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Cold Comfort Farm [videorecording] / Gramercy Pictures in association with BBC Films and Thames International present ; screenplay by Malcolm Bradbury ; producer, Alison Gilby ; directed by John Schlesinger.

Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003 (director.). Bradbury, Malcolm, 1932-2000 (screenwriter.). Gilby, Alison, (producer.). Atkins, Eileen, 1934- (actor.). Beckinsale, Kate, (actor.). Burrell, Sheila, 1922-2011 (actor.). Jones, Freddie, 1927-2019 (actor.). Lumley, Joanna, (actor.). Fry, Stephen, 1957- (actor.). McKellen, Ian, (actor.). Margolyes, Miriam, (actor.). Seager, Chris, (cinematographer.). Lockhart, Robert, 1959-2012 (composer.). Gibbons, Stella, 1902-1989 Cold Comfort Farm. (Added Author). Gramercy Pictures, (presenter.). BBC Films, (presenter,, production company.). Thames International (Firm), (presenter,, production company.). Universal Pictures (Firm), (publisher.). Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sheila Burrell, Stephen Fry, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Miriam Margolyes, Rufus Sewell. (Cast).

Summary:

Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advise of Mrs. Smiley and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives, where she finds ample material for the novel she wishes to write.

Record details

  • ISBN: 078327906X
  • ISBN: 9780783279060
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2002]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast on television in 1995 and released outside of Great Britain as a motion picture in 1996.
Based on the novel by Stella Gibbons.
Special features: trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Chris Seager ; music, Robert Lockhart ; editor, Mary Day.
Participant or Performer Note:
Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sheila Burrell, Stephen Fry, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Miriam Margolyes, Rufus Sewell.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; wide screen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital surround; dual layer.
Language Note:
In English or Spanish, with optional subtitles in French and optional English captions for the hearing impaired.

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