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Stella Gibbons' popular novel was published in 1932, and it has been adapted twice for British television, first as a miniseries in 1971, then by director John Schlesinger in 1995. That version proved so popular that it was released to theaters in the U.S. The heroine of Gibbons' story, Flora Poste ...more
MPAA Rating: PG | Year: 1995 | Running Time: 95 minutes
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$13.99COLD COMFORT FARM (1995) / (WS DUB SUB DOL)
Cold Comfort Farm is a welcome late-career success from the inconsistent John Schlesinger, who got off to a smashing start in the '60s with Billy Liar, Darling, Far From the Madding Crowd, and Midnight Cowboy, only to stumble through the next several decades with less memorable work. Stella Gibbons' novel is replete with colorful characters and wacky situations, but it would be too easy to give over the show to the country cousins. Fortunately, Schlesinger and his collaborators found their Flora ...more
- Kate Beckinsale - Flora Poste
- Sheila Burrell - Ada Doom
- Eileen Atkins - Judith Starkadder
- Ian McKellen - Amos Starkadder
- Ivan Kaye
- Stephen Fry - Mybug
- Maria Miles - Elfine Starkadder
- Angela Thorne - Mrs. Hawke-Monitor
- Freddie Jones - Adam Lambsbreath
- Joanna Lumley - Mrs. Smiling
- Miriam Margolyes - Mrs. Beetle
- Rufus Sewell - Seth Starkadder
- John Schlesinger - Director
- Richard Broke - Producer
- Antony Root - Producer
- Alison Gilby - Producer
- Malcolm Bradbury - Screenwriter
- Stella Gibbons - Book Author
- Jim Holloway - Art Director
- Noel Davis - Casting
- Amy Roberts - Costume Designer
- Mark Day - Editor
- Robert Lockhart - Composer (Music Score)
- Robert Lockhart - Songwriter
- Malcolm Thornton - Production Designer
- Chris Seager - Cinematographer
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