| The Mirror Crack'd | |
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| Directed by | Guy Hamilton |
| Produced by | John Bradbourne Richard Goodwin |
| Written by | Agatha Christie (novel) Barry Sandler (screenplay) |
| Starring | Angela Lansbury Elizabeth Taylor Kim Novak Rock Hudson Edward Fox Geraldine Chaplin Tony Curtis |
| Music by | John Cameron |
| Cinematography | Christopher G. Guy Hamilton (born September 16, 1922) is a noted English Film director. Richard N Goodwin (born December 7, 1931 in Boston Massachusetts) is an American writer who may be best known as an advisor and Speechwriter Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English Barry Sandler is an American Screenwriter and Film producer. His career has spanned several decades with the 1980s being his most prolific Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American actress, who was one of her nation's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s Rock Hudson (November 17 1925 &ndash October 2 1985 was an American Film and Television Actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during Edward Charles Morrice Fox, OBE (born 13 April, 1937) is an English stage film and television Actor. Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award -nominated actress and the daughter of Charlie Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz June 3, 1925) is an American film actor John Cameron may refer to In politics John Cameron (chief (1764–1828 John Cameron (Upper Canada politician (1778–1829 Challis |
| Editing by | Richard Marden |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 19, 1980 |
| Running time | 105 min. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
The Mirror Crack'd is a 1980 feature motion picture directed by Guy Hamilton boasting an all-star cast, Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, and Elizabeth Taylor, with Wendy Morgan, Maureen Bennett, Charles Gray, and Charles Lloyd Pack. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Guy Hamilton (born September 16, 1922) is a noted English Film director. All-star (also allstar or all star) is a term with meanings in both the worlds of Sports and Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award -nominated actress and the daughter of Charlie Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz June 3, 1925) is an American film actor Edward Charles Morrice Fox, OBE (born 13 April, 1937) is an English stage film and television Actor. Rock Hudson (November 17 1925 &ndash October 2 1985 was an American Film and Television Actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American actress, who was one of her nation's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Charles Gray ( August 29 1928 - March 7 2000) was an English Actor. Charles Lloyd Pack ( October 10, 1902 — December 22, 1983) was a British film television and stage actor
This crime/mystery/thriller was adapted by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler, based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962). Crime fiction is the Genre of Fiction that deals with Crimes their detection criminals and their motives It is usually distinguished from Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of Crime film. The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Barry Sandler is an American Screenwriter and Film producer. His career has spanned several decades with the 1980s being his most prolific Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a Fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christie A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club The year 1962 in literature involved some significant events and new books
Scenes were filmed at Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, London, England, and on location in Kent. Twickenham Film Studios is a Film studio located in St Margarets London, England, that is used by many motion picture and television companies Twickenham is a suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south west London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format
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Plot
Set in the fictional English village of St. Mary Mead, home of Miss Jane Marple (played by Lansbury), in 1953, a big Hollywood production company arrives to film a costume movie about Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I with two famous movie stars, Marina Rudd (played by Taylor) and Lola Brewster (played by Novak). Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. St Mary Mead was the fictional village created by popular Crime fiction author Dame Agatha Christie. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of Performing arts, Film, Radio or a Television program A costume drama is a Period piece in which elaborate Costumes Sets and properties are featured in order to capture the ambience of a particular For other uses including various songs titled "Movie Star" see Movie star (disambiguation.
The two actresses are old rivals who hate each other. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Marina, who is making a much heralded comeback after a prolonged "illness" and retirement, when she, in reality, has had a nervous breakdown, and her husband, Jason Rudd (played by Hudson), who is directing the movie they are making, arrive with their entourage. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. When she learns that Lola will be in the movie as well, she becomes enraged and vents her anger.
Lola and her husband, Martin N. "Marty" Fenn (played by Curtis), who is producing the movie they are making, then arrive. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Excitement runs high in St. Mary Mead, as the locals have been invited to a reception held by the movie company in a manor house, Gossington Hall, to meet the celebrities. A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention Lola and Marina come face to face at the reception and exchange some potent and comical insults, nasty one-liners delivered with considerable flair by Novak and Taylor, as they smile and pose for the cameras. The two square off in a series of hilarious and cleverly written and performed cat-fights throughout the movie.
Marina, however, has been receiving anonymous death threats. A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, against a person to kill him or her After her initial exchange with Lola at the reception, she is cornered by a gushing, devoted fan, Heather Badcock (played by Bennett), who bores her with a long and detailed story about having actually met Marina in person during the war. Fans in Little Italyjpg|thumb|right|Fans in Little Italy Manhattan celebrating the victory of the Italian association football team after the 2006 FIFA World Cup]][[Image Wm-oly-de-cr Boredom is an Emotional state experienced during periods of lack of activities or when individuals are uninterested in the activities surrounding them World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including After recounting the meeting they had all those years ago, when she arose from her sickbed to go and meet the glamorous star, Badcock drinks a cocktail that was made for Marina and drops dead from poisoning. A cocktail is a style of Mixed drink. Originally a mixture of distilled spirits, Sugar, Water, and Bitters, the word has gradually In the context of Biology, poisons are substances that can cause damage, Illness, or Death to Organisms usually by
The incident is unfortunate for Marina's mental state, and she is beside herself. Everyone is certain she was the intended murder victim. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Once filming begins on the movie, she discovers that apart from threatening notes made up of newspaper clippings, her cup of coffee on the set has also been spiked with poison, sending her into fits of terror.
The police detective from Scotland Yard investigating the case, Inspector Delbert Craddock (played by Fox), is baffled as he tries to uncover who is behind the attempt on the life of the actress and the subsequent murder of the innocent woman. New Scotland Yard or Scotland Yard, informally known as The Yard and NSY, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible The suspects pile up. In the Parlance of Criminal justice, a suspect is a known person suspected of committing a Crime. Is it Ella Zielinsky (played by Chaplin), Jason's production assistant who is secretly having an affair with him and would like Marina out of the way? Or, is it the hotheaded actress Lola Brewster?
Inspector Craddock asks his aunt, the renowned amateur detective Miss Jane Marple, who injured her foot at the reception and is confined to her home, for assistance. The main suspect, Zielinsky, is then killed by a lethal nose spray after going to a pay phone in the village, where she called the murderer and threatened to expose them. Miss Marple, now back on her feet, visits Gossington Hall, where Marina and Jason are staying, and views where Babcock's death occurred. Working from information received from her cleaning woman, Cherry Baker (played by Morgan), who was working as a waitress the day of the murder, the determined elderly sleuth begins to piece together the events of the fatal reception and solves the mystery. By the time she has collected all the evidence to indicate who committed the crime, however, another death occurs at Gossington Hall, which sadly closes the case on who the murderer in St. In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or Law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a Punishment Mary Mead actually is.
Origin of the Title
The title is part of a line from The Lady of Shalott by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892). "The Lady of Shalott" is a Victorian Poem or ballad by the English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809&ndash1892 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year To those who know the poem, it conveys the idea of a vision which once seen, must inevitably lead to tragedy:
- Out flew the web and floated wide--
- The mirror crack'd from side to side;
- "The curse is come upon me," cried
- The Lady of Shalott.
Movie goofs
- Though The Mirror Crack'd is set in 1953, Marty drives a 1959 model car. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
See also
- The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (novel)
- The Mirror Crack'd (TV movie)
External links
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