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seldonp38

"MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" (1974) Review

Jul 13, 2012 17:43

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allisontooey July 14 2012, 23:32:38 UTC

I thought this movie was pretty good when I saw it a few years ago. I agree that I fail to see why Bergman won an Oscar for it. Maybe the Academy thought she was due.

On a side note, I remember being EXTREMELY disappointed when the David Suchet version of this turned out to be so bland. Suchet had done an unabridged audiobook of the story, and provided his voice for a video-game version. He knew the material backwards, and THIS is what we got? It doesn't hold a candle to the version you reviewed, which is what really depressed me.

seldonp38 July 16 2012, 04:59:34 UTC

I agree that I fail to see why Bergman won an Oscar for it. Maybe the Academy thought she was due.

Actually, Bergman herself was surprised that she won. She thought her competitors were more worthy of the award. Yet . . . she didn't reject it.

allisontooey July 18 2012, 23:45:36 UTC

Weird. I still maintain that the Academy decided to give it to her for some of her earlier work. They're sneaky like that.

seldonp38 August 30 2012, 02:27:19 UTC

For which earlier work? What did Bergman do prior to 1974 that led the Academy to overlook her? She already had two Oscars under her belt before she did "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS".

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