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Cold Comfort Farm [VHS]

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Flora Poste, is orphaned at the age of 19 and is left with 100 pounds a year -- barely enough to get by on. She accepts an invitation from the Starkadders rural British farm and encounters a gallery of colorful characters especially the family matriarch Ada Doom, who remains locked in her room, alluding to having spied something wicked in the past. This wonderfully produced, filmed and acted production is based on the Stella Gibbons 1932 literary novel and presented as a three volume miniseries first aired as part of the PBS "Masterpiece Theatre" series. Cold Comfort Farm would make a very popular addition to any community library video collection and is a "must" for Masterpiece Theatre fans and anyone else with an appreciation for British entertainment. VHS, 3 video boxed set, full color, 135 minutes.

I agree with everything that the other reviewers have said about this Masterpiece Theater adaptation of the book Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. his is the older version that stars Sarah Badel nd Alastair Sim and not the newer version that stars Kate Beckinsale and Joanna Lumley. The remake is a a good movie too but why is the remake on DVD and not the original adaptation? I really think this version should be on DVD too!

when broadcast in the 70's this made quite an impression on me! It's great to see that it still holds up --- although the nature-montage sequences are a little hokey.

Alastair Sim's performance is fantastic! My family has been using the line "There'll be no butter in hell!" according to his reading for the last 30 years!

And Mr. Neck's sotto voce comment to Aunt Ada's "I saw something nasty in the woodshed!" --- "Did it see you?" --- is priceless.

Not as slick as the film, but compliments it nicely.

This is the three-part 1968 BBC version seen on "Masterpiece Theatre." Watching this version is like watching a stage play, only interspersed with those odd filler images and segues found in British films of the late '60s. If you're a little confused, check out the other version for better clarity of plot. But this one's fun for Alastair Sim's performance. The other version of this story is a good, solid production that features Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley in marvelous performances. I liked both versions.

i loved this movie! i felt great after watching it. it's funny,it's inspiring in a very creative way,and i loved the characters,including the house! i especially thought kate beckinsale,as the lead character,was outstanding!