Agatha Christie Adaptation Wish List
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Thirteen Agatha Christie stories I think we really need made--or remade--into films or TV shows.
Footage used is from:
Death on the Nile (1978)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Ordeal By Innocence (1984)
Agatha Christie's Marple
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Les Petits Meurtes d'Agatha Christie
Innocent Lies (1995)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Murder is Easy (1982)
Murder, She Said (1962)
Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
Matlock
Doctor Who
Knives Out (2019)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Charade (1963)
Dhund (1973)
Murder, She Wrote
Lord Edgware Dies (1934)
I think it's time for Francesca Annis and James Warwick who starred as Tommy & Tuppence in the '80s to make their comeback in the remaining Tommy & Tuppence stories they have yet to film which are: N or M, By The Pricking of My Thumbs, and Postern of Fate.
Been working on a screen version of POSTERN for 2 years :(
I love the mysterious Mr Quin, but now i want to see david tenant play him.
Except it would have to be a younger David Tenant.
Someone, get out a time machine. . . .
For me I'd love to see another adaptation of "Crooked House". I thought i HAD seen one, but the only one i could find was a 2017 movie, and I know i didn't watch that one, especially with Glenn Close in it. That's something you remember. I must be recalling when i READ the book. Still I think that could be interesting to see that one done again.
Re-Adaptation: 'At Bertram's Hotel' - and filmed at Brown's Hotel in London. Although there is speculation whether the true setting for 'At Bertram's Hotel' is Fleming's Hotel or Brown's Hotel, it is known that Brown's Hotel was the hotel that Agatha Christie herself often stayed in in London and considered her 'favorite'. I have visited Brown's and the 'Tea Room' is quintessential Christie. I'd love to see Angelina Jolie as 'Lady Bess Sedgwick' and Natalie Portman (or Carey Mulligan) as Elvira Blake, her daughter. I'd love to see Miss Marple played a British 'grande dame' such as Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, or Judi Dench.
Really enjoyed this. Coincidentally, I just finished rereading They Came to Bagdad a couple of hours ago and was thinking why has no one ever made this into a film. I do believe at least a couple of the Parker Pyne tales have been adapted for television in the Agatha Christie Hour.
Yes but that rendition of Parker Pyne does not fit my vision of him at all. (Granted, neither does Andy Griffith, but I couldn't resist.)
The Man in the Brown Suit. I read it as a teenager and I loved its adventure spirit. Haven't reread it since, so maybe it's not that good, but I remember wanting it to be a funny romantic movie.
This is the first Agatha Christie book I read that hooked me to her other books. I just loved this and all the others!
There's an 80s adaptation with Stephanie Zimbalist! I think someone uploaded it on RUclips
I think what should be done with the Miss Marple short stories is what they did with the first couple of seasons of Poirot: adapt them into one-hour (or so) long episodes, Maybe 8-10 per season, giving us at least two seasons worth of episodes/stories. Pretty much what you were saying regrading Parker Pyne.
Your description of Mr. Quin reminds me of another DC Comics, the Phantom Stranger. Less than a person than a supernatural force, he appears to help people with his sorcerous powers, then disappears when the crisis is over.
My number one pick is still Murder In Mesopotamia, ever since I saw the Suchet version it was an instant favourite and having since read the book, just makes me want to see a new adaptation more.
Thank you for redeeming several AC novels for me. If not for your comments I would never have read ‘Chimneys’. Unlike the movie of the same name, the book is charming and fun.
This was my goal. :)
@@MysteryMiles Goal reached. Much thanks.
At the time of it's opening in London in 1952, the contractual terms of 'The Mousetrap' specified that a film adaptation could not be made until 6 months after the closing of the play in London's West End. Well, that was 72 years ago and, as the longest-running-play in world history, the closing of the play is not expected anytime soon. So, until the play closes in the West End, we will have to wait. Personally, I hope the play runs for the remainder of my lifetime ... and beyond. I hope it never closes!
Dude, How about doing one on The Curtain? The making of that book, and it's release is quite interesting to start with. Like so many other commenters, I absolutely love David Suchet's portrayal of Poirot. It is the attention to detail in nailing the character that I find so impressive: the constant straightening things, the looks of disdain at certain things, the walk, the pendant, and so many more.
