Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
"Murder on the Orient Express" is set in the year 1934. The game is initially begins in Istanbul, while the remaining majority occurs within the carriages of the Orient Express, when it is blocked by an avalanche in Yugoslavia. However, the player has some opportunities to venture outside the train into the snowy exterior environment.
Richard B Goodwin
Richard Goodwin learnt his trade as a location and production manager, and after working as associate producer on Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet",(1968), he produced "Tales of Beatrix Potter", featuring the Royal Ballet. John Brabourne's father in law, Lord Mountbatten, secured the film rights to a number of Agatha Christie novels, from the Dame herself. By 1974, Goodwin and Brabourne had produced the first of the "all star" adaptations of Christie’s novels, " Murder on the Orient Express". The film was a success, grossing $35 million from a budget of $1.9 million. Directed by Sidney Lumet, the cast included: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, and Ingrid Bergman. "Death on the Nile" followed in 1978, with another all-star cast, headed by Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot. The later adaptions, "The Mirror Crack'd", in 1980, and "Evil Under the Sun", in 1982, received mixed reviews, and disappointed at the box office.
In 1981, Goodwin and John Brabourne finally secured the rights to produce E.M.Forster's A Passage to India. They managed to persuade David Lean to return to directing, after a 14-year lull. "A Passage to India" opened to critical acclaim in 1984, and received 11 Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture, for which Goodwin and Brabourne were nominated as producers.They lost to "Amadeus", but their feature film won two oscars: Best Supporting Actress for Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and best music for Maurice Jarre.