Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Writers:

Michael Green (screenplay by), Agatha Christie (based upon the novel by)

Stars:

Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe

1 win & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paapa Essiedu	...	Young Policeman
Yassine Zeroual	...	Young Boy
Asan N'Jie	...	Hotel Waiter
Michael Rouse	...	British Police Chief Inspector
Kenneth Branagh	...	Hercule Poirot
Elliot Levey	...	Rabbi
David Annen	...	Priest
Joseph Long	...	Imam
Andy Apollo	...	Armed Policeman
Hadley Fraser	...	British Military Escort
Daisy Ridley	...	Miss Mary Debenham
Leslie Odom Jr.	...	Dr. Arbuthnot
Ziad Abaza	...	Arab Shipmate
Nari Blair-Mangat	...	Waiter
Luke Brady	...	Waiter

Storyline

Hercule Poirot, the best detective in the world, decides to travel on the Orient Express. The train accidentally gets stopped because of a small avalanche. Little did he know that a murder was planned and that a person on this train was capable of committing such crime.

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Plot Keywords:

palestine | belgian in palestine | english in palestine | palestinian | shorthaired woman | 

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Taglines:

Everyone is a Suspect.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and thematic elements

Did You Know?

Trivia

Agatha Christie based the Armstrong story on the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder of 1932. In this movie, the fictitious Colonel Armstrong's wife Sonia Goldenberg Armstrong and her family are Jewish. Charles A. Lindbergh was very anti-Semitic, and in the late 1930s and into the 1940s, he was a Nazi sympathizer who virulently opposed U.S. entry into World War II.

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Goofs

Poirot solves a mystery of a theft in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, announcing his solution in front of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Immediately after this, he appears in a port city to travel by boat to Istanbul. Although Jerusalem is landlocked in the desert, he is not supposed to be in Jerusalem, but his travel to the port city (likely Jaffa) is not explicitly shown.

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Quotes

Hercule Poirot: Have you ever been to America?
Edward Henry Masterman: Once. Years ago, briefly.
Hercule Poirot: For what purpose?
Edward Henry Masterman: To confirm a suspicion.
Hercule Poirot: Which was?
Edward Henry Masterman: That I wouldn't like it.

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Connections

Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Sir Kenneth Branagh/Dame Judi Dench/Johnny Depp/Michelle Pfeiffer/Josh Gad/St. Vincent (2017)

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Soundtracks

Merry-Go-Round
Written and Performed by Duke Ellington
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Unfortunately Mediocre.

When I first saw the cast line-up for this film, I thought it was going to be a masterpiece. Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp etc. The list goes on. But, it goes to show that a brilliant cast cannot make-up for mediocre.

I'm being careful to avoid spoilers here! The film starts with a relatively entertaining light-hearted action sequence which brings Poirot to the forefront of the story-line. But, it quickly goes downhill from here. We are then introduced to the rest of the cast and we quickly learn they all have their own stories.

After this though, the film becomes incredibly dull and slow. This remake is completely unnecessary and tedious

I have only given it 5 stars because I have significant respect for Agatha Christie's Poirot and it is only the base story-line which rescues it. Boring acting and predictable plot-twists.

Most definitely mediocre.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Malta USA

Language:

English French Arabic German

Release Date:

10 November 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Murder on the Orient Express

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$55,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$28,681,472, 12 November 2017

Gross USA:

$102,826,543

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$352,794,081

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Genre Films, Kinberg Genre

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos DTS 70 mm (70 mm prints)

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1