Lois Chiles Tod Auf Dem Nil
| Expiry on the Nile | |
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| Directed by | John Guillermin |
| Screenplay past | Anthony Shaffer |
| Based on | Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie |
| Produced by |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited past | Malcolm Cooke |
| Music past | Nino Rota |
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| Distributed past | EMI Distributors |
| Release dates |
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| Running fourth dimension | 140 minutes |
| State | United kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.92[ane]–8 million[2] |
| Box function | $14.6 1000000 (U.South.) [3] |
Death on the Nile is a 1978 British mystery flick based on Agatha Christie'southward 1937 novel of the same proper name, directed past John Guillermin and adapted by Anthony Shaffer.[4] The film features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, played by Peter Ustinov for the outset time, plus an all-star supporting cast that includes Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Jane Birkin, David Niven, George Kennedy, and Jack Warden. The pic is a follow-up to the 1974 moving picture Murder on the Orient Express.
It takes identify in Egypt in 1937, mostly on a period paddle steamer on the Nile. Diverse famous Aboriginal Egyptian sights are featured in the film, such every bit the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and temples at Abu Simbel and Karnak, sometimes out of sequence (the boat trip scenes start at Aswan, move downstream to Karnak, and and then shift upstream to Abu Simbel).
Death on the Nile won the Academy Accolade for Best Costume Pattern at the 51st Academy Awards.
Plot [edit]
Wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway agrees to hire her friend Jacqueline "Jackie" de Bellefort's unemployed fiancé, Simon Doyle as her estate managing director. Shortly after, Linnet and Simon ally afterward a whirlwind courting. While honeymooning in Egypt, they are continually stalked and hounded by the jilted Jackie. To evade her, the Doyles pretend to go to the Aswan railway station before backtracking to board a Nile paddle steamer, the S.S. Karnak. Likewise in Arab republic of egypt is detective Hercule Poirot, who volition slowly acquire about the situation.
During an on-shore excursion to the Temple of Karnak, a large rock is pushed off a pillar and narrowly misses the Doyles. The couple is shocked when Jackie joins the cruise, having ignored detective Hercule Poirot'due south communication to stay away. Jackie likewise reveals that she carries a pocket-sized .22 quotient pistol and is a crack shot. That evening, Jackie confronts Simon in a drunken rage and shoots him in the leg, then is escorted away. The next morning time, Linnet is found dead from a gunshot wound to the head. The letter "J" written in claret on the wall above her bed implicates Jackie, but she has a solid alibi as Miss Bowers sedated her with morphia and watched her all nighttime.
Poirot and his friend, Colonel Race, investigate. They detect that numerous passengers had motives to kill Linnet: Louise Bourget, Linnet'south maid, was bitter that her mistress refused a promised dowry; Andrew Pennington, Linnet's American trustee, was embezzling from her; Mrs. van Schuyler, an elderly American socialite and a kleptomania, wanted Linnet's pearl necklace; van Schuyler'due south nurse, Miss Bowers, blamed Linnet's father for financially ruining her family; Salome Otterbourne, a romance novelist, was being sued past Linnet for libel; Mrs. Otterbourne'southward daughter, Rosalie, wanted to protect her female parent from financial ruin; Jim Ferguson, an outspoken Communist, resented Linnet's wealth; and Dr. Ludwig Bessner, a Swiss psychiatrist, faced Linnet exposing his unorthodox treatments that harmed some of her friends.
Soon afterward, the coiffure pulls a pocket-sized bundle from the Nile. The missing pistol is wrapped in Mrs. van Schuyler's stole, which has a small-scale bullet hole. There is also a blood-stained handkerchief and a marble ashtray used as a weight. When Linnet's pearl jewelry is missing, Mrs. van Schuyler denies taking them. Before long later, the necklace is constitute on Linnet's body, causing Poirot to deduce Mrs van Schuyler "returned" them.
While Poirot and Race conduct their investigation, Louise Bourget is found expressionless, her throat slit with Dr. Bessner'due south scalpel, and a fragment of a banknote clutched in her hand. Poirot deduces she saw the murderer exiting Linnet's cabin and extorted coin for her silence. Salome Otterbourne claims she saw Louise'southward murderer and is almost to tell Poirot and Race when she is shot through an open cabin door with Pennington's revolver, which is too large to take been used on Linnet.
Poirot gathers everyone in the saloon and reveals that Simon killed Linnet, with Jackie as his accomplice and the plot's mastermind. She pretended to shoot Simon, cartoon attention to herself. After running to Linnet'southward motel and shooting her, Simon, returning to the saloon, shot himself in the leg, using Mrs. van Schuyler'due south stole every bit a silencer. He and so replaced the empty cartridges with a new one should the gun exist found. Wrapping the gun in the stole, along with a marble ashtray and the supposed blood-stained handkerchief, he threw the items out the open window, into the Nile. Jackie later killed Louise, who was blackmailing Simon because she witnessed him enter Linnet's motel, then killed Mrs. Otterbourne, who saw Jackie exiting Louise's cabin. The plan was that Simon would kill Linnet, inherit her money, and, at a later date, marry his old love.
