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Agatha Christie's Poirot, Vol. 5 - Agatha Christie VHS Video
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Boxed sets of Poirot and Marple, plus a biography of Agatha Christie with archival footage and more.
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Agatha Christie's Poirot, Vol. 5 - Agatha Christie VHS Video
Features
Starring: Poirot, See more
Format: Color, Box set, NTSC
Rated: NR
Studio: Acorn Media
Video Release Date: August 1, 2000
VHS Features:
- NTSC format (US and Canada only. This VHS will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD
- Average Customer Review:
 Based on 2 reviews.
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Amazon.com
"I have the order, the method, the psychology... I am the best. I am Hercule Poirot," declares Agatha Christie's most famous detective in "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest." And David Suchet continues to prove himself as the best actor to portray Poirot in this boxed set of three hour-long episodes. Suchet has said it is his goal to reveal Poirot's many dimensions, going beyond the caricature previous actors had made him out to be. This is most evident in "The Double Clue," in which Poirot meets his match from the criminal world--and falls in love. Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) and Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran) provide comic relief with their own attempts to solve the case, but in the end this remains a poignant tale of the one that got away. Suchet reveals a more lighthearted side of Poirot in "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest," treating viewers to the unforgettable spectacle of the fussy detective dancing the Charleston. And in "The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor," he stages a cunning, ghostly charade to smoke out the murderer. As always, the production of these episodes is stunning in its attention to detail, re-creating the look, sound, and feel of 1930s high-society England. From the shot of a train shrouded in a mask of fog to the eerie sight of a room full of people in gas masks during an air raid test, the episodes also evoke the ominous atmosphere that makes mysteries so deliciously goose-pimply when viewed from the safety of a warm couch. --Larisa Lomacky Moore
From the Back Cover
His ability to crack the most serpentine criminal cases with unparalleled savoir-faire has made Agatha Christie's diminutive sleuth the most-watched detective in the history of the PBS Mystery! series and a resounding hit on A&E. Here he is again - smoking out murderers and jewel thieves, keeping company with countesses, and eating red herrings for breakfast (with a fish knife, of course). DAVID SUCHET plays the meticulous Belgian in these stories set in the lushness of art deco England....  read more
Reader Reviews
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
Still top notch entertainment, August 2, 2000
Reviewer:
Frank Behrens
from Keene, NH USA
Thanks to Acorn Media, we may very well soon have all the Hercule Poirot episodes available for easy watching, the shorter ones on tape and the longer on DVD. With the arrival of Set 5, we have cases 13-15 from the classic BBC series that was once shown on PBS and currently in shamefully abbreviated forms on a commercial channel. I have already posted my general comments about this series on the webpages for the first four sets, so let me cut to the chase. "The Tragedy of Marsdon Manor" begins comically enough with a would-be mystery writer of an inn owner summoning Poirot to solve a baffling case that happens to be fictional. Naturally a real death takes place under what seems to be supernatural circumstances; and the production does indeed create a wonderfully English country manor spooky-ness that makes this worth watching. Never mind that the solution involves all sorts of twists that verge on the incredible; but to invert the aphorism in "Sleuth," this is Inspector Fiction, not Inspector Fact. "The Double Clue" is exceptional in that it shows Poirot emotionally involved with a suspect, a fascinating (at least to him) Russian countess who might or might not be involved in a series of jewel thefts. Japp is honestly in fear of losing his job unless the thefts are stopped, while Miss Lemon and Hastings do their own sleuthing as Poirot spends time with the countess. "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest" has a plot within the plot, so to speak, rather far-fetched. However, the presence of actor John McEnery and the opening surreally filmed dueling sequence more than make up for any storyline inconsistencies. Again, it is always instructive to compare these dramatizations with the originals; but the former stand up very nicely on their own.
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