I've been thinking about it. It's slightly intimidating.
@@MysteryMiles I just subscribed so if you do, I should see it. You seem to dislike all of the French versions of Agatha Christi. So, have you heard of the new French perfume? It is called surrender, just look for the yellow streak down the back.
I'm just watching your videos and I love them! I did want to mention that a few Parker Pyne episodes exist as part of the series, "The Agatha Christie Hour."
you picked 2 of my absolute favourites! They Came to Baghdad and Death Comes as the End. I love these 2 books and have often thought I would love to see them adapted for film. Also I think Toward Zero is a brilliant and very chilling mystery and excellently told , and agree absolutely about Ordeal By Innocence not having been given a good adaptation
They Came to Baghdad and Death Comes as the End are also my favorites! Glad to know there's someone who think so🤗
I always thought that he went with Death on the Nile because it's one of her best-known books. And because he could shoot the movie in a fun sexy location.
For me, a decent go at the Tommy and Tuppence, not the Raine and Walliams nonsense, I hated the changing of the timeline and the whole tone of the series seemed off. Also Destination Unknown, there's elements of the book that are so racist that I can't believe they made it into print when it was first published, but I'd love for it to be adapted and show the audience that Agatha Christie was more than a cosy crime novelist.
Well, I quite liked the Suchet adaptation of PERIL AT END HOUSE but I'd love to see another one. Frankly, I was astounded when the Malkovitch version THE ABC MURDERS turned out to be good, very different but excellent in pretty much every way (even to the point of re-defining who Poirot is). I would not mind one little bit a new adaptation of that, which was indeed my first Agatha Christie novel.
"Death comes at the end" was my first Christie novel and I absolutely loved it. *Specially* because it was set in Ancient Egypt and it was clear she knew what she was talking about. There are so many little details and research put into it. Many years later I learnt she was married to an archeologist... yeah, that checks out. Loved your list!
Great video! As much as I'd like to see more Agatha Christie stories adapted, I've been fairly disappointed with modern versions (e.g. Murder on the Orient Express + some Miss Marple episodes from the early 2000s). I have yet to try the 2015 Partners in Crime and there's a new version of Why Didn't They Ask Evans? out. Same thing with the new Death on the Nile. To be honest, I'm quite hesitant to try as I find the modern adaptations often remove substance in favour of big fancy production value action. Not everything has to be super intense with big flashy distractions. More specifically with Poirot, I really enjoy how the Suchet episodes place a good amount of emphasis on his Catholic faith and how that anchors his view of the world. It takes Poirot to the next level as he is not just someone solving mysteries - he is grounded by specific moral principles that inspire his talent as a detective. It adds depth and provides substance. I find that in the newer adaptations (Kenneth Branagh) Poirot comes across as a caricature though perhaps that's in part because Suchet's version was a long running series that had time to develop this. Not sure if this is just a lack of good writers or unwillingness to produce something that isn't flashy. Maybe they think big audiences won't go for it...
Looking forward to more of your Agatha Christie content!
The new WDTAE us really good actually. Very faithful. It's Hugh Laurie's favourite Christie novel
I'm very iffy about the modern productions of Agatha Christie's work and there appears to be more emphasis on making the cast diverse, more action on the screen, and inserting any suggestive scenes rather than sticking to what made Agatha Christie's books what they are. Christie is often mistaken for being this syrupy, sweet, cozy writer on one end and on the other, they say that Christie is gritty and they make her books with elements that are in film noir. Christie isn't cozy in the sense that cozy is defined nor is she rough and gritty with violence. She's in the middle and that's where, I believe, modern filmmakers are missing when making an adaptation of Christie's work.
@@MadameChristie That's great to know! I'll give it a go!
EVANS was excellent. PARTNERS I hated. They turned Tommy into a complete boob, especially in Adversary.
@@jjmboston5832 I haven't watched the new adaptation of "Evans" yet but "Partners", I have seen, and I hated it as well. I dislike the change they made to Tommy's character and that appears to be a trend these days to make the husband the goof, the butt of all jokes---I hate that! I'll stick with the '80s adaptations of the Tommy & Tuppence films.
