Cold Comfort Farm (film)

Cold Comfort Farm
US theatrical release poster
Based on	Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Screenplay by	Malcolm Bradbury
Directed by	John Schlesinger
Starring	Eileen Atkins Kate Beckinsale Sheila Burrell Stephen Fry Freddie Jones Joanna Lumley Ian McKellen Miriam Margolyes Rufus Sewell
Music by	Robert Lockhart
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Alison Gilby Richard Broke
Cinematography	Chris Seager
Editor	Mark Day
Running time	95 minutes
Production company	Thames Television
Original release
Release	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)
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Cold Comfort Farm is a 1995 British comedy film directed by John Schlesinger and produced by the BBC and Thames Television, an adaptation of Stella Gibbons' 1932 book of the same name, the film stars Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen and Rufus Sewell. Originally broadcast on 1 January 1995 on the BBC, it was Schlesinger's final film shot in his home country of Britain, and was picked up for theatrical release in North America through Gramercy Pictures, where it was a small success.