Cold Comfort Farm (1995) - PART 1

[Megaramckinnons]

Thank you for uploading!! I have been dying to see this and unable to find it. Such a fantastic story - I love the book.

[idyhot]

It,s Patsy!

[globalman]

I agree, everyone should have a plane...

"sounds appalling" lol

The difference between then and now.... They were living it, we're just watching it.

[globalman]

Brilliant British cast and looks jolly good fun. All for king and country! Kate always trying to be English, never quite pulls it off, never mind.

[kitcarew]

@globalman Kate Beckinsale is English !!

[FelixFelisis]

I love Kate's accent.  So posh.

[missMagbeth]

The Russian girl wants to know what did that old woman see in the woodshed too!!!!

[Lee7559]

I dont mean to sound a snob but this is what life is suposed to be like, I always thought I was born too late, I know there was a war just around the corner but life looked much more enjoyable and upper class.

On the flip side it would of sucked big style if you were one of the many seriously poor of that time.

[daffy88808]

@Lee7559 Or if you were a woman who wanted to pursue a serious career. Or black (in Europe and the US obviously). Or gay. Or transsexual.

Cold Comfort Farm is set in "the near future" btw, so it's technically some sort of alternate reality without the world war war.

[caohanlu]

This is great. Thnx for uploading

[deriter64]

Help.Why when I'm somewhat glum does this movie always take me to a happier place?. And it must be something more than Eileen Atkins being totally brilliant (as usual) or Kate Beckinsale being naturally drop dead beautiful and not killing werewolves. Or Ian McKellan, or Rufus Sewell or dear old Freddie Jones. Heck, maybe it's just that when the Brits do, they do well.

[rabbitsmom]

Amazing cast, don'cha'think?

[caffreye]

I saw something nasty in the woodshed

[TheTyaptyap]

@caffreye not nasty...NARSTY...

[suzannesadiiqa]

'The loss of a husband is nothing compared to the loss of a good butler'!!!!!

[mabelxxxbsb]

watching this makes me think of kate beckinsale and Rufus Sewell

[TheSunmanho]

thank God I'm a MAN. Nobody can force me to watch this girly kitsch.

[aleutian00grace]

love this movie. n the accents. is there any other movies like this or back in time from england...??

[katebeckinsale978]

i dont quite understand this movie

[Juvenal4668]

@katebeckinsale978 The story isn't important. It's a spoof on the kind of syrupy, back-to-nature book written by writers like Mary Webb in the early 1900's. You should be able to find a clip of a movie based on a Mary Webb book on YouTube called "Gone to Earth" (search on Harps in Heaven). Cold Comfort Farm puts a no-nonsense "New Woman" in amongst a family of deliberately over-written rural characters to make fun of the ridiculous ideas supposedly held by country folk (if you believe Webb).

[tiffers1912]

Loving this already!

[kitcarew]

something nasty...

[MondoBeno]

She can't live on 100 Pound a year? In those days, the average Briton was lucky if he made 30 Pounds a year.

Nevermind, that gal is gorgeous. She can live with me for nothing.

[IroNicGirl91]

I already love Mary, it seems though that there won't be a lot of scene's with her...

[mzrebel]

And to desertadler1, only in the more middle class areas of bits of the south really. There are so many accents and so many hybrid accents in the UK.

[mzrebel]

I have the challenge of playing Judith in this coming up! I love the part, but am finding it very hard to keep a straight face whilst on stage!

[desertadler1]

Can someone tell me what kind of british accent Kate Beckinsale use ? It is so sexy. Do a lot of english women talk like her in England, today ?

[kitcarew]

@desertadler1 Kate speaks well spoken English, others may have a regional accent, which is just as real and well spoken in their own dialect. But generally speaking Kate has what is called a very good English accent.

[hebahabahobaheben]

Great bit of british charm. Quaint and loverly says I.

[fangzy7]

charles is her second cousin?!

[carathebaker]

Obviously a person of good taste! A remarkable adaptation of Stella Gibson's book! Also the movie when I fell in love with Rufus Sewell!

[MultiBlackrose87]

Emma Woodhouse was not penniless !

Thanks for uploading this though..!!

