Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - A Murder is Announced
2004
A murder is announced in the local newspaper in Chipping Cleghorn and everyone turns up at Little Paddocks at the appointed time. Then the lights go out and Letitia Blacklock is shot at and the man is found shot in the doorway. Miss Marple helps investigate the crime. Read more
| Starring | Geraldine McEwan, Zoe Wanamaker, Alexander Armstrong, Elaine Page |
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| Director | John Strickland |
| Genres | Drama, Television |
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - A Murder is Announced
A murder is announced in the local newspaper in Chipping Cleghorn and everyone turns up at Little Paddocks at the appointed time. Then the lights go out and Letitia Blacklock is shot at and the man is found shot in the doorway. Miss Marple helps investigate the crime.
| Starring | Geraldine McEwan, Zoe Wanamaker, Alexander Armstrong, Elaine Page, Virginia McKenna, Frances Barber, Keeley Hawes, Matthew Goode |
|---|---|
| Director | John Strickland |
| Studio | GRANADA VENTURES LTD |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Television |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 14 Mar 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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A different take on Miss Marple
I am a huge fan of Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.
Geraldine gives us a different (no less valid) version of the character. She doesn't play her just for laughs in the way that Margaret Rutherford did
This Jane Marple has a past. She is more flirtatious. She has a sparkle in her voice to go with the twinkle in her eyes.
Just because Olivier played Hamlet does that mean that no other actor should attempt the character? I don't think so.
O.k. the plots have been tinkered with but it made me enjoy the stories again and see some new possibilities.
Give Geraldine and some truly stellar supporting casts a chance and you may be pleasantly surprised. -
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A Great Story
Okay so this DVD in terms of the story differs a little from the original and Geraldine McEwan doesn't play Marple in the same straight sombre way Joan Hickson did...
But who cares ?
It's a great story well acted by McEwan and the supporting cast including a delightful Zoe Wanamaker and a surprisingly good cameo from Catherine Tate pre her Doctor Who Donna role.
Frankly I like the McEwan Marple, she's spirited, fiesty, amusing and she shows in the role that Marple has a passionate romantic side. That differs from the way Hickson played, which although at times sublime, was I felt a little grey and too straight.
Go and rent this if you like whodunnits and Christie, it doesn't disappoint and I even solved it myself - which is a first !! -
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - A Murder is Announced
A murder is announced in the local newspaper in Chipping Cleghorn and everyone turns up at Little Paddocks at the appointed time. Then the lights go out and Letitia Blacklock is shot at and the man is found shot in the doorway. Miss Marple helps investigate the crime....
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