When Simon claims Poirot has no proof, Poirot claims that the constabulary tin practice a gunshot residual test known equally a "moulage" test on both him and Jacqueline. Realizing they are caught, Jackie confesses and embraces Simon. Poirot of a sudden realizes she has reclaimed her pistol but cannot prevent her from fatally shooting Simon so herself.
The passengers depart at the adjacent port, and Poirot is congratulated for his piece of work.
Cast [edit]
- Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
- Jane Birkin as Louise Bourget
- Lois Chiles as Linnet Ridgeway Doyle
- Bette Davis as Marie Van Schuyler
- Mia Farrow equally Jacqueline de Bellefort
- Jon Finch as James Ferguson
- Olivia Hussey as Rosalie Otterbourne
- George Kennedy every bit Andrew Pennington
- Angela Lansbury as Salome Otterbourne
- Simon MacCorkindale as Simon Doyle
- David Niven as Colonel Race
- Maggie Smith every bit Miss Bowers
- Jack Warden equally Dr. Bessner
- I. S. Johar as Mr. Choudhury
- Harry Andrews as Barnstaple
- Sam Wanamaker as Rockford
- Celia Imrie as a maid (uncredited)
- Saeed Jaffrey as a retainer on the Karnak (uncredited)
Production [edit]
Evolution [edit]
EMI Films had scored a huge success in 1974 with a film version of Murder on the Orient Express, and wanted a follow-up. The movie was made during a period of expansion for EMI Films nether Michael Deeley and Barry Spikings, who were increasingly aiming at the international market with films like The Deer Hunter and Convoy. Death on the Nile was a more traditionally British flick.[v]
The director, John Guillermin, had just made two blockbusters, The Towering Inferno and King Kong.[half-dozen]
Casting [edit]
Albert Finney played Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Limited, but did not wish to undergo the heavy make-upwards required for Poirot in the Egyptian dominicus. The producers felt if they could non get Finney they should go in a totally different management and picked Peter Ustinov. "Poirot is a grapheme part if ever there was one", said producer Goodwin, "and Peter is a top graphic symbol player."[7]
An all-star cast was employed. This was Jane Birkin's first British motion picture in a decade.[8]
Filming [edit]
The production spent seven weeks on location in Egypt in late 1977. Four weeks filming were on the steamer Karnak (the historic ship SS Memnon) and the rest at places such every bit Aswan, Abu Simbel, Luxor, and Cairo. Almost of the time the ship was conveyed by smaller boats and the engines turned off, because they were so loud that they disrupted filming.[9] Desert filming required makeup call at 4 a.one thousand. and shooting at 6 a.thou. to accommodate a ii-hour delay around noon when temperatures hovered near 54 °C (130 °F). Bette Davis wryly commented "In the older days, they'd have built the Nile for you lot. Nowadays, films have get travelogues and actors stuntmen."[x] [11]
John Guillermin commented that the Egyptian authorities was supportive of the film because at that place were so many Agatha Christie fans in the country, and the story "was unpolitical".[12]
During the shoot, troubles arose every bit no hotel reservations had been fabricated for the coiffure. They were shifted from hotel to hotel, sometimes on a daily footing. Director Guillermin never was allowed to come across the rushes. By order of the producers, footage was sent straight to them in London. A lighter moment occurred during a love scene between Chiles and MacCorkindale, when a hostile desert fly landed on Chiles's teeth. The actors carried on as best they could, merely the crew outburst out laughing when Guillermin thankfully called "cutting" and ordered another take.[10]
Guillermin found the shoot logistically catchy because of the heat and the boat, which sometimes ran aground. Only he enjoyed the cast:
The more than experienced people created a very generous atmosphere. They were non impatient at all. I accept never worked with Bette Davis before and was told she was professional simply non communicative. Well, she was an absolute bastion of support and enthusiasm. During the breaks, the cast would often sit down to one side engaged in terrific chat. At that place was Ustinov's smashing wit and Niven'due south dry out humour. Jack Warden is a very funny man and Mia Farrow is a very funny woman. This was a agglomeration of people who could relax.[12]
"Poirot can exist a cold fish, but hither nosotros made him more than humanistic and warm, interested in young people for instance", said the managing director. "Peter Ustinov was able to bring that out."[12] Costume designer Anthony Powell won the Academy Honor for All-time Costume Design, his second. Among his touches were shoes for Chiles that featured diamond studded heels that came from a millionaire's collection and shoes worn by Davis made from the scales of 26 pythons.[10]
Cinematographer Jack Cardiff says he and Guillermin decided to give the film "an old fashioned 30s look".[12]
The choreography for the tango scene was provided by British dancer Wayne Slumber.
In early 1978 David Niven'due south daughter was seriously injured in a car blow. Niven would wing from London to Switzerland on weekends during filming to sit by her bedside.[13]
Release [edit]
For the The states marketplace, artist Richard Amsel was deputed to do a movie poster which reflected the U.S. public interest in "King Tut" at the time.
