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Year: 1974
Director: Sidney Lumet
Plot: Like many of Agatha Christie's mysteries, Murder on the Orient Express is predicated on an actual event, in this case the Lindbergh kidnapping. In the movie, everyone on board the Orient Express seems to have concluded that hateful financier Ratchett (Richard Widmark) was behind the abduction and murder of the infant daughter of a famed aviatrix. Thus, when Ratchett is himself found murdered, everyone is suspect. Normally, the police would handle the investigation, but the train has been stalled by a snowslide halfway between Istanbul and Paris. Thus, it's up to the insufferable but brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (an unrecognizable Albert Finney) to activate his "little grey cells" and determine who's guilty. Among the suspects are colorful characters played by Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, Wendy Hiller, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, and Ingrid Bergman, whose performance won her a third Academy Award. (In her acceptance speech, Bergman apologized for her win, insisting that Day for Night's Valentina Cortese deserved the prize.) The first and best in a long line of contemporary Christie adaptations, the film scores on atmosphere, period detail, and richness of characterization. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:07:52 GMTMurder on the Orient Express1974Sidney LumetLike many of Agatha Christie's mysteries, Murder on the Orient Express is predicated on an actual event, in this case the Lindbergh kidnapping. In the movie, everyone on board the Orient Express seems to have concluded that hateful financier Ratchett (<a href="/players/P____76135/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Richard Widmark</a>) was behind the abduction and murder of the infant daughter of a famed aviatrix. Thus, when Ratchett is himself found murdered, everyone is suspect. Normally, the police would handle the investigation, but the train has been stalled by a snowslide halfway between Istanbul and Paris. Thus, it's up to the insufferable but brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (an unrecognizable <a href="/players/P____23545/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Albert Finney</a>) to activate his "little grey cells" and determine who's guilty. Among the suspects are colorful characters played by <a href="/players/P_____3116/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lauren Bacall</a>, <a href="/players/P_____3629/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Martin Balsam</a>, <a href="/players/P_____6361/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jacqueline Bisset</a>, <a href="/players/P____10646/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sean Connery</a>, <a href="/players/P____32374/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Wendy Hiller</a>, <a href="/players/P____26803/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Gielgud</a>, <a href="/players/P___106120/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Anthony Perkins</a>, <a href="/players/P____59206/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Vanessa Redgrave</a>, and <a href="/players/P_____5652/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ingrid Bergman</a>, whose performance won her a third Academy Award. (In her acceptance speech, Bergman apologized for her win, insisting that <a href=/films/42330/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Day for Night</a>'s <a href="/players/P____15148/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Valentina Cortese</a> deserved the prize.) The first and best in a long line of contemporary Christie adaptations, the film scores on atmosphere, period detail, and richness of characterization. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide7Taggedy Taggged (6-10)9143http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t47744smw8l.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express/23606/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Six_Degrees_2/598/32809/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: leeroy711
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Post Date: 7/20/2008 9:13:41 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="Risselada"] Got it in 4. Of course I've only seen two of these movies. I had to do some clicking and guessing around IMDB Max Schreck to Alexander Granach in Nosferatu Alexander Granach to Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls Ingrid Bergman to Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney to Miley Cyrus in Big Fish [/quote] I bow to theee Oh Wise One. I do like how we both used kick-ass European directors to connect ancient to modern. [/quote] The only movie I used with a European director was the very first one, Nosferatu. It's really the actor Alexander Granach who is the main connection. If you look at his list of credits, he apparently made the transition from old Germany to Golden Age Hollywood like a number of European directors did. [/quote] My bad, I read Ingrid, but my mind proccessed Ingmar. I watched The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries this week so he's been on my mind.
]]>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:13:41 GMTleeroy711Movie Games7/20/2008 9:13:41 PM[quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="Risselada"] Got it in 4. Of course I've only seen two of these movies. I had to do some clicking and guessing around IMDB Max Schreck to Alexander Granach in Nosferatu Alexander Granach to Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls Ingrid Bergman to Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney to Miley Cyrus in Big Fish [/quote] I bow to theee Oh Wise One. I do like how we both used kick-ass European directors to connect ancient to modern. [/quote] The only movie I used with a European director was the very first one, Nosferatu. It's really the actor Alexander Granach who is the main connection. If you look at his list of credits, he apparently made the transition from old Germany to Golden Age Hollywood like a number of European directors did. [/quote] My bad, I read Ingrid, but my mind proccessed Ingmar. I watched The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries this week so he's been on my mind. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Six_Degrees_2/598/32804/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 7/20/2008 4:45:16 PM
Body: [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="Risselada"] Got it in 4. Of course I've only seen two of these movies. I had to do some clicking and guessing around IMDB Max Schreck to Alexander Granach in Nosferatu Alexander Granach to Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls Ingrid Bergman to Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney to Miley Cyrus in Big Fish [/quote] I bow to theee Oh Wise One. I do like how we both used kick-ass European directors to connect ancient to modern. [/quote] The only movie I used with a European director was the very first one, Nosferatu. It's really the actor Alexander Granach who is the main connection. If you look at his list of credits, he apparently made the transition from old Germany to Golden Age Hollywood like a number of European directors did.
