Agatha (film)
| Agatha | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Michael Apted |
| Written by | Kathleen Tynan Arthur Hopcraft |
| Produced by | Jarvis Astaire Gavrik Losey |
| Starring | Vanessa Redgrave Dustin Hoffman Timothy Dalton |
| Cinematography | Vittorio Storaro |
| Edited by | Jim Clark |
| Music by | Johnny Mandel |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | February 9, 1979 (USA) |
Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
- For other meanings, please see: Agatha (disambiguation).
Agatha (1979) is a dramatic thriller directed by Michael Apted, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman and Timothy Dalton, and written by Kathleen Tynan. The film focuses on renowned crime writer Agatha Christie, offering a theory as to her still unsolved 12-day disappearance in 1926.
Synopsis
When her husband Archie (Dalton) confronts her with his affair and demands a divorce, crime writer Agatha Christie (Redgrave) tells him she fears for her life and promptly vanishes. She signs into a Harrogate hotel under the name of Archie’s lover and, as the country flies into a frenzy of rumour regarding her disappearance, secretly plans a dark revenge against him that can only be averted by Wally Stanton (Hoffman), an ambitious American journalist who falls in love with her...
Reception
Agatha was generally very well received by critics, and maintains an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[1]
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