156. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

In Episode 156 of Adapt or Perish, we’re going back to the works of Agatha Christie, but now we’re focusing on Miss Marple and The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, Agatha Christie’s original 1962 novel
• The Mirror Crack’d, the 1980 movie directed by Guy Hamilton, written by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler, and starring Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Geraldine Chaplin, Kim Novak, and Edward Fox
• The final episode of the 1984–1992 series Miss Marple, produced by George Gallaccio, directed by Norman Stone, written by T.R. Bowen, and starring Joan Hickson, Claire Bloom, Barry Newman, Elizabeth Garvie, John Castle, and Gwen Watford
• The 2011 episode of the 2004–2013 series Agatha Christie’s Marple, directed by Tom Shankland, written by Kevin Elyot, and starring Julia McKenzie, Joanna Lumley, Lindsay Duncan, Nigel Harman, Hannah Waddingham, Charlotte Riley, and Hugh Bonneville

Footnotes:

• Murder on the Orient Express (Ep. 15) on the web, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Spotify
• Death on the Nile (Ep. 119) on the web, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Spotify
• Teresa Peschel’s website Peschel Press and her book Agatha Christie, She Watched: One Woman’s Plot to Watch 201 Agatha Christie Movies Without Murdering the Director, Screenwriter, Cast, or Her Husband

119. Death on the Nile

With Episode 119 of Adapt or Perish, after more than 100 episodes, we're finally returning to Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, and Death on the Nile!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Agatha Christie's original 1937 novel
• The 1978 theatrical movie, directed by John Guillermin, written by Anthony Shaffer, and starring Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, David Niven, and Maggie Smith
• The 2004 feature-length episode of Poirot, directed by Andy Wilson, written by Kevin Elyot, and starring David Suchet, Emma Griffiths Malin, Emily Blunt, JJ Field, James Fox, Judy Parfitt, and Frances de la Tour
• The 2022 theatrical movie, directed by Kenneth Branagh, written by Michael Green, and starring Branagh, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, and Letitia Wright

Footnotes:

• Adapt or Perish Episode 15: Murder on the Orient Express
• Looper (2012)
• Playing Shakespeare Episode 8: Exploring a Character with David Suchet and Patrick Stewart
• David Suchet and Patrick Stewart collaborating on a scene from King John (NOT Richard III, as we thought in the episode)

15. Murder on the Orient Express

This week, we discuss Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express!

In this episode, we read and watched:

• Agatha Christie’s novel, originally published in 1934. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
• The 1974 movie, directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.
• The 2001 made-for-television movie, starring Alfred Molina. Watch on YouTube (we literally couldn’t find it anywhere else).
• The 2010 feature-length episode of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, starring David Suchet. Buy on iTunes.
• The 2017 movie, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.

Some of the stuff we talked about in this episode:

• Clue
• The Lindbergh Kidnapping
• “It’s the Juice! Run, OJ, run!”
• Gosford Park
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Arthur, starring John Gielgud as a butler
• Ranking Every Episode of Agatha Christie’s Poirot
• The original trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express
• Michael Green, screenwriter of the 2017 Murder on the Orient Express and Logan