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DVDfever.co.uk – Press Release: Murder She Wrote Season 9 on DVD
Universal Pictures UK
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Posted: March 20th, 2009.
Golden Globe® Award Winning TV Series
The evidence has been submitted and verified, and Murder She Wrote can lay claim to the title of longest running mystery crime series in television history, airing for 12 seasons between 1984 to 1996. At the heart of this wonderful success is legendary screen icon Angela Lansbury (The Manchurian Candidate, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Beauty and the Beast). In a career that saw the actress play, amongst other roles, Spencer Traceys nemesis, Hedy Lamarrs sister, Elviss mum and even a teapot, its her role as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher that has endeared her to millions of viewers.
Now, with the DVD release of Season 9 on DVD on 20 April 2009, the intrepid Cabot Cove detective can further cement her crown as everybodys favourite female detective.
Standout episodes from Season 9 include Family Secrets – Jessica’s former student, a reporter, returns to Cabot Cove with new evidence on a 30-year-old scandal involving two of the founding families, The Dead File Jessica is appalled when, upon returning to New York City, she finds herself caricatured as a fox in a politically satirical comic strip with libelous dialogue, The Sound of Murder The last sound the producer hears is not from a record, Lone Witness A delivery boy says he was only a witness when he is found kneeling beside the victim and Threshold of Fear At her home in New York, desk manager Richie enlists Jessica’s help when Alice Morgan, a reclusive young woman living in the apartment complex, begins to see the man she believes killed her mother Lillian five years ago on television.
Throughout its time the show also played host to many aspiring actors who went on to become household names, including George Clooney, Courteney Cox, Joaquin Phoenix and Billy Zane. Use your own detective skills and see who you can spot…
Synopsis:
Jessica Fletcher is a retired English teacher who, after being widowed in her early fifties, became a very successful mystery writer. Her late husbands nephew Grady, who was raised by the Fletcher’s following the death of his parents, found one of Jessica’s novels and submitted it to a publisher behind her back. Not only did the novel get published, but it became a best seller.
Soon Jessica became an international celebrity and travelled throughout the United States and the world promoting her novels. Her one eccentricity is an insatiable curiosity, especially whenever murder rears its ugly head – which it seems to wherever she goes.
She displays a knack for solving murders and becomes a well respected amateur criminologist. However, most detectives and police officers don’t want her anywhere near their crime scenes, until her accurate deductions convince them to listen to her. Some are fans of her books and are glad shes involved in the investigation. With time, she makes friends in many police departments across the USA, as well as a British police officer attached to Scotland Yard.
Her expertise, quick thinking and a keen eye for detail ensures she always catches her criminal.
The DVD is out on April 20th, it runs for 1027 minutes and retails for £34.99 on DVD,but is currently on Amazon at the link above for £25.69.
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