Murder by Death
Murder by Death is a 1976 American mystery comedy film with a cast featuring Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, and Estelle Winwood, written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore.
The plot is a broad parody or spoof of the traditional country-house whodunit, familiar to mystery fiction fans of classics such as Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. The cast is an ensemble of British and American actors playing send-ups of well-known fictional sleuths, including Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Charlie Chan, Nick and Nora Charles, and Sam Spade. It also features a rare acting performance by In Cold Blood author Truman Capote.
The film was presented at the Venice International Film Festival in 1976.
Plot
A group of five renowned detectives, each accompanied by a relative or associate, is invited to "dinner and a murder" by the mysterious Lionel Twain. Having lured his guests to his mansion managed by a blind butler named Jamessir Bensonmum, who is later joined by a deaf-mute cook named Yetta, Twain joins his guests at dinner. The house is then sealed off. Twain announces that he is the greatest detective in the world. To prove his claim, he challenges the guests to solve a murder which will take place at midnight; a reward of $1 million will be presented to the winner.
Murder by Death (band)
Murder by Death is an American five-piece indie rock band from Bloomington, Indiana. Their name is derived from the 1976 Robert Moore film of the same name.
History
Early years (2000–2002)
Murder by Death was formed in 2000 in Bloomington, Indiana, by guitarist Adam Turla, cellist Sarah Balliet, percussionist Alexander Schrodt, keyboardist Vincent Edwards, and bassist Matt Armstrong. One of the group's first shows was at the Channing-Murray Foundation's cafe The Red Herring in Urbana, Illinois, with former American Football drummer Steve Lamos' solo project DMS. After the show, the head of the TEAM AV record label with which Lamos was working offered to help Turla and his bandmates secure additional shows. Around the same time the band met Thursday vocalist, Geoff Rickly, when the two bands played on the same bill at a gig in their hometown of Bloomington. Rickly introduced the band, known at the time as Little Joe Gould, to his friend Alex Saavedra (owner of Eyeball Records), who also took an interest in the band.
Podcasts:
Murder by Death
ALBUMS
- As You Wish: Kickstarter Covers released: 2013
- Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon released: 2012
- Skeletons In the Closet: Rarities, Demos, and Lo-Fi Live released: 2011
- Good Morning, Magpie released: 2010
- Finch released: 2009
- Red of Tooth and Claw released: 2008
- In Bocca al Lupo released: 2006
- Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? released: 2003
- Like the Exorcist, but More Breakdancing released: 2002
- 2006-07-01: Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY, USA released:
Skeletons In the Closet: Rarities, Demos, and Lo-Fi Live
Released 2011- The Moon Is Up
- We Only Come Out at Night
- Don't Cry
- (Bang Bang) My Baby Shot Me Down
- Theme to the Film American Carny
- Crows (demo)
- Songasaurus Rex
- Film Credits
- For Matt Davis
- Social Gatherings
- '52 Ford (demo)
- Comin' Home (demo)
- Brother (demo)
- Dynamite Mine (demo)
- Dead Men & Sinners (demo)
- Shiola (demo)
- One More Notch (extended demo)
- One More Notch (alternate version)
- Boy Decide (alternate version)
- End of the Road (demo)
- Those Who Stayed (demo)
- Sometimes the Line Walks You (live)
- Fuego! (live)
- Ball & Chain (live)
- '52 Ford (live)
- Three Men Hanging (live)
- The Desert Is on Fire
- Brother (live & acoustic)
- Steam Rising (live)
- Dynamite Mine (live)
- Raise the Shade (live)
- Those Who Left (live)
Finch
Released 2009- Finch's Theme
- Graycap Memory Bulb (A Parade. Blood! Falling. Swaying Trees)
- Human Memory Bulb (The Desert Fortress. A Father's Death. Mushrooms Breathing. Pursued by the Graycap)
- Finch's Theme (reprise)
- Party!
- Shootout (Partials Approach. Whyte's Transformation. Finch's Account. Battle Charge)
- Red Dawn
2006-07-01: Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY, USA
- Sometimes the Line Walks You
- A Masters in Reverse Psychology
- One More Notch
- Dynamite Mine
- The Desert Is on Fire
- Boy Decide
- Three Men Hanging
- That Crown Don't Make You a Prince
- End of the Line
- Steam Rising
- Killbot 2000
- Brother
- Until Morale Improves, the Beatings Will Continue
- The Big Sleep
- Those Who Stayed
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Ball & Chain
by: Murder By DeathWhen I fall, I fall hard.
My body bruises at your touch,
my ankles bear these lover's scars.
The weight is heavy, but necessary.
You'll never change my ball and chain.
My ball and chain you will remain.
You've always been my ball and chain.
She lingers somewhere I cannot find.
My lover stands upon the shore,
it's me she should be waiting for.
The distance binds us locked in twain.
You will remain my ball and chain.
My ball and chain you will remain.
You've always been my ball and chain.
My ball and chain you will remain.
You've always been my ball and chain
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