[bronteteri]

is that patsy from absolutely fabulous in the dress shop at the beginning?? lovely

[kitcarew]

@bronteteri yes

[DanceMyStyle]

Our local youth theatre is doing a production of this (: I'm Charles and Seth.....I can do a poshish accent for Charles, but I'm gonna FAIL at Seth...x

[aulae]

I love this movie! It's so hilarious and perfect!

[finny505]

A brilliant film I've been meaning to re-watch - thanks so much for posting!

[Qkumber1]

"Gee, It sure is BORING around here"

[vijastrak]

" and i saw something NASTY in the woodshed..."

"yeah baby, but did it see you???"

[aulae]

I love this film! its hilarious and quirky and just a bag of fun!

[nswms992000]

This is such a great movie!! This was the movie that introduced me to Kate Beckinsale!! Thanks so much for posting this, mansfieldparkmovie!! :)

[Beeshitten]

70 years ago, a hundred quid per annum wasn't bad money at all. More than people on the dole were getting- much more!

[tsujigiri15]

It's been many years since I last saw this - in the interim I discovered that Miss Post can also be seen sporting tight black leather and kicking serious undead butt in underworld. It really gives a man pause for thought!

[Sukiuktv]

People focus on performances and tend to overlook that any film is largely the artistic creation of the director - in this case John Schlesinger (Billy Liar, Darling, Far From The Madding Crowd, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man, Yanks).

He was warm, witty and generous to all on-set, but then also quietly intensely concentrated and decisive when filming. Thoroughly 'the boss'!

[daisyspacer]

loved this movie and it's been on my list of ones to watch again....thanks so much for posting!!!

[yowee1234]

"I saw something nasty in the woodshed..." bahaha, love it.

Thanks so much for putting this up. It's such an amazing film, and it's been quite a while since I'e seen it!

[roberthalfull]

i LOVE KATE BECKINSALE!!! SHE'S SO FINE!

[SheBPadfoot]

I will always love this movie. Someday I'm going to England darnit! They are just so cool!

[ssesf]

@SheBPadfoot Not only are they cool but they also have a funny accent!

I was about to shift to another movie when the name Kate Beckinsale appeared.

7:07 is great!

[SheBPadfoot]

@ssesf I know! I just think they're amazing, although they make me feel a little inferior... I LOVE IT! Kate Beckinsale is awesome! She's done so many great films. Plus, the guy who plays Seth is pretty attractive, though his accent is a little different. Aunt Judith is hilarious! "Robert Poste Child"

[maaneblomme]

@SheBPadfoot That is Rufus Sewell, who also plays Agamemnon (looking good, looking good) in "Helen of Troy", and he is one of the lead roles in "The Taming of the Shrew" and in "Downloading Nancy"... and "Dark city"...

Best movies I have seen him in must be in "Tale of a knight" Or the "Illusionist"

[SheBPadfoot]

@maaneblomme Yeah he's hot. I first saw him in this and had to look him up. Unfortunately the only thing on instant play in Netflix was one of his lesser known movies, Middlemarch. That movie only kept me watching because he was in it.

Btw thanks for the info on his other films I will be sure to look them up :)

[maaneblomme]

@SheBPadfoot I didn't want to watch middlemarch, b/c of the reason, that I would be bored untill he came.

And you are very welcome, but I forgot to mention one movie, that I find imortant: Tristan & Isolde... He's Lord Marke... (my fave character of course) xD

[NeoItoh]

'I want to learn about real life.'

'What for?'

'To put it in books.'

So classically Oscar Wilde-ish.

[miasma9]

I love how the begining is like a b-grade horror film. I wonder what Stella Gibbons (the author) imagined that woodshed thing was, a murder?

[fledermonk]

great movie thanks, got to love the 1930's

[InLoveWithHarpoMarx]

i saw something nasty....in the tool shed

[anisete46]

Smether.. the perfect valet... wish I had one..