Although it was a British flick, Death on the Nile premiered in New York on 29 September 1978 to coincide with the sale of tickets for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's opening on xv December 1978 of the travelling exhibition The Treasures of Tutankhamun, which had piqued involvement in Egyptian artefacts. For the U.S. market place, artist Richard Amsel was deputed to change the original British affiche art by including the profile of King Tutankhamun with ceremonial knife (and mod revolver), surrounded past the cast.[x]
In London, at that place was a Royal Charity Premiere at the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue on 23 Oct 1978, attended by the Queen, Prince Philip and Earl Mountbatten.[xiv]
Reception [edit]
Box office [edit]
The film was expected to exist popular with audiences following on the heels of Murder on the Orient Limited, the most successful British moving-picture show up to that betoken. Notwithstanding, the box-office return was $14.5 one thousand thousand in the United States,[three] lower than the $27.6 million high for Orient Express.[15]
Disquisitional response [edit]
The Times' film critic David Robinson had mixed feelings virtually the film. Although it was entertaining, and followed the formula of the Murder on the Orient Express moving-picture show 4 years earlier, he constitute it a chip likewise long and not quite equally skilful. He concluded that screenwriter Anthony Shaffer and director John Guillermin were not quite every bit suitable to handle Agatha Christie'south rich material equally Paul Dehn and Sidney Lumet had been when they worked on Murder on the Orient Express.[xvi]
Death on the Nile has received by and large positive reviews by film critics more thirty years later. The film holds an approval rating of 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of vi.six/x.[17]
Awards and nominations [edit]
| Award | Category | Discipline | Result |
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| Academy Awards | Best Costume Design | Anthony Powell | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Foreign Film | Decease on the Nile | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Peter Ustinov | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Angela Lansbury | Nominated | |
| All-time Supporting Actress | Maggie Smith | Nominated | |
| All-time Costume Design | Anthony Powell | Won | |
| Edgar Award | All-time Motion Picture | Anthony Shaffer | Nominated |
| Evening Standard British Moving picture Awards | Best Film | John Guillermin | Won |
| Best Actor | Peter Ustinov | Won | |
| National Board of Review Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Angela Lansbury | Won |
Sequels [edit]
A tertiary Poirot picture show, Evil Under the Sun, was meant for release in 1979, but was released in 1982. Information technology was followed by several TV movies starring Ustinov and another theatrical adaption in 1988 titled Engagement with Decease, which marked Ustinov'southward final portrayal of Hercule Poirot.[7]
A remake directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh equally Poirot was released in February 2022.
References [edit]
- ^ "TIMESPAN Fifty-fifty the palms accept to be made". The Canberra Times. 8 December 1977. p. 23. Retrieved 10 December 2015 – via National Library of Commonwealth of australia.
- ^ "People". Chicago Tribune, 2 December 1977: 20.
- ^ a b "Death on the Nile". Box Function Mojo . Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Death on the Nile". Turner Archetype Movies . Retrieved ane March 2016.
- ^ Mills, Bart (2 September 1977). "British coin is suddenly big in Hollywood, 'right up with Fox and Warner.'". The Guardian. London. p. eight.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.
- ^ a b "The case of the vanishing mystery writer: Christie liked simply ii of the 19 movies fabricated from her books." Mills, Nancy. Chicago Tribune, 30 October 1977: h44.
- ^ Mills, Nancy (eleven October 1977). "When a pocket-size front demand non hold you lot back". The Guardian. London. p. ix.
- ^ StudiocanalUK (8 September 2020). Death on the Nile – Interview with Dame Angela Lansbury. YouTube.com. Archived from the original on 22 Dec 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d The New Bedside, Bathtub, & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie, Riley, Dick and Pam McAllister, ed. Ungar, New York, 1986. Life on the Nile past Michael Tennenbaum, pp. 126–128. ISBN 0-8044-5803-0
- ^ Mann, Roderick (11 December 1977). "Movies: Staying Afloat in Egypt for Agatha's 'Death on the Nile'". Los Angeles Times. p. x61.
- ^ a b c d Lee, Grant (twenty September 1978). "Moving picture Clips: Life on the Nile With Guillermin". Los Angeles Times. p. f14.
- ^ Movies: David Niven Likes Living in Luxury. Isle of mann, Roderick. Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct 1978: o31.
- ^ The Times, 24 October 1978, page 20, Courtroom Circular: "The Queen, with The Duke of Edinburgh and Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, this evening honoured with her presence the premiere of the moving picture Decease on the Nile in help of the Imperial British Legion and the Variety Club of Uk at the ABC Theatre, Shaftesbury Artery." – Establish in the Times Digital Archive 2014-01-02
- ^ "Murder on the Orient Limited".
- ^ The Times, 27 October 1978, page 12: Dame Agatha'due south own snake of former Nile – Found in the Times Digital Annal 2014-01-02
- ^ "Death on the Nile". Rotten Tomatoes.
External links [edit]
- Death on the Nile at the British Film Institute
- Death on the Nile at IMDb
- Death on the Nile at AllMovie
- Death on the Nile at the TCM Motion-picture show Database
- Death on the Nile at Box Role Mojo
- Death on the Nile at Rotten Tomatoes
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