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Murder on the Orient Express
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Murder on the Orient Express is a 2017 drama, crime, mystery, and detective film directed by Kenneth Branagh. The movie, which serves as a remake, was produced by Mark Gordon, Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, and Kenneth Branagh. It was written by Michael Green, with music composed by Patrick Doyle and cinematography by Haris Zambarloukos. The film originated in the United Kingdom and the United States, with principal photography taking place in the United Kingdom.
The narrative is set in Yugoslavia and follows Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train. The film has a runtime of 114 minutes and was distributed by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Disney+. It was released on November 3, 2017, in the United States, with other publication dates listed as November 9 and 10, 2017.
Financially, the film had a budget of 55,000,000 and generated box office revenue of 352,789,811. Audience reception includes a TMDb vote average of 6.707 based on 10,532 votes and an IMDb rating of 6.5 from 321,842 votes. The tagline for the film is "Everyone is a suspect."
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Film · TMDB
6.7Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
Cast
- Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot
- Tom Bateman as Bouc
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Caroline Hubbard
- Johnny Depp as Edward Ratchett
- Josh Gad as Hector MacQueen
- Willem Dafoe as Gerhard Hardman
Themes
- princess
- based on novel or book
- venice, italy
- professor
- detective
- investigation
- orient express
- knife
- europe
- remake
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Kenneth Branagh
- Screenplay by
- Michael Green
- Based on
- Murder on the Orient Express , by Agatha Christie
- Produced by
- Ridley Scott Mark Gordon Simon Kinberg Kenneth Branagh Judy Hofflund Michael Schaefer
- Starring
- Tom Bateman Kenneth Branagh Penélope Cruz Willem Dafoe Judi Dench Johnny Depp Josh Gad Derek Jacobi Leslie Odom Jr Michelle Pfeiffer Olivia Colman Daisy Ridley
- Cinematography
- Haris Zambarloukos
- Edited by
- Mick Audsley
- Music by
- Patrick Doyle
- Production companies
- Scott Free Productions Kinberg Genre The Mark Gordon Company
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- November 2, 2017 ( 2017-11-02 ) ( Royal Albert Hall ) November 10, 2017 ( 2017-11-10 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Countries
- United States Malta
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $55 million
- Box office
- $352.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- remake
- Genre
- detective film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Death on the Nile
- Based on
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Director
- Kenneth Branagh
- Screenwriter
- Michael Green
- Composer
- Patrick Doyle
- Producer
- Kenneth Branagh
- Production company
- Scott Free Productions
- Cinematographer
- Haris Zambarloukos
- Narrative location
- Yugoslavia
- Filming location
- United Kingdom
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 166313
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.cluesareeverywhere.com
- Significant event
- principal photography
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- publication date
- 2017-11-10
- title
- Murder on the Orient Express
- distributed by
- Disney+
- film editor
- Mick Audsley
- box office
- 352789811
- capital cost
- 55000000
- costume designer
- Alexandra Byrne
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- train
- review score
- 52/100
- set in period
- 1934
- Commons category
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)
- different from
- Murder on the Orient Express
- after a work by
- Agatha Christie
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Encyclopedic overview
Murder on the Orient Express is a 2017 mystery film co-produced and directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Michael Green, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. It is the first installment of the Hercule Poirot film series. The film stars an ensemble cast with Branagh as Hercule Poirot, alongside Tom Bateman, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Colman, and Daisy Ridley. The plot follows Poirot, a world-renowned Belgian detective, as he investigates a murder on the luxury Orient Express train service in the 1930s.
Principal photography began in November 2016 in the United Kingdom; it is one of the few productions in recent decades to have used 65 mm film cameras. Murder on the Orient Express had its world premiere on November 2, 2017, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2017, and in the United States on November 10, 2017, by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed over $351 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the cast performances and production values, but criticism for the screenplay and redundancy to previous adaptations. Two sequels, Death on the Nile (2022) and A Haunting in Venice (2023), were released.
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