“Geraldine McEwan made a success of the part before me, and Marple is such an iconic role, it’s very difficult. “Taking over the role has been bloody awful,” she says, only half-joking. On holiday in New Zealand at the time, Julia has since had time to catch up on the novels of Agatha Christie, having not read anything by the acclaimed crime author before shooting began on A Pocket Full Of Rye, which can be seen on ITV1, tonight. “But there was no time for that, so I just had to read the script and go with my instincts.” “Normally you like to research, work out what you’re going to do with the part and read up,” she says. She says it’s a phrase that took a bit of getting used to, but, as she found out she had the role just 10 days before filming began, all adjustments had to be made very quickly. The flick will appeal to suspense lovers and Agatha Christie novels buffs. Rating : Decent and acceptable, well worth watching. This Tv movie had a former and known rendition directed by Guy Hamilton in 1980 with all-star-cast as Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Rock Hudson, Edward Fox, among others. And finally Agatha Christie's Marple series starred by Geraldine McEwan and Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple. Subsequently in TV was starred by Joan Hickson who played a successful series. Following Angela Lansbury with the film Crack Mirror (1980) by Guy Hamilton became the second actress to play Miss Marple on the big screen, after Lansbury was the fourth if one counts TV where Gracie Fields and Inge Langen also played Marple. Miss Marple was firsly played by Margaret Rutherford who had made the role famous during the 1960s. This Miss Marple episode was efficiently directed by Tom Shankland. Colorful and sunny cinematography by Cinders Forshaw. The movie gets a lush costume design by Sheena Napier and adequate production design by Jeff Tessler. The support cast is pretty good such as Joanna Lumley, Hugh Bonneville, Michele Dotrice, Charlotte Riley, Will Young and special mention for Linsay Duncan as the veteran and bittered actress. In the picture there is mystery, emotion, suspense, actors's interpretations are acceptable and including wonderful outdoors. The film is a detective story in which you are the detective. This movie was made and released about fifty years after Agatha Christie's source novel of the same name was first published in 1962. The plot is plain and simple : A troubled Hollywood star celebrates a party when a fan is fatally poisoned during the garden fête, as Miss Marple to investigate it Who is the killer ?. Together they set about investigating the murder, death threats and jealousy associated with the case. Because of Gregg's celebrity status, Police Superintendent assigns one of his most skilled and discreet investigators, Inspector Hewitt (Hugh Bonneville, prepiously performed by Edward Fox) who is helped by There she met Gregg briefly before her breakdown and being poisoned by a drink apparently meant for the film star. At the reception for the fading film star making a screen comeback, a gushing, pushy fan is poisoned by a drink apparently meant for the actress. Her former husband and his new wife and things go wrong. Mary Mead to Dolly (Joanna Lummley), Miss Marple's best friend and host a reception for the villagers. She is supported by her fifth husband and director of the movie, Jason Rudd ( Nigel Harman, priorly performed by Rock Hudson). Being last lead starring role in a cinema movie for this actress and directed by his husband, she is attempting to make a comeback to play Nefertiti, after being off-screen for many years due to an emotional breakdown and substance abuse. Mary Mead, but their arrival becomes clouded in tragedy. Beautiful and veteran film star Marina Gregg (Lindsay Crouse, and in the classic cinematic version played by Elizabeth Taylor) and her young husband move to St. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side is an entertaining and suspenseful murder crime movie.
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