I would love to see new adaptations from Sad Cypress and murder is easy😊
I thought David Suchet had made all the Poirot stories. Let's hope then that he will reprise the role one more time. Oh how awesome it will be (yes I admit, I cried when the Poirot series ended)
"Black coffee" was adapted in 1985 for Italian televisioni, starring Paolo Ferrari as Hercule Poirot (his performance is inspired by Albert Finney's characterization). Not too bad, but with a problem: Poirot is taller than Hastings!
The Soviet adaptation of «The Murder of Roger Ackroyd» is nearly perfect for me.
Out of all my favourite Christie books the only ones that have adaptations I love are Sleeping Murder, The Moving Finger, A Murder is Announced, A Caribbean Mystery (All Joan Hickson ones) and The ABC Murders and Peril at End House (Suchet ones).
I really want to see a great version of And Then There Were None, The Pale Horse, Cat Among the Pigeons, N or M? and Murder is Easy.
There were a couple of Parker pine adaptations on British t.v. in the early 1980s where he was played by the actor Maurice Denham.
Since I read The Coming of Mr. Quin, NEED an Adaptation! 😀😀😀😀😃😃
In recent years I’ve grown more fond of film rather than television, mostly because of the more “bottle” stoytelling that you get within a certain time of an hour and a half or 2 hours. But also because with film, a director can add more visual style or texture to the look of the film as opposed to the somewhat flat television adaptations. So far, I love Kenneth Branagh’s and Michael Green’s take on Poirot, even if their Death on the Nile wasn’t as sleek or marvelous as their Orient Express adaptation. But for adaptations of rarely adapted novels, for Poirot, I’d definitely love to see either Death in the Clouds, Five Little Pigs or Dumb Witness. Granted, from a more creative angle, since the Poirot series adapted those very straightforward and efficiently, particularly Dumb Witness. But I’d also want to see Miss Marple back on the big screen, A Murder is Announced comes to mind since it’s got a great premise and could be experimented to be another locked room mystery. Though A Caribbean Mystery might offer some fun location shooting. Another that comes to mind is The Labour of Hercules, which could be adapted as an anthology with each episode being made by different directors with different styles and a different Poirot actor as well, or maybe not even have Poirot in all of them. Really, the possibilities are endless for these adaptations, faithful or not.
Finally, someone who love Branagh's version of Poirot! Other people tend to dislike his adaptation. Especially when they compare his Poirot to Suchet's. Although I agree Suchet won hands down, Branagh's version is not to be hated. I think of it as an 'alternate universe's Poirot. Like John Malkovich version.
My favourite adaptation is Sad Cypress :)
Sad Cypress is always a romantic novel for me. Christie's description of the heroine's feeling towards her fiancee is exactly how I felt when I was deeply in love. I was delighted that someone could put my feeling into words so precisely.
I think you should write one of these adaptations as I fear none of the ones that come out in the future will satisfy you.
I have actually written an adaptation of Roger Ackroyd. It's posted on InkTip.com. I've also written a treatment for a Marple movie based on The Thirteen Problems.
@@MysteryMiles Then your next step is to get yourself noticed by a big hollywood producer and convince that person to let you turn your script into a big screen adaptation. Make your dream come true. Go from RUclips to the real deal.
Love Mr. Parker Pyne and the mysterious Mr. Harley Quin (you forgot to mention the ubiquitous Mr. Satterthwaite, that dilettante "looker on at life" whom Mr. Quin inspires to solve the mysteries). Mr. Pyne might be easier to dramatize. One problem with the Quin stories is that the Harlequinade of the Commedia dell' Arte is not so well known, and the references to it would not be understood. It obviously fascinated Christie; besides the Quin stories, one involving Poirot also foregrounds the Harlequinade for the crime and its solution. For me, David Suchet WAS Hercule Poirot, just as Christie describes him. I doubt his brilliant portrayal will ever be matched. I've seen Kenneth Branagh do Shakespeare on stage, and he is wonderful at it, but whatever gave him the idea that he could be Hercule Poirot
All true. I decided to save Mr. Satterthwaite for a later video, though I tried to acknowledge him via Bernard Cribbins in the Doctor Who clips.
That was nice, thanks!
Absolutely no to the Mouse Trap adaptation 😂 The novelty of keeping the twist a secret will be gone if it becomes a film/tv program.
