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Death on the Nile (1978)
You can't go back...
I'm sure I found this at least amusing....tho not riveting...when it was new. But it pales when compared with the Suchet version in every way, and most particularly in pacing, which is excruciating. And the photography. Strained through a clotted scrim....what's with that? I found myself more taken with the costumes than the plot.....that cannot be good. And poor Ustinov has been so overshadowed as to be irrelevant.
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2006)
So much left out....
Weber's not the total fool he appears here (though he apparently loves to play one), nor is Stampfel more dedicated musically. Weber's played music daily all these years, and probably doesn't need all THAT much rehearsal because of it....
Residents of Portland Oregon were lucky enough to experience some 20 YEARS of continuous playing by Weber and Jeffrey Frederick, fronting identical bands known as the HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS and THE CLAMTONES.
I would refer interested parties to The Freakmountain Ramblers for a currently working manifestation of this band. Also on the Freakmountain site, there is a Jeffrey Fredericks link with some newly issued old material well worth hearing.