Death on the Nile (1978)

The Worst Film Ever

Simply Perfect

best movie i've ever seen.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

A later super-popular Agatha Christie adaptation, Death on the Nile (1978), hails from that wonderful period when multi-star movies were all the rage, both with producers and movie-goers. This one assembles a really outstanding cast, including Peter Ustinov and David Niven as the detectives, and the richly rewarding Mia Farrow, plus Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, George Kennedy, Maggie Smith, Jack Warden, Lois Chiles, etc, as the potential victims. No-one seems to have noticed that Miss Christie uses exactly the same plot device (admittedly with a cleverly convincing variation) that she employed in "And Then There Were None". Not that these quibbles matter very much when we moviegoers are treated to this opulently-filmed-on-location exercise in high-budget entertainment. The Anchor Bay DVD rates 10/10 with me. And it also carries some admirable extras.

Movie Review: "Death On The Nile" (1978)Screenwriter Anthony Shaffer (1926-2001) presents a solid adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel "Death On The Nile" first published on November 1st 1937. Competent director John Guillermin (1925-2015) looks good with support of John Cardiff's cinematography, building the atmosphere needed to keep the audience guessing "Whodunit" the murder of a rich aristocratic woman Madame Ridgeway, lavishly portrayed by actress Lois Chiles at the age of thirty.The motive of the murder as before in "Murder On The Orient Express" (1974) directed by Sidney Lumet has been well-interweaved onto any appearing character of another ensemble cast, which the exchanged leading actor from Albert Finney to the fifteen-year older Peter Ustinov (1921-2004), who convinces as an eating, drinking, smoking, at times resting and sharp-combining comic beating character version of Hercule Poirot. Nevertheless the hostile-to-striking appearance of Albert Finney in costume cannot be resembled.The second screen assignment of the character of Hercule Poirot delivers in terms of his throughout strong female cast performances, where actress Mia Farrow creates a shady mystic game of a charade as Jacqueline De Bellefort, who infiltrates the character of Madame Ridgeway as a servant friend, before losing her firstly introduced financée, the weakly cast character of Simon Doyle, to the rich-inherited Madame Ridgeway. Miss De Bellefort pursue the newly married couple to the top of the Egyptian pyramids to the Honeymoon suit on the title-given steamer ship, which in retrospective has an extraordinary mystical touch concerning the needs-to-resolved tri-angle story.Hercule Poirot surrounded by death traps on and off ship, with poisoned red wines, falling massive stones from Egyptian temple ruins to a mounting Cobra serpent in the bathroom ready to strike with deadly venom. If this was not enough to accelerate through a 135 minute vintage movie, Poirot gets a side-kick character on his flashback streaming encounters of all passengers in shape of actor David Niven (1910-1983) performing as Colonel Race. Together they are unable to still the show from dark-humour-living female couple Maggie Smith & Bette Davis, who has a fable for the Madame Ridgeway's unique set of pearls, but are they tempting enough to commit the murder?In a presuming sequel with reprising actor Kenneth Branagh as the character of Hercule Poirot for a June 7th 2019 event movie release, the stake could not be higher. The direction for a remake of the 1970s classic needs to be overhauled in terms of making Hercule Poirot even and agile, fitting to meet a erotica-striking cast of actresses surrounding high society transforming actress Jennifer Lawrence in the role of Madame Linnet Ridgeway, who marries the character of Simon Doyle, first in mind casting actor Ryan Gosling and mystique dark side encountering performance by actress Saoirse Ronan in order to name a few for an international audience meeting high-tension thriller it needs to be.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

It's happened on Saturday evening,l and my new girl were at Theatre's door to see "The Graduate" but my girlfriend was under sixteen and it didn't able to see this blamed movie just for mature audiences,well so we had to made another choice nearby "Death on the Nile" so clever Agatha Christie's adaptation to screen,so yesterday l asking to my wife if her had some remembering about this movie which we are about to see on DVD...and she waited a few minutes and.....remember everything!!Well this case shows how cinema is important for those whose fiction mix to real life forever!!! Resume: First watch: 1980 / How many: 4 / Source: Theatre-TV-DVD / Rating: 8.5

There's nothing I enjoy more than spending a lazy Sunday afternoon watching an overlong and bombastic '70s movie with an all-star cast and a compelling but nevertheless simplistic plot! Disaster movies qualify perfectly for this, the Irwin Allen kind for example, but I learned that also the Agatha Christie adaptations provide terrific weekend entertainment. In terms of cast & crew, this movie is like a dream come true. John Guillermin ("The Towering Inferno") directs a splendid ensemble cast including great names in the final years of their amazing careers (like Peter Ustinov, David Niven and Bette Davis), timeless and always reliable performers (like George Kennedy, Jack Warden and Angela Lansbury) as well as new and contemporary popular actors and actresses (like Mia Farrow, Lois Chiles, Olivia Hussey and Jane Birkin). With an awesome cast like that, I don't even mind if the script would be inferior, but still it's a more than adequate and absorbing – albeit occasionally tedious – interpretation of one of Christie's more commonly known murder mysteries. Largely taking place on a luxurious cruise ship on the Egyptian Nile during the 1930s, we follow the beautiful but slightly obnoxious young heiress Linnet Ridgeway on her honeymoon with the hunky Simon Doyle. The two newlyweds can't fully enjoy their holiday, since they're aggressively being stalked by Simon's ex-fiancée Jackie, and it's also becomes abundantly clear that pretty much every other passenger on the ship has a feud with Linnet and openly threatens to kill her. Luckily the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is on board of the cruise as well, so when Linnet's body does get found, murdered with a bullet through her brains, he can provide some bright clarification in the complex murder investigation. What ensues is a delicious whodunit mystery with numerous culprit options (literally everyone in the cast is allowed to kill Linnet in turns when Poirot recites his hypothetical murder theories) and dazzlingly far-fetched deductions. Although it has to be said that Hercule Poirot's accusations are almost always based on passengers' conversations that he overheard previously during the journey. This man must have astonishing hearing skills and eavesdropping capacities, as he mostly was yards away from the conversations but somehow he still overheard them! As the mysterious puzzle slowly solves itself, a couple more bloody and sadistic murders are committed and the whole thing ends with a traditional and fascinating Hercule Poirot lecture in the salon. Fantastic stuff! The filming locations and scenery are breathtaking, the performances are all flawless – although I personally prefer Albert Finney in the Poirot role rather than Peter Ustinov – and Guillermin's direction is steady and highly professional. This particular Agatha Christie adaptation is perhaps not as unforgettable or mesmerizing as "Murder on the Orient Express" or the 1945 version of "And then there were none", but it's great entertainment and must-see material for fans of the author, the genre and nostalgic 70s cinema.