feels hemmed in. But through it all Suchet, with his beady eyes glittering from under his heavy lids, drives the mystery forward with his magnetic portrayal. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it
Every once in a while, an actor comes along who not only plays the role of Sherlock Holmes, but actually redefines the role. Well, this has now happened with Agatha Christie's detective, Hercule Poirot! In 1989, veteran actor David Suchet (b.1946) was tapped to play Poirot, and the rest, as they say, is history.
This DVD contains a classic Poirot murder mystery - Death On The Nile. When Linnet Ridgeway stole Jacqueline De Bellefort's fiancé, it seemed the perfect coup. But, when Jacqueline ... Read More
Rating:  - Poirot should have detected this remake really Sucked.
Really rushed and other than Suchet ... the acting was terrible by most of the cast..
Rating: - A favorite of mine.
Death on the Nile is an adaptation from one of the longer novels of A. Christie. Death...was adapted in the 70s, but if you want the truth, that movie sucked. And it sucked because of Mia Farrow and Peter Ustinov. David Suchet is the only actor to portray Hercule Poirot greatly and naturally. Ustinov and Finney both seemed either too stiff or ill-fit for the character we grew to know and love by reading the books.
The A&E version of the story is thoroughly enjoyable and is my favorite A&E ... Read More
Rating:  - Not as good as the film
I am a great admirer of David Suchet's Poirot, but I found this production disappointing. Despite being filmes in Egypt with breathtaking scenery, most of the touches of warmth and humour that make a Christie novel such a pleasure to read are missing from this production. The three young people in the love triangle that is the basis for the mystery all seemed to me entirely lacklustre.
The worst thing of all though, is that two of the most charming and interesting people in the book, Timothy Allerton ... Read More
Rating:  - Missing Maggie.....
Poirot - DEATH ON THE NILE. The new Poirot series produced by A&E is excellent and I would encourage all Poirot and David Suchet fans to purchase these DVDs, however, when it comes to this particular story, I still prefer the Peter Ustinov version with Mia Farrow, Betty Davis and Maggie Smith.
The irony of the new series is that Suchet has literally grown into the part so he seems more natural in this episode than ever. I recall that when he made the earlier Poirot films which included his pal Captain ... Read More
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