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Agatha Christie's Poirot: Complete Cases Collection
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Genre | Documentary, Mystery & Thrillers |
Format | Color, NTSC, Widescreen |
Contributor | Fraser, Hugh, Moran, Pauline, Suchet, David, Jackson, Philip |
Language | English |
Number Of Discs | 33 |
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Acorn Media International is a division of AMC Networks’ streaming service Acorn TV, North America’s streaming service for British and international television. With offices in the UK and Australia, we license a catalogue of compelling TV programmes and feature films to broadcasters and media platforms around the world. These include the Line of Duty, much loved Agatha Raisin, Anglo-Welsh thriller Keeping Faith, police drama London Kills, Kay Mellor’s Love, Lies & Records and Girlfriends, as well as Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None and The Witness for the Prosecution, Foyle’s War and The Bletchley Circle.
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Spanning 25 years and the entire Poirot canon, David Suchet s iconic portrayal of Agatha Christie s famous Belgian detective has been hailed as one of TV s greatest achievements (Telegraph, U.K.). These 70 episodes of the hit mystery seen on public television are rich with period detail and feature some of film and television s brightest stars, including Michael Fassbender, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Damian Lewis, Tim Curry, Iain Glen, Christopher Eccleston, Aiden Gillen, Peter Capaldi, Lindsay Duncan, Hugh Bonneville, and many more.
Follow Hercule Poirot and his little grey cells from his very first case to his final curtain call. This 33-disc set includes all 13 series of the beloved mystery, remastered and restored to original U.K. broadcast order.
BONUS FEATURES: Being Poirot documentary: David Suchet reflects on 25 years as Poirot while filming his final episodes, plus bonus interviews with Suchet and Agatha Christie s grandson, Mathew Prichard (51 min.); Super Sleuths (47 min.): Documentary about the series featuring the stars and crew; David Suchet on the Orient Express (47 min.): A tour of the Orient Express and its history; behind-the-scenes featurette (46 min.), photo galleries, and production notes by David Suchet and Tim Curry; companion booklet with articles by David Suchet and Mathew Prichard; episode synopses; character profiles; information about Poirot; and Poirot s obituary
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.76 Pounds
- Item model number : ACRN2262DVD
- Media Format : Color, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 86 hours and 5 minutes
- Release date : November 4, 2014
- Actors : Suchet, David, Fraser, Hugh, Jackson, Philip, Moran, Pauline
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : ACORN MEDIA
- ASIN : B00IK454JK
- Number of discs : 33
- Best Sellers Rank: #985 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Set perfectly in a mid-to-late 1930's setting. One-of-a-kind cinematography, everything about this beloved series fits in with the intended time frame. Elegant dapper dressing, it is memorizing to watch Poirot played for 25 years by the late David Suchet tie his bow tie on a whim without looking in a mirror. In the numerous desert-set scenes, the clothing is always crisp and pristinely clean! Can't even begin to imagine the work that required from the wardrobe crew.
The facial expressions and body language adds so much to this series, truly unprecedented in anything I have ever watched. And a true who-done-it Agatha Christie storyline. Ya never quite know what's going to happen next! A great value, too.
I highly recommend this fabulous DVD Poirot Series.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024
Set perfectly in a mid-to-late 1930's setting. One-of-a-kind cinematography, everything about this beloved series fits in with the intended time frame. Elegant dapper dressing, it is memorizing to watch Poirot played for 25 years by the late David Suchet tie his bow tie on a whim without looking in a mirror. In the numerous desert-set scenes, the clothing is always crisp and pristinely clean! Can't even begin to imagine the work that required from the wardrobe crew.
The facial expressions and body language adds so much to this series, truly unprecedented in anything I have ever watched. And a true who-done-it Agatha Christie storyline. Ya never quite know what's going to happen next! A great value, too.
I highly recommend this fabulous DVD Poirot Series.
Agatha Christie's Poirot: Complete Cases Collection [Blu-ray]
Format: NTSC, Blu-ray
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 28
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Run Time: 5160 minutes
This set also includes a nicely done 30 glossy page Collector's Guide having color photos, summaries for each episode including first UK Broadcast Date, and photos and descriptions of the main characters. The five brief articles in the booklet are:
INTRODUCTION - David Suchet recounts some of his experiences.
ABOUT POIROT - History from Christie books to films.
DAVID SUCHET'S HERCULE POIROT by Matthew Prichard. He is Agatha Christie's grandson and also appears in some of the filmed Bonus Features included in this set.
