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Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

  • 2002
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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John Alderton and Pauline Collins in Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2002)
Comedy

After her husband's death and being forced into a nursing home, a woman starts looking for independence.After her husband's death and being forced into a nursing home, a woman starts looking for independence.After her husband's death and being forced into a nursing home, a woman starts looking for independence.

  • Director
    • Ian Sharp
  • Writers
    • Vernon Coleman
    • Malcolm Stone
  • Stars
    • Pauline Collins
    • Peter Capaldi
    • Anna Wilson-Jones
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    814
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ian Sharp
    • Writers
      • Vernon Coleman
      • Malcolm Stone
    • Stars
      • Pauline Collins
      • Peter Capaldi
      • Anna Wilson-Jones
    • 16User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Pauline Collins
    Pauline Collins
    • Thelma Caldicot
    Peter Capaldi
    Peter Capaldi
    • Derek
    Anna Wilson-Jones
    Anna Wilson-Jones
    • Veronica
    Gwenllian Davies
    • Audrey
    Sheila Reid
    Sheila Reid
    • Joyce
    Frank Mills
    Frank Mills
    • Leslie
    Frank Middlemass
    Frank Middlemass
    • Bernard
    John Alderton
    John Alderton
    • Hawksmoor
    Isla Blair
    Isla Blair
    • Matron
    Paul Freeman
    Paul Freeman
    • Jenkins
    Martin Jarvis
    Martin Jarvis
    • JB
    Tony Robinson
    Tony Robinson
    • Nick Reid
    Terence Rigby
    Terence Rigby
    • Henry Caldicot
    Wanda Ventham
    Wanda Ventham
    • Victoria
    Angela Bruce
    Angela Bruce
    • Gina
    Julie Wilson Nimmo
    • Nurse Knight
    • (as Julie Wilson-Nimmo)
    Cecilia Noble
    • Nurse Waite
    Annette Badland
    Annette Badland
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    • Director
      • Ian Sharp
    • Writers
      • Vernon Coleman
      • Malcolm Stone
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    • Trivia
      Pauline Collins (Thelma Caldicot) is married in real life to John Alderton (Hawksmoor).
    • Goofs
      In the scene where everyone is watching the TV interview from the hotel room, there is a reflection in the silver serving trays of the studio lighting rig. Something moves back and forward, possibly a boom mic.
    • Quotes

      [Hawksmoor bursts in on the residents and some of the nurses dancing while Bernard plays the organ, in memory of Edith who died earlier on]

      Bernard: Uh-oh. Bandit at nine o'clock.

      Hawksmoor: [picks up a bottle of wine] Clear this drink away. Where's Matron? Lost your tongues, have you? Whose idea was this?

      Thelma Caldicot: It's Edith's wake. We felt she needed a good send off.

      Hawksmoor: Who says so?

      Thelma Caldicot: I do.

      Bernard: So do I.

      [others join in, supporting Thelma]

      Thelma Caldicot: It's all right, folks. I take full responsibility. I felt it was something you would have organised, had you been here.

      Hawksmoor: Don't you be clever with me. I want you packed and out of this place first thing in the morning.

      Bernard: You can't do that. If she goes, so do I.

      Thelma Caldicot: [sighing] Oh, you can't, Bernard. You've got nowhere to go. And this miserable bugger knows it.

      Hawksmoor: [walking away] Before breakfast, Mrs Caldicot.

      Thelma Caldicot: Just a minute. Oh, I *am* leaving, because I don't belong here. In fact, none of us belongs here in your second-rate, overpriced knacker's yard. And we don't need you or our relatives to tell us when we're ready for the scrap heap. *We'll* decide that. Do you know, I spent 40 years of my life under the boot of a mean-spirited tyrant just like you. And I'm not going to let it happen again.

      [she turns to all the other residents]

      Thelma Caldicot: Good night, folks.

      Everyone: Good night. Thank you.

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      WE'LL GATHER LILACS
      Written by Ivor Novello

      © Chappell Music Limited

      By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Limited

    User reviews16

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    10/10
    Home, sweet home?
    I viewed and taped this production when it was first shown on TV, and recently had an occasion to re-watch it. I loved it even better the second time around.

    It's the tale of a woman forced, by the death of her obnoxious husband and the designs of her avaricious son and his equally greedy wife, to retire to a residential nursing home. She does not find things to her liking. It is run by a strict regime, and although not overly mistreated, the elderly inmates are not exactly handled with due reverence either. The new arrival, Mrs Thelma Caldicot is about to change all that...and how! Hopefully I trust not many (none would be better) of these types of establishments are run as depicted here. Even more so as I'm getting on a bit myself, and one can never be quite certain of the future. However, I have my fingers crossed.

    Reminiscent of the American made-for-TV movie, "Amos" (1985) starring an ageing Kirk Douglas, which more poignantly explored a similar theme (as indeed to some extent did a certain two-part episode of "One Foot in the Grave"), "Cabbage War" takes a somewhat less cynical view of things. This results in a robustly delightful, slightly over-the-top comedy, with real life man & wife team John Alderton and Pauline Collins for once in opposition to each other, and playing their parts with perfection and relish. In such a distinguished and superbly chosen cast it's difficult (after Pauline Collins) to pick out the star of the piece. They are all just simply wonderful. Not wishing to spoil it for those who haven't as yet seen it, I won't delve further into the storyline. Suffice it to say that it's one not to be missed.
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    • benbrae76
    • Aug 30, 2006

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    • Release date
      • January 31, 2003 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Капустная война миссис Колдикот
    • Filming locations
      • Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Evolution Films
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $999,142
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes

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