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| 1140.1 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Mon Jul 29 1996 14:05 | 13 |
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Wow! I saw this on Masterpiece Theatre (I believe) about twenty
some-odd years ago, and thought it was excellent. I've been wishing
it would be shown again since then (and well it might have been, for
all I know). No-one ever knows what I'm talking about if I mention
it. As far as the "I saw something nasty in the woodshed." bit,
I have no idea what it was. ;>
What a great bunch of characters in it - very odd indeed.
- Diane
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| 1140.2 | | TUXEDO::HASBROUCK | | Mon Jul 29 1996 18:05 | 7 |
| RE: <<< Note 1140.1 by PENUTS::DDESMAISONS "person B" >>>
The movie I saw is quite recent. I did not know it was a remake.
I would also be interested in seeing the earlier one.
Brian
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| 1140.3 | sorry, the novel was written by Stella Gibbons in 1932 | SNAX::NOONAN | sing the soul's blues | Wed Jul 31 1996 04:09 | 14 |
| It is not a remake, per se. The novel was written in ~1938 or so, by
Stella Gibbon. This adapation is supposed to be a *very* faithful one.
I saw this Memorial Day weekend (end of May) at the Cape Cod Theatre
(great little cinema) and loved it! I thought it just wasn't getting
any distribution, but now I see it is in a lot of theatres. I took my
best friend to see it this past weekend, and loved it all over again.
Per the Internet Movie Data Base, there were two versions, one in 1971
and the other in 1995. *Both* were television releases. The 1995 one
is the one in theatres now.
The next two notes will have the information on each of them.
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| 1140.4 | From IMDB | SNAX::NOONAN | sing the soul's blues | Wed Jul 31 1996 04:09 | 53 |
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Cold Comfort Farm (1971) (TV)
UK 1971
9.2/10 (6 votes)
Produced by: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Language: English
Directed by
Peter Hammond
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Sarah Badel .... Flora Poste
Joan Bakewell
Brian Blessed
Fay Compton
Rosalie Crutchley
Peter Egan
Alastair Sim .... Amos Starkadder
Written by
Stella Gibbons (novel)
David Turner
Produced by
David Conroy
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| 1140.5 | From IMDB | SNAX::NOONAN | sing the soul's blues | Wed Jul 31 1996 04:09 | 95 |
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Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV)
She Went Searching For Her Roots. But All She Found Was Dirt.
UK 1995 Color
8.8/10 (59 votes)
Produced by: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) / Gramercy Pictures / Gramercy
Pictures (distributor) / Thames Television
Genre/keyword: Comedy
Language: English
Certification: USA:PG
MPAA reasons: Rated PG for brief sensuality and language.
Runtime: UK:95 / USA:104
Directed by
John Schlesinger
Cast (in credits order)
Kate Beckinsale .... Flora Poste
Eileen Atkins .... Judith Starkadder
Rufus Sewell .... Seth Starkadder
Ivan Kaye .... Reuben Starkadder
Ian McKellen .... Amos Starkadder
Freddie Jones .... Adam Lambsbreath
Maria Miles .... Elfine Starkadder
Joanna Lumley .... Mrs. Smiling
Sheila Burrell .... Ada Doom
Stephen Fry .... Mybug
Miriam Margolyes .... Mrs. Beetle
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Rupert Penry-Jones .... Dick Hawke-Monitor
Angela Thorne .... Mrs. Hawke-Monitor
Written by
Malcolm Bradbury
Stella Gibbons (novel)
Cinematography by
Chris Seager
Music by
Robert Lockhart
Production Design by
Malcolm Thornton
Costume Design by
Amy Roberts
Film Editing by
Mark Day
Produced by
Richard Broke (executive BBC)
Alison Gilby
Joanna Guertiz
Antony Root
Other crew
Noel Davis (casting)
Jim Greenhorn (sound)
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| 1140.6 | | KERNEL::FIDDLERM | | Wed Jul 31 1996 05:07 | 11 |
| Yes, the last version was very good....
spoiler
I don't think you ever know really what she saw in the woodshed?
mikef
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| 1140.7 | | SNAX::NOONAN | sing the soul's blues | Thu Aug 01 1996 01:47 | 9 |
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response to spoiler:
Oh it is definately never cleared up in the movie. I'm trying to find
the book now.
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| 1140.8 | | KERNEL::FIDDLERM | | Thu Aug 01 1996 04:58 | 5 |
| re-1
Sorry - its been a great many years since I read the book.
mikef
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| 1140.9 | | GODIVA::bence | Sounds like a job for Alice. | Thu Aug 01 1996 09:34 | 2 |
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The movie is faithful to the book on this point...
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| 1140.10 | CCF | MSBCS::LEHMKUHL | H, V ii 216 | Thu Aug 01 1996 13:01 | 6 |
| The book is even more wonderful and funny than the film (which
I enjoyed). Ian McKellen's hell-fire and damnation preaching
was superb, as was the whole "GWTW" sequence toward the end.
Chris
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| 1140.11 | | SNAX::NOONAN | sing the soul's blues | Thu Aug 15 1996 01:46 | 14 |
| I've been reading the book and a couple of things have become a little
more clear.
The reason Mrs. Smiley is Flora's friend is that she spent much of her
time (when not in school) at the home of Mrs. Smiley's mother. Flora's
parents were world travelers and only spent one month a year in
England.
Joanna Lumley was an incredible mis-cast for this role. It would have
made much more sense if she had not been cast, as Mrs. Smiley is
supposed to be *26*, only 6 or 7 years older than Flora.
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