Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 3
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Actor: David Suchet, Hugh Frasier, Philip JacksonBrand: Acorn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 459 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-05-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Product features:
- Approx. 459 Minutes
DVD Reviews of Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 3
DVD Review: Le bon Dieu this is the set to get, Set 3 of 3, quelle honte!
Summary: 5 Stars
... and get everyone like it that you can (all of three sets only). If you are the lover of David Suchet's Poirot, as I am, this dvd collection is the one to start off with - accept no others.
An annoying habit of the market is to put out a "dvd collection" that is a few paltry episodes or bits of a series. Later ... WHAM!! ... the whole series or a newly configured set comes out, and you're angrier than a monkey with its tail burned off.
This dvd set is not like that. It is packed with episodes, among them the elusive "Chocolate Box", one of my most favorite Poirot adventures of all. Sadly, at present only two other of these boxed sets are available:
"Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection" - Set 1, Set 2, Set 3 and alas, no more - plus, each set is sold separately. Try not to go out on a limb with other collections unless you know them well, or unless the collection contains a film you particularly love, as this set contains one I particularly love.
These sets are not the only collections that have the original hour-long A&E Channel Poirot series, and there are other sets containing the two-hour specials. Not to mention the collection of the newer films from circa 1999 to 2010 (I have yet to see DEATH ON THE NILE which was promised back in 2010, but has never been shown on TV; I have enjoyed EVIL UNDER THE SUN which was as dark as can be, vid. my review).
So be very careful choosing sets - though this particular set is in a silver box, one clue to help you besides using the full, correct titles of these sets is that they come in metallic, brightly-hued boxes. Set 1 is copper/dark orange, Set 2 is gold/yellow and Set 3 is, as you see, silver/grey. (If they ever do a Set 4 my guess is the box will be platinum/white.)
Best thing to do here at Amazon is enter the FULL TITLE as shown on box and in this review - use the color as a guide also, but select these sets carefully.
There is a very fine (but even more paltry) collection of Suchet-Poirot films, but it very nearly copies these Sets in its trade dress. Not a bad set - it is the "Movie Collection" as opposed to this Set of "Classic Collection" - but it's NOT THIS SET. You'd be disappointed if you are an original series fan and want to start collecting the original A&E hour-long series. This other set consists of the 2-hour movie classics, and believe me, they are as confusing and horrifying as the open sea - to those who do not know how to navigate!
One thing is certain: at this price and with this set which I think totals over 1,500 minutes of pure Poirot pleasure, you'll feel tres bien ... et tres jolie! A good organized set and good bargain, when you consider the not-so-complete DVD set retails around $250 or so ....
Description of Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 3
DAVID SUCHET plays the impeccably turned-out Belgian sleuth in these nine stories, originally produced for British television and based on the fiction of Dame Agatha Christie. Set in the art deco elegance of 1930s Europe, the series also stars Hugh Fraser as Poirot?s affable assistant Captain Hastings, Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp, and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon.
The Episodes
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
The Underdog
Yellow Iris
The Case of the Missing Will
The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
The Chocolate Box
Dead Man?s Mirror
Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE biographies of Agatha Christie and David Suchet, cast filmographies, and Agatha Christie materials.
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