HERCULE POIROT IS DEAD; FAMED BELGIAN DETECTIVE by Thomas Lask - Obituary that appeared on the front page of the New York Times on August 6, 1975.
UNDISPUTED HEAD GIRL - About Agatha Christie.
Bonus Features:
*BEING POIROT (62 minutes on DVD): David Suchet reflects on 25 years as Poirot while filming his final episodes, plus bonus interviews with Suchet (18 minutes) and Agatha Christie's grandson, Mathew Prichard (33 minutes).
*SUPER SLEUTHS (47 minutes on DVD): Documentary about the series featuring the stars and crew
*DAVID SUCHET ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (47 minutes): A tour of the Orient Express and its history
*Behind-the-scenes featurette (46 minutes), interview with David Suchet (19 minutes)
*Photo galleries
*Production notes by David Suchet and Tim Curry
I have completed watching all 70 episodes in this series (broadcast from 1989-2014) plus the bonus features. One reason why this series is such an extraordinary achievement is because the creators worked over 25 years to film all of the Hercule Poirot stories (with minor exceptions), something never previously done. It is viewed and loved by millions of people in many nations throughout the world, and deservedly so.
This Blu-ray set is nicely done. It has 28 disks in 4 cases.
26 blu-ray disks contain the 70 episodes which appear in original UK broadcast order.
2 DVD disks contain additional Bonus Features.
Each case conveniently lists the disk contents on the back so it is relatively easy to find episodes or features one is looking for.
For the most part, the Blu-ray audio and video quality is good considering that Season 1 was released in 1989. However, there is one poorer quality exception that stands out: I found the comparatively poor video quality of Series 11 'Mrs. McGinty's Dead' quite jarring in comparison to the episodes that preceded it. I was so taken aback that I did a little research and learned that it was unfortunately filmed in low resolution PAL video.
Over all production standards in the series are excellent, including talented performers, great sets with 1930s period features and costumes, beautiful locations, photography and music. In a few instances I did not like how the script deviated from the books, but such things are a matter of personal opinion.
I stand in awe and gratitude to David Suchet for his extraordinary dedication and faithfulness in striving to accurately portray Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot over those 25 years. One of my main reasons for writing this review is to express my gratitude to him. He was determined to remain faithful to Christie's vision, so he studied all of her Poirot writings and created a list of 93 descriptions and characterizations of him that she had given. For instance:
He studied various French accents to finally develope what would be appropriate for a Belgian many mistakenly believe is French.
He actualized Poirot's mannerisms such as the way he walked, his obsessive fastidiousness and longing for neatness and symmetry.
He brought to life a multi-dimensional character who was intelligent, thoughtful, warm and quirky.
In everything he always remained faithful to Agatha Christie's vision of Poirot, and she would have been grateful and quite pleased. As many people so rightly have said, David Suchet is 'THE Hercule Poirot!'
Viewers can learn more about David Suchet and the series in the Bonus Features included in this set. These take viewers to Agatha Christie's former home and other locations in the series, and offer interviews with Christie's grandson Matthew Prichard as well as the cast and crew. The Bonus Features are informative and enjoyable to watch.
I've read many of the Poirot stories and it was quite enjoyable to see them come alive on screen in such fine productions, and I look forward to reading all of the books and re-watching these films over the coming years.
As to the complete series itself - it covers the entire Poirot lexicon, more or less faithfully. Sets, costuming and performances are uniformly outstanding. Suchet is brilliant but Ustinov just simply has more of that old fashioned star quality charisma for me. The more or less part comes in the writing. Liberties are taken throughout for dramatic or humorous effect with the first half being much lighter than the second. The second half also injects a bit of wokeism; i.e., the introduction of homosexual longings into the 5 Little Pigs episode. Absolutely didn't exist in the book. I doubt such a notion would even have occurred to Christie. In Orient, Poirot is made almost into a Catholic religious fanatic - which he ultimately sets aside in the denouement, making him a bit of a hypocrite. In the Finney movie and the book, Poirot basically leaves the decision up to the train executive as to whether to expose the plot with no crisis of conscience. The latter half is just darker with the drama ramped up and Hastings, Japp and Lemon largely missing. To be fair they largely are also missing from the books. I just prefer the first several seasons for the lighter tone and humor.
I also want to compliment the packaging. Its a three sided box with a flip down front that is captured by the box lid. Never seen that before and really like it. The plastic cases are also very nice, securing the discs without resorting to a deathgrip that leaves you wondering if the disc will crack or come free first.
Overall, a great deal. If they ever come out with a reasonably priced bluray set, I'll definitely upgrade.