P.D. James - Death in Holy Orders

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/25/2005 Starring: Martin Shaw Jesse Spencer Run time: 180 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Jonny Campbell

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From: Amazon
Posted: Nov-25-2008

Great British Mystery

I watched this on PBS and just had to have a copy for myself. P,D. James is a fantastic writer and the acting is simply great.

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Posted: Nov-24-2008

Another masterpiece

Long live Ms James and may she continue to write for many, many years. Her writing style is exquisite and each character comes alive. When reading these books I completely forget that I am holding a book and feel as if i am right there in the story.Death In Holy Orders is an excellent story. The...

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Posted: May-24-2008

Not exactly a haven of sweetness and light

This BBC adaptation of P. D. James' "Death in Holy Orders" introduces a new Adam Dalgliesh in the form of actor Martin Shaw. In the role immediately attributable to actor Roy Marsden of the 1980s and 1990s adaptations, Shaw brings a new dimension to Scotland Yard's Commander Dalgliesh, but still...

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Posted: Mar-17-2008

Martin Shaw is a great fit as Dalgliesh!

Roy Marsden's Dalgliesh was very solid and quite good. However Martin Shaw brings the character to life in a very different, and dare I say it, better interpretation. I would order more of this series with Shaw as the protagonist. Hopefully more will be filmed and put on dvd.

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Posted: Sep-16-2007

death in holy orders

The dvd was exactly what I wanted and expected. The price was reasonable to me and the shipping charges were also reasonable. The delivery was in a reasonable time. The movie was nothing new as I had seen the movie before and I am a big fan of Jesse Spencer who is in the movie but is not listed...

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Posted: Sep-13-2007

very good James

Frankly, I never cared much for Roy Marsden's Dalgliesh. Martin Shaw seems to better capture Dalgliesh as I constructed him from James' stories. His soulful distracted manner conceals a keen mind and he does often seem like a poet trapped in the wrong profession. This story is a good one that...

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Posted: Jul-20-2007

Only one Adam Dalgliesh

If you seen all of the P.D. James series, there's only one Adam Dalgliesh and that's Roy Marsden. I couldn't get used to Martin Shaw in the role. In addition it was a pretty complex story, but then all of PD James' stories are pretty complex with the guilty party barely noticed. I got to the...

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Posted: Jul-12-2007

Pure Mystery

This film is an excellent adaptation of the book. It will keep you guessing and will interest even those who have read the book from which the film was adapted. Well worth the purchase. Good casting. Good use of location.

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Posted: Aug-07-2005

A Change for the Better

As a Martin Shaw fan, I was pleased to see this new vehicle for his expression. Mr. Shaw takes the role of Adam Dalgliesh to a new, and deeper, level -- adding to the character with a more cerebral approach.While he does not get the pensiveness exactly correct in this first outing as the...

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