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Cold Comfort Farm

  • TV Movie
  • 19951995
  • PGPG
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
7.1K
YOUR RATING
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
  • Comedy
  • Romance
A recently orphaned young woman goes to live with eccentric relatives in Sussex, where she sets about improving their gloomy lives.A recently orphaned young woman goes to live with eccentric relatives in Sussex, where she sets about improving their gloomy lives.A recently orphaned young woman goes to live with eccentric relatives in Sussex, where she sets about improving their gloomy lives.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
7.1K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • John Schlesinger
  • Writers
    • Malcolm Bradbury(screenplay)
    • Stella Gibbons(novel)
  • Stars
    • Eileen Atkins
    • Kate Beckinsale
    • Sheila Burrell
Top credits
  • Director
    • John Schlesinger
  • Writers
    • Malcolm Bradbury(screenplay)
    • Stella Gibbons(novel)
  • Stars
    • Eileen Atkins
    • Kate Beckinsale
    • Sheila Burrell
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 77User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

    Photos30

    Kate Beckinsale in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Eileen Atkins in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Ian McKellen in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Joanna Lumley in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Kate Beckinsale and Rufus Sewell in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Kate Beckinsale, Rufus Sewell, Eileen Atkins, Ivan Kaye, Maria Miles, Jeremy Peters, Louise Rea, and Sophie Revell in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Kate Beckinsale and Joanna Lumley in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    John Schlesinger in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Kate Beckinsale, Ivan Kaye, Maria Miles, and Rupert Penry-Jones in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
    Kate Beckinsale and Ivan Kaye in Cold Comfort Farm (1995)

    Top cast

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    Eileen Atkins
    Eileen Atkins
    • Judith Starkadderas Judith Starkadder
    Kate Beckinsale
    Kate Beckinsale
    • Flora Posteas Flora Poste
    Sheila Burrell
    Sheila Burrell
    • Ada Doomas Ada Doom
    Stephen Fry
    Stephen Fry
    • Mybugas Mybug
    Freddie Jones
    Freddie Jones
    • Adam Lambsbreathas Adam Lambsbreath
    Joanna Lumley
    Joanna Lumley
    • Mrs. Mary Smilingas Mrs. Mary Smiling
    Ian McKellen
    Ian McKellen
    • Amos Starkadderas Amos Starkadder
    Miriam Margolyes
    Miriam Margolyes
    • Mrs. Beetleas Mrs. Beetle
    Rufus Sewell
    Rufus Sewell
    • Seth Starkadderas Seth Starkadder
    Ivan Kaye
    Ivan Kaye
    • Reuben Starkadderas Reuben Starkadder
    Jeremy Peters
    • Urkas Urk
    Maria Miles
    • Elfine Starkadderas Elfine Starkadder
    Christopher Bowen
    Christopher Bowen
    • Charles Fairfordas Charles Fairford
    Louise Rea
    • Meriam Beetleas Meriam Beetle
    Sophie Revell
    • Rennetas Rennet
    Rupert Penry-Jones
    Rupert Penry-Jones
    • Dick Hawk-Monitoras Dick Hawk-Monitor
    Angela Thorne
    Angela Thorne
    • Mrs. Hawk-Monitoras Mrs. Hawk-Monitor
    Tim Myers
    • Mr. Hawk-Monitoras Mr. Hawk-Monitor
    • Director
      • John Schlesinger
    • Writers
      • Malcolm Bradbury(screenplay)
      • Stella Gibbons(novel)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Director John Schlesinger had to pay for the blow-up from 16mm to 35mm, because neither the BBC, nor Thames Television, who owned the overseas rights, thought the movie would work in the theater, and therefore would not waste their money on the print. It was the fifth highest-earning British movie released in U.S. theaters that year.
    • Goofs
      The candlestick on breakfast table during the first breakfast scene changes places depending upon the shot.
    • Quotes

      Ada Doom: I saw something nasty in the woodshed!

      Earl P. Neck: Sure you did, but did it see you, baby?

    • Crazy credits
      The copyright at the end of this movie is listed as "MCMXV", which translates to 1915. The movie was copyrighted in 1995, so the numerals should read "MCMXCV".
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Twister/Captives/Boys/Dead Man/Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm More Than Satisfied
      Composed by Fats Waller (as Waller) / Raymond Klages (as Klayes)

      Published by EMI Music/Redwood Music

      Arrangement by Robert Lockhart

    User reviews77

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    "There Is No Butter in Hell" but we find "Comfort" in Sussex
    Praise is the only thing I can give this comedic gem of a film! Gibbon's characters come vividly to life in this perfect adaptation of her retro-Austin book. Kate Beckinsale give the best performance of her gifted career as "Robert Poste's Child",Flora who take up an invitation to Cold Comfort Farm with the motive of changing her extended family,the Starkadders, who reside there ("there have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm"),and find out what the "great wrong" was that they had done her father,a wrong that they are most repentant of. By film's end she has accomplished one of these goals.

    The cast is sheer perfection.Beckinsale is vivacious,perky,gutsy and completly charming,Sheila Burrell is a riot as family matriarch Ada Doom who keeps a tight leash on her family and hardly leaves her room since she "saw somthing nasty in the woodshed". Sir Ian McKellen is dynamic and utterly hysterical as Cousin Amo Starkadder who preaches fire and brimstone sermons warning all that in hell there is no butter to sooth the burns. Eileen Atkins as Amos wife,cousin Judith and Freddy Jones as their hired hand are also standouts,but with such a perfect cast there are no weak links,so take sit back and take a journey to the far regions of Sussex with Flora Poste and investigate the quirky Starkadder family, with secrets aplenty at Cold Comfort Farm..once there you will want to make many more visits
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    • Jun 22, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 10, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nya vindar över Cold Comfort Farm
    • Filming locations
      • UK
    • Production companies
      • BBC Films
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Thames International
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,682,429
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $66,427
      • May 12, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,682,429
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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