Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection, DVD

Features

Death on the Nile: "Making Of" featurette; Interviews with cast members Peter Ustinov and Jane Birkin; Cast bios; Theatrical trailer; The Mirror Crack'd: Cast bios; Theatrical trailer; TV spots; Evul Under the Sun: "Making-of" featurette; Cast bios; Theatrical trailers

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Disc #1 -- Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection - Death On the Nile
1. Program Start / Main Titles [2:16]
2. Life of Luxury [4:21]
3. "Isn't He Perfect?" [3:28]
4. Pyramids of Egypt [4:37]
5. The Famous Hercule Poirot [7:15]
6. Tiny But Lethal [5:08]
7. "Welcome Aboard the Karnak..." [4:38]
8. Grudges and Ill Will [8:04]
9. The Temple [4:25]
10. A Close Shave [5:30]
11. Hell Hath No Fury... [4:38]
12. A Shooting In the Parlor [7:10]
13. Emergency Medical Attention [4:29]
14. Death On the Nile [6:06]
15. Quizzing the Communist [6:31]
16. Widower & Servant [5:49]
17. Skewered Serpent [3:18]
18. Purloined Pearls [5:22]
19. Murder, She Wrote? [6:30]
20. Apology Accepted [4:21]
21. Another Murder [7:53]
22. "The Game Is Over" [4:21]
23. Evidence Points To [4:07]
24. Truth Revealed [6:01]
25. Witness and Complications [4:26]
26. One Way Out [4:33]
27. "This Place is Beginning to Resemble a Mortuary" [2:24]
28. End Credits [1:48]
Disc #2 -- Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection - The Mirror Crack'd
1. Program Start / Murder at Midnight [3:53]
2. Miss Marple to the Rescue [2:15]
3. Main Titles [2:01]
4. Jason Rudd, Director [2:57]
5. Royal Reception [5:41]
6. Photo Opportunity [2:46]
7. Mary, Queen of Sluts [4:52]
8. Deadly Daiquiri [3:00]
9. Cause of Death [5:06]
10. "My Favorite Nephew" [6:26]
11. Marina's Wrath [3:56]
12. Whatever Lola Wants... [1:37]
13. "The Intended Victim Was Your Wife" [6:34]
14. Aunt Jane's Advice [2:14]
15. Tempestuous Talent [6:28]
16. Accusatons and Inquiries [5:32]
17. Troubled Star [3:23]
18. "The Performace Was a Little Overdone..." [5:45]
19. Trouble On the Set [3:43]
20. Harsh Medicine [3:33]
21. "To Hell With the Picture!" [3:18]
22. Missing Pieces [3:40]
23. A Drink Before Bedtime [3:34]
24. Miss Marple Cracks the Case [2:56]
25. The Murder of Heather Babcock [4:37]
26. "She's Given Performance of Her Life..." [2:53]
27. End Credits [2:28]
Disc #3 -- Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection - Evil Under the Sun
1. Program Start / Main Titles [2:11]
2. Enter Poirot [5:34]
3. The Guests [4:58]
4. The Incomparable Arlena [6:54]
5. Cocktails and Cattiness [5:45]
6. Infidelity Under the Sun [4:41]
7. By the Sea [3:20]
8. Grounds For Divorce [4:04]
9. Evening's Entertainment [4:40]
10. Morning [5:15]
11. Prelude to Murder [5:45]
12. Strangled [3:12]
13. Sir Horace's Story [4:08]
14. Accusations and Alibis [4:58]
15. Christine and Linda [4:42]
16. Rex Brewster's Alibi [6:34]
17. "No Alibi is Still No Alibi..." [5:25]
18. Pieces of the Puzzle [4:23]
19. Confronting the Suspects [3:07]
20. Christine's Lies [6:05]
21. The Body On the Beach [5:39]
22. Mr. and Mrs. Murder [4:31]
23. Absence of Proof [3:11]
24. Poirot Wraps It Up [4:34]
25. End Credits [:33]

