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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 0733961752106
Format: Box set, Color, Subtitled, Closed-captioned
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 30, 2006
Running Time: 379 minutes
Sales Rank: 3992
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 1990
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Product Description:
Tony Award-nominee David Suchet reprises his celebrated role as Hercule Poirot in the CLASSIC CRIMES COLLECTION--an exclusive collection of four brand-new A&E original films. Artfully adapted from Agatha Christie s famous mystery series each multi-million dollar production features a top-notch cast stunning settings and of course enough murder and mystery to test the mettle of our inimitably beloved Belgian sleuth.The CLASSIC CRIMES COLLECTION contains the following four brand-new Poirot movies:THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN: When the daughter of an oil magnate is found dead on the famous Blue Train to the French Riviera Poirot must investigate the past to reveal the killer.TAKEN AT THE FLOOD: Mystery surrounds a young woman after her new husband is killed in the London Blitz but with the discovery of new information Poirot wonders about her true motives.AFTER THE FUNERAL: Following the murder of a wealthy patriarch Poirot is called upon to begin an investigation. The case takes a wild twist however when his prime suspect turns up dead.CARDS ON THE TABLE: When the host is found dead at a card game four investigators - including Poirot himself - look for clues as they set out to discover which guest is the killer.System Requirements:Running Time 379 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 733961752106 Manufacturer No: AAE-75210
Amazon.com:
The incomparable David Suchet reprises his role as Agatha Christie's indefatigable Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in this collection of four A&E teleplays. Poirot is older now, and mostly solo in solving his crimes, without his previous sidekicks Hastings and Japp. Yet the world-weary Suchet is as compelling as ever to watch, surrounded by the decadent rich who seem to find murder an easy solution to life's inconveniences. The Mystery of the Blue Train, for instance, features a young, and suddenly very dead, heiress, with a dissolute husband, an overprotective father (a fabulously blustery Elliott Gould), greedy cousins, and all sorts of scheming money-owing hangers-on--all cocooned and coddled on a luxury train on the French Riviera. Indeed, one of the many pleasures of this collection is its very high production values; sets, costumes, and locations are detailed and opulently believable. (Though one annoying tic from the films' TV roots inexplicably remains: some 'naughty' words, like the 'God' in 'God-damned,' are edited out; surely we home viewers could handle a teensy bit of upper-crust rough talk?) The supporting casts are rich and varied, and the suspects deliciously numerous. And at the center of it all is the ever-refined, driven Poirot, who will not rest until the evil-doers are exposed. Extras include biographies of Agatha Christie and of David Suchet. --A.T. Hurley
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Poirot Classic Crime Collection
This is the greatest crime collection available, Poirot is the best, especially with Hugh Frasier, as Capt. Hastings. Good mystery with just the right amount of humor. David Suchet as Poirot could not be better. Have the entire series, wish there were more. My wife enjoys it as much as I do.
Don
Rating:  - Viewer
David Suchet is always good, but these newer shows lack the writing and production talent shown in the earlier collections. At first, I thought the trouble might be the missing characters of the Inspector, Hastings or the secretary who added so much to the show, but it is something more.
There is difficulty with choppy scene transitions and the script adds nonsense sex scenes, etc., that do not move the plot along and seem out of place for the series. Usually, this indicates lazy writing. So, I'm somewhat disappointed, but David Suchet saves the collection with his excellent acting.
Bring back the earlier script writers and the other characters that truly round out the Hercule Poirot character.
Rating: - sharp and witty
THIS IS A SERIES OF STORIES BASED ON AGATHA CHRISTIE'S
DETECTIVE HERCULE POIROT. I SAY BASED ON BECAUSE SOME
SERIOUS CHANGES TOOK PLACE. THE CHARACTER OF THE DETECTIVE
IS MARVELOUS. I LIKED THEM ALL EXCEPT CARDS ON THE TABLE.
THE DIRECTOR AND THE WRITERS HAVE TAKEN LIBERTIES TO ADD
THEIR OWN VIEWPOINTS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE MAIN PLOT. THESE VIEWPOINTS ARE NOT FOR EVERYONE
AND THEY WERE NOT SEEN IN THE BOOKS. IT'S A REAL SHAME TO RUIN
STORIES THAT WERE VERY POPULAR FOR MANY YEARS.
Rating: - Another Great series
We have all the Poirot DVDs. They seem to get better and better. I do miss his secretary and Hastings in this latest collection. As long as David Suchet is Poirot I will watch them. I am not a reader of fiction. So the mysteries are all entertaining. This group from A&E seemed a bit better quality in the video work. Great acting by Suchet and others. It was good to see Samantha from Foyles War in one of this series. We rarely watch any current movies as they are all so vulgar. So the British mystery movies are about our only video entertainment.
Rating: - An intellectual challenge, but something has gone...
The A&E Poirot series is very different from the earlier, more light-hearted series that most Poirot fans are familiar with. It lacks the light-hearted playfulness of the earlier series. It is MUCH more melodramatic - much darker in plot, music, photography, and mood. None of Poirot's previous friends appear - the isolation of old age? All these things are enough to put off some viewers (my wife included). The only thing that hasn't changed much is Poirot himself - Suchet does a great job as usual. I did enjoy the intellectual challenge of these films - I often had to take notes in order to keep all the names and relationships straight! But the charm has gone. Four stars is about right, I think.
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