Agatha Christie's Marple

[Wilfried Mueller]

Does anybody know something about the times when the BBC will show the new Miss Marple films with Geraldine McEwan which have already been produced?



[ 15. December 2004, 16:21: Message edited by: DB7 ]

[DB7]

It's on ITV rather than the Beeb. I'd have thought McEwan might be a bit too whimsical for the role compared with Joan Hickson.

[Hackett]

IMDb say release date UK is 2004. Which means if it is true within the next 10 weeks.

[DB7]

Rather than a film I think it's a mini-series of adaptations. ITV churn these detective series out at an astonishing rate. Morse... Taggart... Frost... some bloke out of Eastenders as a edgy private eye... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]



bawling

[MrDrakesDuck]

The're going to vamp up her past with her having had an adulterous relationship and there will be flashback sequences showing her with the bloke.

[Hackett]

Sounds like a sort of Hetty Wainthropp meets Sex In The City.

[Steve Crook]

</div><div class='quotemain'>HACKETT:

Sounds like a sort of Hetty Wainthropp meets Sex In The City. [/b]

{Shudder}

That's a horrible image



Steve

[Marky B]

As I posted earlier on,I feel we still have memories of Joan Hickson's Miss Marple for a new one. Geraldine McEwan is a fine actress bow no doubt,but Joan Hickson proved she IS Miss Marple and the BBC productions were beyond criticism bow bow .

Ta Ta

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[Gerry C]

I think Geraldine McEwan will be a good Marple, but I'm biased because I saw her in the street one day and she gave me a wee smile.

[Gibbie]

Joan Hickson is Miss Marple. They should leave it alone.

[Marky B]

Hear,hear Gibbie clap

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[Marky B]

Hear,hear Gibbie clap

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[Marky B]

Dunno what happend there!! oops

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[deckard]

</div><div class='quotemain'>Gibbie:

Joan Hickson is Miss Marple. They should leave it alone. [/b]

You are , of course, absolutely right Gibbie! When oh when are they going to leave it all alone? Although only four people have voted on the latest site poll so far, I still believe the general opinion of forum members is to leave well alone, but , unfortunately if people still part with their cash to see this stuff, and there's profit to be made I think we're on a hiding to nothing! Regards, Decks.

[Gibbie]

</div><div class='quotemain'>deckard:

</div><div class='quotemain'>Gibbie:

Joan Hickson is Miss Marple. They should leave it alone. [/b]

You are , of course, absolutely right Gibbie! When oh when are they going to leave it all alone? Although only four people have voted on the latest site poll so far, I still believe the general opinion of forum members is to leave well alone, but , unfortunately if people still part with their cash to see this stuff, and there's profit to be made I think we're on a hiding to nothing! Regards, Decks. [/b]

Ta Decks!



Perhaps someone will be a Mr. Rank and do their own start up, get finance, like Chariots, and do their own. You know with the iTunes world and the new digital via the Web thing, the music industry is changing and will never be what it was. Why not the movie industry. And, all this to do original pictures that will entertain, eliven the imagination and give people greater vision about life and don't forget a few laughs...



Perhaps we have a member who has such a vision.



Why not.



I could see Steve with a studio down in Kent and Canterbury - Archer Studios. You know...



Who cares about squalid blockbusters when you can have "home" movies!



Gibbie

[Steve Crook]

</div><div class='quotemain'>Gibbie:

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Perhaps someone will be a Mr. Rank and do their own start up, get finance, like Chariots, and do their own. You know with the iTunes world and the new digital via the Web thing, the music industry is changing and will never be what it was. Why not the movie industry. And, all this to do original pictures that will entertain, eliven the imagination and give people greater vision about life and don't forget a few laughs...



Perhaps we have a member who has such a vision.



Why not.



I could see Steve with a studio down in Kent and Canterbury - Archer Studios. You know...



Who cares about squalid blockbusters when you can have "home" movies!



Gibbie [/b]

Now there's a thought :)

Maybe I'll do it when I retire. I do already have a full time job, all this film stuff is just a hobby.



But as for actually making new films, how can you gather a talented bunch of individuals like Jack Cardiff, Hein Heckroth etc that made up The Archers. And then, hardest of all, where do you find a writer of original stories that make good films like Emeric Pressburger and a director to control/guide them all like Michael Powell - it's not easy.



Steve

[Gibbie]

</div><div class='quotemain'>SteveCrook:



Now there's a thought :)

Maybe I'll do it when I retire. I do already have a full time job, all this film stuff is just a hobby.



But as for actually making new films, how can you gather a talented bunch of individuals like Jack Cardiff, Hein Heckroth etc that made up The Archers. And then, hardest of all, where do you find a writer of original stories that make good films like Emeric Pressburger and a director to control/guide them all like Michael Powell - it's not easy.



Steve [/b]

Well, hobbies become retirement jobs (just don't wait too long :) ).



Talent scouts are the best to learn from. The good ones seek and find until they find the actual one. Hitchcock's, Lean's and Powell and Pressburger's don't usually sit in cafes waiting to be called. The best are usually unrealized waiting to happen. Also, technology has greatly improved the capacity today to do films at a cheaper cost - digital and all. And, a very sympathetic investor.



Lessons can be learned from Lord Puttnam, who attempted to make a difference (some good, some bad results). Here is an interesting interview with him:

Sir David Puttnam interview.

[Tiercel]

There's only one Miss Marple: Joan Hickson. Spring/Summer Sunday evenings just aren't the same without JH as MM.



On a similar vein.. Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes (closely followed by Carlton Hobbs on radio). Forget your Rancid Bathbone and Nigel "what day is it Holmes" Bruce!





As for any attempts at remaking the Ealing comedies, if any Hollywood directors happen to be reading this, FORGET IT! Remaking one of them is akin to reproducing the Crown Jewels with paste - utterly worthless imitation of a priceless original



(gets off his soap box and scurries away)....

[stuartfanning]

What a bunch of coservative closed mind individuals you lot are. You can't make an informed comment about the new Miss Marple series until you've seen it. So why not wait and give your opinions when they will be worth something.

As to Sherlock Holmes/Doctor Watson on radio, nobody touches Rathbone and Bruce. But on this other opinions are equally valid.

[Gibbie]

</div><div class='quotemain'>stuartfanning:

What a bunch of coservative closed mind individuals you lot are. You can't make an informed comment about the new Miss Marple series until you've seen it. So why not wait and give your opinions when they will be worth something.

As to Sherlock Holmes/Doctor Watson on radio, nobody touches Rathbone and Bruce. But on this other opinions are equally valid. [/b]

I appreciate the old Rathbone/Bruce stories. They were of a different quality than Brett/Hardwickes's, who were closer to the writings.



As to close minded...well, I think when some people, like Hickson, make a sublime performance and embody the writing, they are hard to top. Give the newbies a chance; but, I reckon we will all be correct.



Old Fuddy Duddy Gibbie