]]>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:45:16 GMTRisseladaMovie Games7/20/2008 4:45:16 PM[quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="Risselada"] Got it in 4. Of course I've only seen two of these movies. I had to do some clicking and guessing around IMDB Max Schreck to Alexander Granach in Nosferatu Alexander Granach to Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls Ingrid Bergman to Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney to Miley Cyrus in Big Fish [/quote] I bow to theee Oh Wise One. I do like how we both used kick-ass European directors to connect ancient to modern. [/quote] The only movie I used with a European director was the very first one, Nosferatu. It's really the actor Alexander Granach who is the main connection. If you look at his list of credits, he apparently made the transition from old Germany to Golden Age Hollywood like a number of European directors did. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Six_Degrees_2/598/32781/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: leeroy711
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Post Date: 7/20/2008 12:53:49 AM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] Got it in 4. Of course I've only seen two of these movies. I had to do some clicking and guessing around IMDB Max Schreck to Alexander Granach in Nosferatu Alexander Granach to Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls Ingrid Bergman to Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney to Miley Cyrus in Big Fish [/quote] I bow to theee Oh Wise One. I do like how we both used kick-ass European directors to connect ancient to modern.
]]>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:53:49 GMTleeroy711Movie Games7/20/2008 12:53:49 AM[quote user="Risselada"] Got it in 4. Of course I've only seen two of these movies. I had to do some clicking and guessing around IMDB Max Schreck to Alexander Granach in Nosferatu Alexander Granach to Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls Ingrid Bergman to Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney to Miley Cyrus in Big Fish [/quote] I bow to theee Oh Wise One. I do like how we both used kick-ass European directors to connect ancient to modern. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Six_Degrees_2/598/32745/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 7/18/2008 6:16:37 PM
Body: [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="magrebi"] Ok, this one might be a bit more difficult. Max Scherck from Nosferatu TO Miley Cyrus from Hanna Montana [/quote] Max Scherk to Brigitte Helm in Am Rande der WeltBrigitte Helm to Fritz Lang in MetropolisFritz Lang to Glenn Ford in The Big HeatGlenn Ford to Robert Wagner in MidwayRobert Wagner to Woody Harrelson in Play It To The BoneWoody Harrelson to Miley Cyrus in upcoming Bolt I would reeeeeeaaaaly like to see someone take a different route and do this one in less than 6. That was just ridiculous.[/quote] Got it in 4. Of course I've only seen two of these movies. I had to do some clicking and guessing around IMDB Max Schreck to Alexander Granach in Nosferatu Alexander Granach to Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls Ingrid Bergman to Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney to Miley Cyrus in Big Fish
]]>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:16:37 GMTRisseladaMovie Games7/18/2008 6:16:37 PM[quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="magrebi"] Ok, this one might be a bit more difficult. Max Scherck from Nosferatu TO Miley Cyrus from Hanna Montana [/quote] Max Scherk to Brigitte Helm in Am Rande der WeltBrigitte Helm to Fritz Lang in MetropolisFritz Lang to Glenn Ford in The Big HeatGlenn Ford to Robert Wagner in MidwayRobert Wagner to Woody Harrelson in Play It To The BoneWoody Harrelson to Miley Cyrus in upcoming Bolt I would reeeeeeaaaaly like to see someone take a different route and do this one in less than 6. That was just ridiculous.[/quote] Got it in 4. Of course I've only seen two of these movies. I had to do some clicking and guessing around IMDB Max Schreck to Alexander Granach in Nosferatu Alexander Granach to Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls Ingrid Bergman to Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express Albert Finney to Miley Cyrus in Big Fish http://www.spout.com/blogs/jj79/archive/2008/6/9/30909.aspx Post By: JJ79
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Body: Released: November 24, 1974Director: Sidney Lumet*****After two previous Agatha Christie movie adaptations-The Mirror Crack'd (1980) and Death on the Nile (1978)-failed to win me over, I should have known Murder on the Orient Express, arguably her most famous novel, would leave a sour taste in my mouth.It did, despite knowing I should love this film in all its glory. The all star cast (Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Vanessa Redgrave, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins) acting on largely one set based on a popular who-dun-it novel...but the proceedings are boring. Nothing happens to keep the audience with the story revolving around a murder mystery on board the famous train. To make matters even worse, it seems as though every actor was told to speak "English"--not American English, but British English, making every bit of dialogue difficult to understand. And this is a dialogue-driven movie; without it, the audience is lost.It's no spoiler to say that the mystery gets resolved in the 128 minute running time (yes, over two hours). Conveniently, because there is a ticking clock on Poirot and the passengers. By the time the clock gets to zero, the audience desperately wants something to blow up.
]]>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:01:26 GMTJJ79JJ79 Blog6/9/2008 12:01:26 PMReleased: November 24, 1974Director: Sidney Lumet*****After two previous Agatha Christie movie adaptations-The Mirror Crack'd (1980) and Death on the Nile (1978)-failed to win me over, I should have known Murder on the Orient Express, arguably her most famous novel, would leave a sour taste in my mouth.It did, despite knowing I should love this film in all its glory. The all star cast (Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Vanessa Redgrave, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Perkins) acting on largely one set based on a popular who-dun-it novel...but the proceedings are boring. Nothing happens to keep the audience with the story revolving around a murder mystery on board the famous train. To make matters even worse, it seems as though every actor was told to speak "English"--not American English, but British English, making every bit of dialogue difficult to understand. And this is a dialogue-driven movie; without it, the audience is lost.It's no spoiler to say that the mystery gets resolved in the 128 minute running time (yes, over two hours). Conveniently, because there is a ticking clock on Poirot and the passengers. By the time the clock gets to zero, the audience desperately wants something to blow up. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Classic/MemberTagFilms.aspxClassic
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