Cold Comfort Farm
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Schlesinger
Eileen Atkins
Kate Beckinsale
Sheila Burrell
Stephen Fry
Freddie Jones
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Finding herself suddenly orphaned, the expensively educated Flora Poste heads for the country to seek her "rights" and refuge with her cousins--the Starkadders--at Cold Comfort Farm. Worlds apart from the 1930s sophistication of Flora's London life, the Starkadders appear like characters from a Thomas Hardy novel. Cousin Judith is burdened with unspecified grief, her son Seth ripples with virility, Amos longs to preach hellfire to the people, and Elfine wants to be a pre-Raphaelite. But above them all looms Great Aunt Ada Doom, who holds the family in her iron grip and who claims to have seen something "nasty" in the woodshed when she was very young.
Director
John Schlesinger
Cast
Eileen Atkins
Kate Beckinsale
Sheila Burrell
Stephen Fry
Freddie Jones
Joanna Lumley
Ian Mckellen
Miriam Margoyles
Rufus Sewell
Ivan Kaye
Jeremy Peters
Maria Miles
Christopher Bowen
Louise Rea
Sophie Revell
Rupert Penry Jones
Angela Thorne
Tim Myers
Harry Ditson
Trevor Baxter
Frederick Jaeger
Pat Keen
Robert James
William Scott-masson
Susannah Morley
Richard Bebb
Will Osborne
Basil Hoskins
Allison Roberts
Ninka Scott
Myfanwy Hill
Crew
Andrew Bailey
John Bateman
John Bateman
Paula Boram
Peter Bower
Sir Malcolm Bradbury
Catherine Brandish
Richard Broke
Keith Broome
Anita Burger
Chris Capstick
Marnie Chamberlain
Jill Clarke
Bob Cummins
Noel Davis
Elinor Day
Mark Day
Noel Deegan
Chris Dibble
Julian Dodwell
Malcolm Evans
Eleanor Fazan
David Firman
Allan Fowlie
Carol Gardner
Stella Gibbons
Alison Gilby
Dan Grace
Jim Greenhorn
Joanna Gueritz
Maike Helmers
Alex Hester
Jim Holloway
Catherine Holmes
Carmel Jackson
Linda Kathleen James
Paul Judges
Gerry Kelly
Mike Kelt
Jeremy King
Brian Larkin
Maura Laverty
Robert Lockhart
David Mason
Chrissie Mcmurrich
William Mcphail
Laurie Miller
Barrie More
Peter Muncey
Stuart Newton
Dorka Nieradzik
Robin O'donoghue
Steve Parr
Mickey Patten
Jan Pester
Steve Phillips
Brian Pincham
Debbie Pragnell
David Reid
Amy Roberts
Antony Root
Maurice Scanlon
Chris Seager
Joe Sheehan
Heather Siverns
Helen Smith
Joanne Stephens-smith
Tim Stevenson
Andrew Taylor
Malcolm Thornton
Alf Tramontin
Beni Turkson
Lee Turnham
Clint Wildman
Steve Wills
Jenny Lee Wright
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States June 14, 1996
Expanded Release in United States June 28, 1996
Expanded Release in United States June 7, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 24, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 31, 1996
Limited Release in United States May 10, 1996
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States June 1995
Released in United States October 1995
Released in United States on Video November 12, 1996
Released in United States September 1995
Released in United States Spring May 10, 1996
Shown at Banff Television Festival in Banff, Canada June 18-24, 1995.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Special Screening) October 18-22, 1995.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 24 - September 4, 1995.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 1995.
Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 1-4, 1995.
Began and completed shooting during 35-day period in 1994.
Originally made for TV, "Cold Comfort Farm" is reportedly the first collaboration between BBC Television and Thames Television.
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (British Film Showcase) October 19 - November 2, 1995.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 24 - September 4, 1995.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 1995.)
Limited Release in United States May 10, 1996
Released in United States Spring May 10, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 24, 1996
Expanded Release in United States May 31, 1996
Released in United States June 1995 (Shown at Banff Television Festival in Banff, Canada June 18-24, 1995.)
Expanded Release in United States June 7, 1996
Expanded Release in United States June 14, 1996
Released in United States September 1995 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 1-4, 1995.)
Released in United States October 1995 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Special Screening) October 18-22, 1995.)
Expanded Release in United States June 28, 1996
Released in United States on Video November 12, 1996
