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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Acorn
EAN: 9781569385029
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 1569385025
Label: Acorn Media
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
MPN: 5025
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Acorn Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 05, 2002
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Acorn Media Release Date: 02/05/2002 Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
When a series of bizarre thefts at a boarding house leads to murder, it takes Hercule Poirot all of his ingenuity to solve a series of interlocking mysteries and unmask the killer. This feature-length Poirot mystery shows why David Suchet is the definitive screen version of Agatha Christie's dapper Belgian sleuth. With his fastidious habits and thick French accent it would be easy to turn Poirot into a caricature, but Suchet makes him funny without diminishing the detective's brilliance. Poirot's peculiarity is a perfect disguise, and when he sets out for the murder scene in his immaculate clothes--like a shiny black beetle bustling through the drab, brown London streets--there is little doubt that the crime will soon be solved.
Hickory Dickory Dock reaches its climax, naturellement, with the detective and his suspects gathered tensely in a drawing room. Although the story suffers from some clumsily introduced clues (Christie suffers here in comparison with writers like P.D. James), the denouement works well, keeping us guessing while allowing the more astute viewer to spot the killer before Poirot makes his announcement. --Simon Leake
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Rating:  -
Having not yet read or listened to (I'm a big audiobook fan) Agatha Christie's original "Hickory Dickory Dock", I can't speak to the quality of the adaptation here. But looked at simply as a TV-movie "whodunit", I enjoyed this production. Acting, directing, pacing, and music all rate solid marks, keeping things moving along and preventing an understated story (this is no "Murder on the Orient Express") from becoming dull and routine. You sure to see a lot of that mouse, though. I guess if you ... Read More
Rating:  -
I guess if you haven't read the novel and like TV-movie whodunits this may do to kill two hours of your time, but having read the novel I was really disappointed with this adaptation.
The story has Hercule Poirot investigating a series of petty thefts and eventually murders in a student hostel run by his secretary's sister. However, whereas the Agatha Christie novel featured a cast of multicultural students (African, Indian, West Indian) as part of the suspects, the hostel population ... Read More
Rating:  -
Both my sister and my mother have read almost every mystery that Agatha Christie ever wrote, but I never thought to start. Then I sat down one evening to watch television with them, and I was at once enchanted. It was an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot on A&E. The David Suchet Poirot films (both full length movies and short films) come from this series. I enjoyed that first show so much that I watched the series religiously until it went off the air.
I started reading some of Agatha ... Read More
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When a series of petty thefts at a student hostel turns into a case of murder, it is up to the great Hercule Poirot to solve the baffling crime. However, he soon finds himself involved not only in a case of murder, but smuggling and political doings as well. Not only that, he foolishly invites the rather sloppy Inspector Japp to stay with him, while Japp's wife is away, which make for a rather rough time ala the "Odd Couple." HICKORY DICKORY DOCK is another in the BBC/Mystery series featuring the wonderful ... Read More
Rating: -
When a series of petty thefts at a student hostel turns into a case of murder, it is up to the great Hercule Poirot to solve the baffling crime. However, he soon finds himself involved not only in a case of murder, but smuggling and political doings as well. Not only that, he foolishly invites the rather sloppy Inspector Japp to stay with him, while Japp's wife is away, which make for a rather rough time ala the "Odd Couple." HICKORY DICKORY DOCK is another in the BBC/Mystery series featuring the wonderful ... Read More
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