{"id":17213,"date":"2017-11-21T22:27:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T06:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=17213"},"modified":"2017-12-19T22:41:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T06:41:53","slug":"review-best-of-agatha-christie-dvds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/11\/review-best-of-agatha-christie-dvds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of Agatha Christie: Volumes One and Two DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Although some of these were released on Blu-ray (as well as DVD), if you didn\u2019t already own these, The Best of Agatha Christie<\/em> sets are well worth picking up especially if you like the author\u2019s adaptations.<\/p>\n

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The Best of Agatha Christie: Volumes One & Two<\/span>
\n(2003-2016)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Mystery, Crime, Drama
\nRLJ Entertainment | NR \u2013 382 min. \/ 307 min. \u2013 $22.97\/ea. | November 14, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 11\/21\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Various
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Agatha Christie
\nCast: <\/strong>Charles Dance, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Stirling, Toby Stephens, Aidan Gillen, Emily Blunt, Kim Cattrall, Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough, David Suchet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Interviews
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>4 (2 each)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 5.1\/2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ABOUT THESE RELEASES
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RLJ has re-released 6 TV movies based off of Agatha Christie\u2019s books obviously to tie into the new Murder on the Orient Express<\/em> adaptation. Each volume contains three movies:<\/p>\n

Volume One:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • And Then There Were None<\/em> \u2014 On the brink of WWII, 10 strangers are invited to an isolated island \u2014 and by the end of the night, the first of them is dead.<\/li>\n
  • Five Little Pigs<\/em> \u2014 Fourteen years after Caroline Crate is executed for murdering her husband, Lucy Crate asks Poirot to prove her mother\u2019s innocence.<\/li>\n
  • Death on the Nile<\/em> \u2014 Poirot intervenes when a jilted woman harasses a newlywed couple, but their honeymoon river cruise turns deadly nonetheless.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Volume Two:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • The Witness for the Prosecution<\/em> \u2014 When a heiress is brutally murdered, all the evidence points to her young lover. But he insists to his solicitor that his wife can prove his innocence.<\/li>\n
    • Three Act Tragedy<\/em> \u2014 After guests at successive dinner parties mysteriously drop dead, Poirot teams up with an old friend to find the killer.<\/li>\n
    • Hallowe\u2019en Party<\/em> \u2014 Crime novelist Ariadne calls Poirot to investigate the macabre murder of a young girl at a children\u2019s costume party.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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      SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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      Both sets come with a slip cover<\/strong>. The Witness for the Prosecution<\/em> is the only movie to have any features, with a set of Interviews<\/u><\/strong> and two Featurettes<\/u><\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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      VIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5, AUDIO \u2013 3.0\/5
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      All six movies are presented with a 16×9 enhanced widescreen 1.78 aspect ratio and come with Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 tracks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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      OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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      Although some of these were released on Blu-ray (as well as DVD), if you didn\u2019t already own these, The Best of Agatha Christie<\/em> sets are well worth picking up especially if you like the author\u2019s adaptations. Unfortunately, only one movie comes with features…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Although some of these were released on Blu-ray (as well as DVD), if you didn\u2019t already own these, The Best of Agatha Christie sets are well worth picking up especially if you like the author\u2019s adaptations.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[1072,3606,1502,5755,669,2824,1146,3009],"class_list":["post-17213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-aidan-gillen","tag-andrea-riseborough","tag-charles-dance","tag-david-suchet","tag-emily-blunt","tag-miranda-richardson","tag-sam-neill","tag-toby-stephens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17213"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17215,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17213\/revisions\/17215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}