"Agatha Christie: Poirot" Death on the Nile (2004)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Andy Wilson

Writers:

Agatha Christie (novel)
Kevin Elyot (screenplay) ...
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TV Series:

"Agatha Christie: Poirot" (1989)

Original Air Date:

12 April 2004 (Season 9, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

A wealthy British heiress honeymooning on a Nile cruise ship is stalked by a former friend, whose boyfriend she had stolen before making him her new husband.

Plot Keywords:

Egypt | Hercule Poirot | Murder | Detective | French Maid

Cast

David Suchet	...	Hercule Poirot
James Fox	...	Colonel Race
Emma Griffiths Malin	...	Jacqueline De Bellefort (as Emma Malin)
JJ Feild	...	Simon Doyle
Emily Blunt	...	Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle
Judy Parfitt	...	Miss Van Schuyler
Daisy Donovan	...	Cornelia Robson
Barbara Flynn	...	Mrs. Allerton
Daniel Lapaine	...	Tim Allerton
David Soul	...	Andrew Pennington
Frances de la Tour	...	Salome Otterbourne (as Frances De La Tour)
Zoe Telford	...	Rosalie Otterbourne
Alastair Mackenzie	...	Mr.Ferguson
Steve Pemberton	...	Dr. Bessner
George Yiasoumi	...	Cruise Manager
Elodie Kendall	...	Joanna Southwood
Félicité Du Jeu	...	Louise Bourget

Directed by
Andy Wilson

Writing credits
Agatha Christie		(novel "Death on the Nile")
Kevin Elyot		(screenplay)
Kevin Elyot		dramatisation

Produced by
Michele Buck	....	executive producer
Phil Clymer	....	executive producer
Delia Fine	....	executive producer
Leila Kirkpatrick	....	line producer
Fiona McGuire	....	executive producer
Margaret Mitchell	....	producer
Emilio Nunez	....	supervising producer
David Suchet	....	associate producer
Damien Timmer	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christopher Gunning

Cinematography by
Martin Fuhrer

Film Editing by
John Mayes

Casting by
Maureen Duff
Gail Stevens

Production Design by
Michael Pickwoad

Art Direction by
Malcolm Stone

Makeup Department
Carli Mather	....	makeup artist
Sian Turner	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Giles Butler	....	second assistant director
Robert Fabbri	....	first assistant director
Jessica Hurles-Laws	....	third assistant director (as Jessica Hurles)

Art Department
Dougie Lankston	....	dressing prop/storeman

Sound Department
Tony Jackson	....	sound recordist
Mike Reardon	....	boom operator
Charlotte Gray	....	sound trainee (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Melissa Butler Adams	....	digital compositor
Alan Church	....	visual effects supervision
Adam Gascoyne	....	effects compositing supervisor
Simon Giles	....	visual effects supervision
Simon Hughes	....	digital compositor: CLEAR
David J. Zimmerman	....	data operator: CLEAR

Stunts
Ray Donn	....	stunt double: David Suchet

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Green	....	focus puller
Phil Penfold	....	best boy

Casting Department
William Davies	....	casting assistant
Claire Saunders	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jason Gill	....	costume assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Anya Dillon	....	assistant editor
Simon Giblin	....	on-line editor
Judd Watts	....	post-production facilities coordinator: Pepper (as Oly Watts)

Other crew
Emily Chittell	....	production assistant
Elton Farla	....	unit medic
Maureen O'Farrell	....	choreographer
Sami Rafe	....	location manager: Egypt
Lawrence Stevens	....	floor runner
Derek Wax	....	script executive

Sound Department
Lionel Strutt	....	adr mixer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leonie Barker	....	wardrobe mistress

Other crew
Mark Albela	....	location manager
Daren Thomas	....	location runner

Production Companies

• A&E Television Networks
• London Weekend Television (LWT)
• Granada Television
• Chorion
• Agatha Christie
• Carnival Films

Distributors

• London Weekend Television (LWT) (2004) (UK) (TV)
• Granada Media (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• A&E Television Networks (2004) (USA) (TV)
• A&E Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• New Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Malavasi Editore (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL8)

Other Companies

• Pepper Post Production  post-production facilities

Runtime:

Finland:98 min | USA:97 min (DVD)

Country:

UK

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Netherlands:6 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Eltham Palace, Court Road, Eltham, London, England, UK

Company:

A&E Television Networks

Trivia:

The cruiser Karnak used in this production is the same cruiser used in the 1978 film version, Death on the Nile (1978).

Quotes:

Ferguson: [to Poirot] Quite a field day for you, isn't it? Everyone dropping like flies!

Movie Connections:

Version of Death on the Nile (1978)

A little disappointing

As another reviewer has pointed out we all know who dies, why, and who kills them. Therefore I won't go into that. I'll only say that I was pretty disappointed in the overall quality of the movie. I found it rather brooding and ponderous. I felt that everyone was trying to create a serious work. Ech. I found the entire production rather oppressive. These are people on holiday yet no one smiles at any time. Where's the old clever and wryly humorous Poirot? I still love this series. The use of the art deco settings and the rather jaded and decadent characters is always a pleasure to watch. The Egyptian scenery is truly breathtaking. My real problem is that I didn't really like or care about any of these characters.