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Angela Lansbury takes over the legacy of Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christie's dogged sleuth Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd. The story takes place on a film set in a small British town in the 1950s. Elizabeth Taylor plays a washed-up actress trying to make a comeback but is plagued by a mysterious incident from her past. Unfortunately for her mental state, a collection of murders jar the quiet village where the movie is being made. Miss Marple arrives on the scene with her nephew, Inspector Craddock (Edward Fox), to investigate. In addition to Taylor, an assortment of other movie stars grace the roster of suspects, including Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, and Tony Curtis. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Angela Lansbury takes over the legacy of Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christie's dogged sleuth Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd. The story takes place on a film set in a small British town in the 1950s. Elizabeth Taylor plays a washed-up actress trying to make a comeback but is plagued by a mysterious incident from her past. Unfortunately for her mental state, a collection of murders jar the quiet village where the movie is being made. Miss Marple arrives on the scene with her nephew, Inspector Craddock (Edward Fox), to investigate. In addition to Taylor, an assortment of other movie stars grace the roster of suspects, including Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, and Tony Curtis. Paul Brenner

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Peter Ustinov makes his second appearance as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this adaptation of the popular Agatha Christie mystery. When noted stage star Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg) is found murdered while visiting a posh island resort, Poirot is called upon to find the culprit, but given Marshall's shrewish personality and propensity for making enemies, the question isn't "Who wanted to see her dead?" but "Who didn't?" The suspects include Rex Brewster (Roddy McDowall), a writer penning a biography of Arlena that the actress tried to stop; Odell and Myra Gardener (James Mason and Sylvia Miles), theatrical producers who were financially shafted when Arlena refused to appear in a show; Arlena's husband, Kenneth (Denis Quilley); Kenneth's lover, Daphne (Maggie Smith); Patrick Redfern (Nicholas Clay), who was having an affair with Arlena; and Christine (Jane Birkin), Nicholas' wife. Ustinov would play Poirot again three years later in the made-for-TV feature Thirteen at Dinner. Mark Deming

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Peter Ustinov began his long association with the Hercule Poirot character of murder mystery novelist Agatha Christie with this lavish but financially disappointing follow-up to the popular Murder on the Orient Express (1974). During a luxurious pleasure cruise down the Nile aboard a lavish vessel populated with wealthy passengers, widely despised heiress and home wrecker Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles) is murdered. Also aboard is famed Belgian detective Poirot (Ustinov) and his taciturn traveling companion, Colonel Race (David Niven). Poirot undertakes an investigation into Ridgeway's killing. Among the colorful suspects are Salome (Angela Lansbury) and Rosalie Otterbourne (Olivia Hussey), Doctor Bessner (Jack Warden), Mrs. Van Schuyler (Bette Davis), Miss Bowers (Maggie Smith), and Jacqueline De Bellefort (Mia Farrow). As more bodies pile up, however, it appears that nearly everyone aboard has a motive. The script for Death on the Nile (1978) was adapted by Anthony Shaffer, the writer of Sleuth (1972) and the identical twin brother of Amadeus (1984) author Peter Shaffer. Karl Williams

UPC: 031398104841
Source: LIONS GATE
Region Code: 1
Presentation: Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
Language: English
Time: 6:01:00
Sales Rank: 7,175

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Features:

Death on the Nile: "Making Of" featurette; Interviews with cast members Peter Ustinov and Jane Birkin; Cast bios; Theatrical trailer; The Mirror Crack'd: Cast bios; Theatrical trailer; TV spots; Evul Under the Sun: "Making-of" featurette; Cast bios; Theatrical trailers

