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Jul 25, 2010 · Appointment with Death: Directed by Ashley Pearce. With David Suchet, Tim Curry, Jawad Elalami, Christina Cole. Syria 1937. While accompanying her husband on an archaeological dig, the abusive and overbearing Lady Boynton is found stabbed to death.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Ashley Pearce
- 2010-07-25
David Suchet ... Hercule Poirot: Tim Curry ... Lord Boynton: Jawad Elalami ... Labourer: Christina Cole ... Sarah: Tom Riley ... Raymond Boynton: Cheryl Campbell ... Lady Boynton: Zoe Boyle ... Jinny Boynton: Emma Cunniffe ... Carol Boynton: Angela Pleasence ... Nanny
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Appointment with Death is the fourth episode of series eleven of Agatha Christie's Poirot. It was broadcast 25 December 2009. The screenplay was written by Guy Andrews and it was directed by Ashley Pearce. It is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.
Poirot visits an archaeological dig in Syria and meets Lady Boynton, a sadistic woman who dominates the lives of her adopted children. There is no shortage of suspects for her murder.
•Moving the central setting of the story from Petra in southern Jordan to an archaeological dig Ain Musa in Syria, where Lord Boynton is searching for the head of John the Baptist.
•Adding new characters that never appeared in the original novel, such as Lord Boynton, Nanny Taylor, and Sister Agnieszka.
•Omitting characters such as Nadine Boynton and Amabel Pierce.
•Altering the backstory of the victim. In the novel, Mrs Boynton is a tyrannical sadist whose occupation had been a prison warden, which is central to her murder. In the adaptation, she is also a sadist, albeit one who has compiled a financial empire. She couldn't have any children of her own, so she selected her children from orphanages, all of whom were badly abused and tormented.
•Altering the backstories of several supporting characters. In the adaptation, Jefferson Cope was one of the orphans severely abused by Lady Boynton in his youth, and he decides to take his revenge by wiping out her financial empire and ensuring that she is kept in the dark, though she dies before she realizes her financial ruin. Jinny (Ginevra, in the novel) is adopted like Raymond and Carol, and she also becomes the prime motivation for the murderer, whereas in the novel she was Mrs Boynton's sole biological child. Lady Westholme, a U.S.-born Member of Parliament, becomes the unconventional British travel writer Dame Celia Westholme in the adaptation. Dr Gerard, a Frenchman in the novel, becomes Scottish, develops a witty personality and becomes an accomplice to the murderer (whereas in the novel, he is completely innocent).
•Adding a subplot involving slave traders. It transpires that Sister Agnieszka is an agent whose intent was to kidnap and sell Jinny. Her attempt fails when Jinny attacks her, not knowing that the undercover nun was in fact trying to kidnap her and not trying to save her.
•David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
•Tim Curry as Lord Boynton
•Jawad Elalami as Labourer
•Christina Cole as Sarah
•Tom Riley as Raymond Boynton
•Cheryl Campbell as Lady Boynton
•Mahkama al-Pasha, Casablanca - Hotel Constantine (somewhere in Syria)
•Kasbah Boulaouane, Boulaouane, Morocco - the fort which served as Lord Boynton's HQ for his dig at Ain Musa
•When Poirot asks about the inscription on the wall, Lord Boynton tells him it is about a story concerning Death. Poirot it seems also knows this story. The story is in fact quite similar to "Appointment in Samarra", a Mesopotamian tale retold by Somerset Maugham in 1933. According to the footnote at wikipedia there is also a much older version fou...
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- Ashley Pearce
- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
- David Suchet
The novel was adapted for the eleventh season of the series Agatha Christie's Poirot starring David Suchet as Poirot. The screenplay was written by Guy Andrews and it was filmed in Casablanca (with Mahkama du Pacha acting as Hotel Constantine in the adaptation and Kasbah Boulaouane as the excavation site) and El Jadida , Morocco in May 2008.
Dec 24, 2009 · Appointment With the Dead. Available on BritBox, Prime Video. S11 E4: Holidaying in Syria, celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot (David Suchet – Dracula; Henry VIII) is drawn to the murder of Lady Boynton (Cheryl Campbell – Lewis), wife of the eccentric English archaeologist Lord Greville Boynton (Tim Curry – Rocky Horror Picture Show), while ...