I'm curious to know in further detail which existing adaptations you dislike
I wish somebody made an adaptation of "the idol house of astarte" or "Blood stains" (I mean... I don't remember the name but something with blood LOL)
What bugs me is that Colonel Race kinda has his own mystery to solve in Death on the Nile and it's always been cut from the adaptations. Perhaps a spinoff...
The Mousetrap is definitely on my personal wishlist for adaptations, except there's all that legal red tape. I think she stipulated that it not get adapted or even performed outside of London until the initial run ended. Except she clearly didn't count on the darn thing running for 50 years straight XD. I'd also Like a more faithful adaptation of The Pale Horse too.
The 1996 adaptation was okay...ish.
@@MysteryMiles I like the Marple episode actually. The miniseries with Rufus Sewell was...weird :/
they cant' make a film until the UK show closes. Celebrating the 70th anniversary so don't hold your breath. {a film couldn’t be made until the show’s run had ended, and a further six months had elapsed after that time.}
The Quin character sounds fascinating, but I'm sorry, it just won't happen. The public consciousness will only allow one character named Harley Quin and the DC villain/anti-heroine simply has too much notoriety at this point (even if her surname has two n's). You'd need someone who was supremely interested in the character to get the project off the ground, then they'd have to think up a way to make his complicated story work for the visual medium, and even then would financial backers support it? Again no matter how well you market it the public would be expecting the female clown character. If only this were proposed before the 1990s.
Perhaps it could work if they made it a thriller/horror story?
@@tiararoxeanne1318 That makes me think of what Kenneth Branagh is trying to do with his adaptation of Halloween Party: A Haunting in Venice. We'll see how well that turns out, but from the trailer, I'm not convinced.
@@Unownshipper Oh, this is news for me. Thanks for the info. Will hunt the trailer right away.
Oh dear, oh dear - if I'd got an euro for every time I've said: "that's not in the book" when watching a Christie-adaptation...
Usually they're not even trying!
Besides putting in Ms Marple or H. Poirot where they weren't orginally, the next fault the producers do is to not appreciate the time and milieu the stories emerge from, and instead the try to make things more "modern".
I would like to see a proper version of "They came to Baghdad", where we can understand Victoria's feelings for the three men, but just with subtles cues, including why she at the end says that "it's better to serve in Heaven than to reign in Hell"
And that that plot is revealed slowly, by and by.
An interesting one would be the three love stories, in "Sparkling Cyanide".
"The moving finger" with the typical Christie small town.
I would really like another adaptation of The Big Four. I can see that the team tried, but the Suchet episode was garbage. It was a bit of a hot mess with garbage villains. The screenwriters did talk about how it was a nightmare to adapt, and that’s true, the book sounds awful to adapt. (Especially with all the racism.) However, I hope in the future, some keen writers make a good version that’s more faithful to the source material. (Also they cut Achilles Poirot, and that was the best part of the novel.)
one of my least favorite Suchet adaptations. They took a espionage story and made it into this mind numbing, ridiculous, trite motivated rendition. The person I watched it with kept saying "it's just a adaptation why are you so angry..." And boy was I angry!
I want a Marple-off- who is the best?
Joan !
@@tanyachou4474 I agree. Joan Hickson is the only Miss Marple for me.
@@tanyachou4474 I agree. Joan Hickson is the only Miss Marple for me.
I prefer Joan Hickson above all, but over the years I've come to see the interpretations of all the other actresses as their own stamp on the role--even if I don't agree with them.
I hated Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express but Mama loved it just because it had Johnny Depp, she has no taste
I'd love for someone to take a stab at A Murder is Announced but placed into a present-day setting. Same for the Moving Finger.
I don’t see how you could alter the setting of A Murder is Announced to the present day. At the core of the plot there’s an impersonation that would have been feasible in the 1950s, but which would simply be impossible in today’s world.
@@robertthomson1587 I agree. Although this story has always caused me to think what a convoluted way to go about it. If the character was trying NOT to call attention to him/herself this not the way. I actually liked the Geraldine version of this. More streamlined and a bit less rambling that the Joan Hickson one.
Too cutesy. Just state that the video is for those who've read the stories, spoilers within, and spell out what your issues are with the characters.