Over the
next 3 weeks we’ll be covering 3 adaptations of Dame Agatha Christie’s famous
Poirot Novel: Murder on the Orient Express.
The first
major adaptation was the 1974 version with Albert Finney starring in the title
role. There had been other adaptation of Agatha Christie’s work but Agatha
herself had been largely displeased with them. It was apparently difficult to
get her to sell the film rights to this novel but thanks to the pleasant record
of the producers, she eventually accepted.
Made with a
decent $1.4m budget, the movie did really well, making $35.7m back. And the
reception to it has been largely positive, with it receiving several Oscar
nominations at the time, and has fared well since the dawn of the internet,
with a 3/4 from Roger Ebert and a 91% Rotten Tomatoes Rating, but how does it
fair as an adaptation, here are my thoughts.
