Studiocanal Set To Release The Agatha Christie Collection On 4K!

Love or hate it, Christmas is coming and Studiocanal has a perfect upcoming release for whodunnit fans. In November will release the Agatha Christie Collection containing four classic film adaptations from the pen of Queen of Crime: Agatha Christie have been restored in 4K.

Essential viewing for any fan of the “whodunit”, the boxset contains three classic Poirot mysteries along with a Miss Marple outing. Available on both 4K UHD and Blu-ray, the 4-disc boxset features a 64-page booklet plus 4 posters of brand-new artwork designed by W$YK. Coming complete with a host of extras material, as part of Studiocanal’s Vintage Classics label.

The four thrilling mysteries feature an array of exotic and globe-spanning locations and an unrivalled cast of the era and will be available to own individually on 4K UHD and Blu-ray on the same day.

Sidney Lumet’s Murder On The Orient Express  stars Albert Finney in his only incarnation as the Belgian sleuth Poirot. Peter Ustinov then exercised his “little grey cells” as Poirot in the subsequent films, Death On The Nile and Evil Under The Sun, and was supported by equally stellar casts that included Jane Birkin and Maggie Smith, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, David Niven, James Mason, Roddy McDowall and Diana Rigg. Finally, everyone’s favourite crime-solving OAP (Angela Lansbury) was promoted from a supporting role in Death On The Nile to centre stage as Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack’d.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974)
Elegant, all-star production introducing Albert Finney as the first screen Hercule Poirot. A no-good American Tycoon lies dead with twelve dagger wounds, but which of the passengers is the guilty party? Includes an Oscar ® winning performance from Ingrid Bergman.
Dir: Sidney Lumet / PG /  106 mins / © 1974 STUDIOCANAL FILMS Ltd

EXTRAS
– NEW Behind the Velvet Curtains: Jacqueline Bisset revisits The Orient Express –
– Interview with Richard Goodwin –
– Audio Interview with Michael York –
-Audio commentary with Howard S. Berger, Steve
Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson –
-Agatha Christie: A Portrait –
-Making ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ –
-Making ‘Murder on the Orient Express’: The Passengers –
– Making ‘Murder on the Orient Express’: The End of the Line –
– Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery –
– Original trailer –

DEATH ON THE NILE (1978)
A visually sumptuous and quintessentially British production, Death on the Nile won an Oscar ® for Anthony Powell’s costume design and introduced Peter Ustinov in his first portrayal as the Belgian detective Poirot. Abroad a luxury Nile steamer a mystery assassin takes the life of an heiress.
Dir: John Guillermin/PG /140 mins / © 1978 STUDIOCANAL FILMS Ltd

EXTRAS
– NEW Sparkling Homicide: A Video Essay by David Cairns –
– Audio commentary with Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell, and Nathaniel Thompson –
– Making Of –
– Interview with Angela Lansbury –
– Interview with costume designer Anthony Powell –
– Interview with Producer Richard Goodwin –
– Interview with Peter Ustinov –
– Interview with Jane Birkin –
– Behind the Scenes stills gallery –
– Costume Designs Gallery –
– Original Trailer –

THE MIRROR CRACK’D (1980)
Angela Lansbury stars as supersleuth Miss Marple who sets about solving a mysterious death in the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead.
Dir: Guy Hamilton/ PG / 105 mins / © 1980 / STUDIOCANAL Films Ltd

EXTRAS
– NEW Reflections on Miss Marple: featuring Jean Kwok, Rian Johnson, Matthew Sweet and Mark Aldridge –
– Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson –
– Interview with screenwriter Barry Sandler –
– Interview with Angela Lansbury –
– Interview with Producer Richard Goodwin –
– Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery –
– Storyboards Gallery –

EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1982)
A star-studded cast heads this Agatha Christie story of one man’s efforts to fathom the mysterious death of a resort hotel in the Mediterranean. Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot.
Dir: Guy Hamilton /PG /  117 mins /© 1981 Titan Productions

EXTRAS
– NEW Back to the Island: Emily Hone remembers Evil Under the Sun –
– NEW Excessive Creatures: A Video Essay by David Cairns –
– Making Of featurette –
– Audio commentary with Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell, and Nathaniel Thompson –
– Interview with costume designer Anthony Powell –
– Interview with screenwriter Barry Sandler –
– Interview with producer Richard Godwin –
– Behind the Scenes stills gallery –
– Costume Designs gallery –
– Original Trailer –
– “The Royal Film Performance 1982: In the Gracious Presence of H. M. the Queen & H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh – At the Odeon Leicester Square –
– Agatha Christie’s “Evil Under the Sun” 1982 featurette –

The Agatha Christie Collection will be released on 24th November. As a 4K Box set and each film individually as part of Studiocanal Vintage Classics range.

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