Talk:Appointment with Death

Creative vandalism?

"The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and reflects Christie's experiences travelling in the Middle East with her husband, the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan and an African American pilot Samuel L. Jackson." Relevant part bolded. I edited it out of the main article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.183.147.137 (talk) 00:12, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Suchet to leave?

The Digital spy story is a misquote from a Metro interview where he said he would hang up his spats when he has filmed the very last story but he wants to film the entire canon. See http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=100210&in_page_id=7&in_a_source= --Jtomlin1uk (talk) 08:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

It "might" be worth including the reference and the rebutal in the article to clarify the issue, rather than just say nothing on the topic. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 08:53, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

True - although possibly be better placed on either the page about the series overall or on Suchet's page.--Jtomlin1uk (talk) 10:47, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 12:30, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

List of Characters

I have removed the reference to Lord Greville Boynton, supposed husband of Mrs Boynton, the murdered victim. Her husband does not appear in the novel as a character. And the one reference made to him describes him as Mr Elmer Boynton, not Lord Greville Boynton. 203.31.52.137 (talk) 22:11, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

title reference

Should a reference to the title be included in the main article?

"The Appointment in Samarra" (as retold by W. Somerset Maugham [1933])

The speaker is Death

There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was Death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture, now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and there Death will not find me. The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop he went. Then the merchant went down to the marketplace and he saw me standing in the crowd and he came to me and said, Why did you make a threating getsture to my servant when you saw him this morning? That was not a threatening gesture, I said, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

LindaMAlbert (talk) 15:15, 27 July 2010 (UTC)Linda Albert

The Appointment reference

Shame the story about seeing Death in the market has become so hackneyed.

Regarding the David Suchet version - it is puzzling to know why so many aspects of "Murder In Mesopotamia" have been incorporated into this story. The dig that is dominated by the personality of the obsessed archaeologist's tyrannical wife, whom he adores. One reviewer in the British press at the time was confused into thinking he had already seen the new Poirot (or that they were all the same). Other devices from different Christies are the unisex name, in this case Leslie/Lesley, found in - for instance - "A Murder Is Announced", and the alibi juggling that is in "Death On The Nile" (yet another Middle East Poirot) and "Evil Under the Sun", as well as in "Murder In Mesopotamia". Plus the ruthlessly adopted children from "The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side".

Incidentally, something like the line about not forgetting anything (referred to by the article as omitted in the TV version) is spoken by Poirot, the new context being remembering the male doctor's specialisation.

The adaptation is quite interesting, though rather too complicated to understand fully in one viewing. But why reject the original?

Rogersansom (talk) 21:31, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

need new title, perhaps Appointment with Death (novel)

This article and the disambiguation page for Appointment with Death have what appears to be exactly the same title. I do not know how to change the title, and make sure those old articles that do still point to this article on the novel, stay linked. Can someone who does know how, change the title to Appointment with Death (novel) ? I put a link in the article on John Moffatt (actor) who plays Poirot in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation, and got a DAB notice that I cannot undo, until this article has a distinct title. Thanks. --Prairieplant (talk) 09:22, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Film Location for David Suchet-Starring adaptation

I googled "kasbah boulaouane", and found that there is a wikipedia article on Boulaouane (without Kasbah). I don't know how to edit main articles, and feel hesitant in trying to update the citation. Anyway, in case there is someone who knows how to do this, here is the info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulaouane Torfrid (talk) 03:54, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

There is only a wikimedia page for Mahkama du Pacha, and only has 4 photos. In case it's relevant to add one of these, I'll put the link here. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mahkama_du_Pacha,_Casablanca Torfrid (talk) 04:03, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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Classed a "B" quality, still pleanty of room for ==Major themes== & ==Literary significance & criticism== sections :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:44, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Last edited at 13:44, 19 September 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 08:06, 29 April 2016 (UTC)