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection - Death On the Nile
1. Program Start / Main Titles [2:16]
2. Life of Luxury [4:21]
3. "Isn't He Perfect?" [3:28]
4. Pyramids of Egypt [4:37]
5. The Famous Hercule Poirot [7:15]
6. Tiny But Lethal [5:08]
7. "Welcome Aboard the Karnak..." [4:38]
8. Grudges and Ill Will [8:04]
9. The Temple [4:25]
10. A Close Shave [5:30]
11. Hell Hath No Fury... [4:38]
12. A Shooting In the Parlor [7:10]
13. Emergency Medical Attention [4:29]
14. Death On the Nile [6:06]
15. Quizzing the Communist [6:31]
16. Widower & Servant [5:49]
17. Skewered Serpent [3:18]
18. Purloined Pearls [5:22]
19. Murder, She Wrote? [6:30]
20. Apology Accepted [4:21]
21. Another Murder [7:53]
22. "The Game Is Over" [4:21]
23. Evidence Points To [4:07]
24. Truth Revealed [6:01]
25. Witness and Complications [4:26]
26. One Way Out [4:33]
27. "This Place is Beginning to Resemble a Mortuary" [2:24]
28. End Credits [1:48]
Disc #2 -- Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection - The Mirror Crack'd
1. Program Start / Murder at Midnight [3:53]
2. Miss Marple to the Rescue [2:15]
3. Main Titles [2:01]
4. Jason Rudd, Director [2:57]
5. Royal Reception [5:41]
6. Photo Opportunity [2:46]
7. Mary, Queen of Sluts [4:52]
8. Deadly Daiquiri [3:00]
9. Cause of Death [5:06]
10. "My Favorite Nephew" [6:26]
11. Marina's Wrath [3:56]
12. Whatever Lola Wants... [1:37]
13. "The Intended Victim Was Your Wife" [6:34]
14. Aunt Jane's Advice [2:14]
15. Tempestuous Talent [6:28]
16. Accusatons and Inquiries [5:32]
17. Troubled Star [3:23]
18. "The Performace Was a Little Overdone..." [5:45]
19. Trouble On the Set [3:43]
20. Harsh Medicine [3:33]
21. "To Hell With the Picture!" [3:18]
22. Missing Pieces [3:40]
23. A Drink Before Bedtime [3:34]
24. Miss Marple Cracks the Case [2:56]
25. The Murder of Heather Babcock [4:37]
26. "She's Given Performance of Her Life..." [2:53]
27. End Credits [2:28]
Disc #3 -- Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection - Evil Under the Sun
1. Program Start / Main Titles [2:11]
2. Enter Poirot [5:34]
3. The Guests [4:58]
4. The Incomparable Arlena [6:54]
5. Cocktails and Cattiness [5:45]
6. Infidelity Under the Sun [4:41]
7. By the Sea [3:20]
8. Grounds For Divorce [4:04]
9. Evening's Entertainment [4:40]
10. Morning [5:15]
11. Prelude to Murder [5:45]
12. Strangled [3:12]
13. Sir Horace's Story [4:08]
14. Accusations and Alibis [4:58]
15. Christine and Linda [4:42]
16. Rex Brewster's Alibi [6:34]
17. "No Alibi is Still No Alibi..." [5:25]
18. Pieces of the Puzzle [4:23]
19. Confronting the Suspects [3:07]
20. Christine's Lies [6:05]
21. The Body On the Beach [5:39]
22. Mr. and Mrs. Murder [4:31]
23. Absence of Proof [3:11]
24. Poirot Wraps It Up [4:34]
25. End Credits [:33]

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Disc #1 -- Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection - Death On the Nile
Chapter Selections
Extras
   Trailer
   Featurette: The Making of "Death On the Nile"
   Talent Bios
      Hercule Poirot
      Suspects, Victims and Innocent Bystanders
         Barnstable
         Louise Bourget
         Linnet Ridgeway
         Mrs. Van Schuyler
         Jacqueline De Bellefort
         Jim Ferguson
         Rosalie Otterbourne
         Andrew Pennington
         Salome Otterbourne
         Simon Doyle
         Colonel Race
         Miss Bowers
         Doctor Ludwig Bessner
   Interview With Peter Ustinov With English Subtitles
   Interview With Peter Ustinov With No Subtitles
   Interview With Jane Birkin
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Disc #2 -- Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection - The Mirror Crack'd
Chapter Selections
Extras
   Theatrical Trailer
   TV Spots
      TV Spot 1
      TV Spot 2
   Talent Bios
      Miss Jane Marple
      Suspects, Victims and Innocent Bystanders
         Ella Zielinsky
         Marty N. Fenn
         Inspector Craddock
         Jason Rudd
         Lola Brewster
         Marina Rudd
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Disc #3 -- Agatha Christie's Mysteries Collection - Evil Under the Sun
Chapter Selections
Extras
   Theatrical Trailer
   Featurette: "The Making of Evil Under the Sun"
   Talent Bios
      Hercule Poirot
      Suspects, Victims and Innocent Bystanders
         Christine Redfern
         Sir Horace Blatt
         Odell Gardner
         Rex Brewster
         Myra Gardner
         Arlena Marshall
         Daphne Castle
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