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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781569383629
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1569383626
Label: Acorn Media Publishing
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglishUnknownDolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: Acorn Media Publishing
MPN: 3626
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Acorn Media Publishing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 08, 2000
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Acorn Media Publishing
Theatrical Release Date: 1992

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
The locked-room murder mystery takes flight in this adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel Death in the Clouds. A poison dart gun, aristocratic blackmail, and the unexpected appearance (and disappearance) of the murder victim's illegitimate daughter add an exotic flavor to a story that is perfectly complemented by David Suchet as the world-famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. His European manners and unconventional investigating methods provide a delightful foil to Chief Inspector Japp's straightforward Scotland Yard manner. Death in the Clouds also features some of the most lavish scenery of any of the Poirot mysteries: aerial shots of English fields and the white cliffs of Dover, as well as elegant art deco interiors and the increasingly implausible hats worn by the female characters. It all culminates in a classic drawing room "whodunit" scene that Suchet handles so masterfully it never descends into cliché.

The DVD transfer contains some minor compression artifacts but on the whole has excellent picture and sound quality. Special features include biographies of David Suchet and Agatha Christie, Poirot trivia questions, a filmography of all the Poirot Mystery! episodes, and a link to the official Agatha Christie Web site. --Larisa Lomacky Moore

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- GREAT!!!!!!!
Like always Poirot rocks!!!!!

Very Nice, well done, the plot is wonderfull, the acting too.

Go Poirot !!!

Rating:

- The STEWARDESS did it!! Or did she??
+++++

I watched this movie without reading the 1935 Dame Agatha Christie novel that it is based on. I'm glad I did this! Why? Because it forced me to really watch the movie in order to try and deduce who the murderer was.

As a brief synopsis, the murder takes place on a plane in flight and involves an insect (wasp) as well as a poison dart. Also on the plane is (you guessed it) the great sleuth himself, Hercule Poirot (David Suchet). The actual murder takes place "not ... Read More

Rating:

- Nostalgic more than anything else, and a great mystery!
I saw this with my mother on DVD ($12.99 at Sam's Club, believe it or not!) and we both enjoyed it immensely. Even my 11-year-old sister liked it (I'm 14). The scenery in this one is wonderful - Mom commented on the white cliffs of Dover. (What are those made out of, anyway? Salt? Limestone?) As usual, I read the book first and liked it a lot, but I loved the movie!

As the plot centers around a murder that takes place on a plane not three feet over from a sleeping Hercule Poirot (who ... Read More

Rating:

- The Prettiest Poirot
One of my favorites in the "Poirot" series, "Death in the Clouds" nonetheless significantly alters the story of Christie's novel. While some of the changes are the inevitable result of condensation and simplification, the most noticeable seem to have been made more with an eye to drawing attention to the show's period reconstruction. That is what I find personally appealing about the adaptation, the fastidious style, as immaculately turned out as Poirot himself. The style is perhaps more perfectly realized ... Read More

Rating:

- One of My favorite Books
Death In The Clouds was always one of my favorite of Christie's books, and while I really enjoyed this, I thought it wasn't as good as adaptation as many of the others, such as ABC Murders. But don't get me wrong, I loved it, and the story is great! To me it just wasn't quite as good as some of the other adaptaions. Usually I don't prefer the books over the movies, they're both good. But for once, I prefer the book.

Again, I still loved it and thought that Poirot and Japp did very good jobs in their ... Read More

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