[anisete46]

"Battenburg cake.. my favourite" LOL

[anisete46]

Johanna Lumley... Ab Fab :))

[anisete46]

You know what's really great about this thread re Youtube in general? ONLY THUMBS UP ! how refreshing.....:)))

[anisete46]

Loved the book which I read 30 years ago, loving even more this film..thanks and kudos to mansfieldparkmovie.. good on you mate

something nasty in the woodshed LOL

[megaswenson]

So, reading the book, did one ever find out what it was that she saw in the Woodshed?

[fairytaleforest]

knowing what i know now about Sussex, having lived there 5 years, I'd say it was someone not 'local' !

:)

[megaswenson]

Oh! I finally figured out what you meant! People in Sussex would have been traumatized by outsiders? thank you for that suggestion. That was funny!

[anisete46]

no, of course not ! That's part of the fun :)) but it was probably something sexual.

[discworldgirl22]

nobody know fairygmother1

[spanichicko11]

love love loveee this movie :)

[Eyebee2468]

So extremely funny and well-made! Even the bull's acting is good...

[fairygmother1]

an american wants to know what the bloody hell did she see in the woodshed?

[megaswenson]

Something naaaahhhhsty!

What a great line she keeps repeating.

But even better is when the producer says "Sure ya did, Toots! But did IT see YOU!"

[fairygmother1]

ha-ha.

[Piratejenny25]

LOL thats my favorite part in the movie.

[megaswenson]

Mine too! Closely followed by the 'quivering' scene in the church.

[belladeballe]

@fairygmother1 Maybe there was a mirror in there? LOL

[anisete46]

@fairygmother1 something nasty of course :))

[rockchick80s]

Thanks for sharing - DIdnt follow this one, but if Steven Fry is in it - Say no More!!! lol

[gglennwill]

is this romantic?

[ouihotpot]

funny embryo parson!

[trialsdork]

Man, I hope they don't find this.

[sunflowery12]

i love northanger abbey so if they are similar i will enjoy this

[darknessisserenity]

i saw this in the theatre when it came out, bloody brilliant!

[auktober]

I love Kate. She is brilliant in this as she is in most things.

[flavoredwallpaper]

Stephen Fry is in this? He better be Mr. Mybug...

[CloudedBuff]

Aw wow, I didn't know there was a film! I read the book last year, tis hilarious

[Narnialover4]

I stumbled across this,I was going to watch "Northanger Abbey." but I'll watch it tomorrow .

[FIORRE20]

SAME HERE! lol!

[anisete46]

Same here... I loved the book....

[Angelahoneydew]

same here!lol

[ofatui650]

i LOVE this movie! I used to have the DVD but then i lost it. thanks for putting it up!!!

[thewomandirector]

I love how you never find out what she saw in the woodshed! If this was made in Hollywood, you would have a stupid 5 minute psychobabble scene, a la the end of PSYCHO.

[thrice3muses]

I love this movie!! Thanks for posting it. What do you all think she REALLY saw in the woodshed?? Me & my Mom have always wondered.

[olive345]

I know it's so annoying that it never tells you! But I guess it leaves more to the imagination so it's better.

It must have been pretty bad though!

[invisblchzbrgr]

It might have been the potting shed...

;)

[dustbunnieboo]

Thank you so much for posting this. :-)

[zadniprur]

Mansfieldparkmovie, you have a taste for films!

[eiresicilia]

Today January 5, is the the birthday of novelist Stella Gibbons, born in 1902 in London, England. She wrote a parody of a novel by a writer named Mary Webb, a writer who wrote fatalistic, gloomy novels set in rural places, in the tradition of Thomas Hardy. Gibbons did not like that genre, so she wrote her parody, a novel called Cold Comfort Farm (1932).

[rustown1]

Thank you...thank you!!!

[jagirl314]

I am looking foward to watching this.

In your discription you said Flora reminded you of Emma Woodhouse and Northanger Abbey. Did you by chance mean Catherine Morland instead? She is the heroine in Northanger. Miss Woodhouse is the heroine in Emma.

Thanks so much for uploading?

[mansfieldparkmovie]

Yeah I meant both Catherine Morland and the gothic elements of the book : )

[ellastead123]

@mansfieldparkmovie you were right about Emma Woodhouse though the setting may be more like northanger she is definately most like emma, very managing of those around her haha

[MagnificentFiend]

Thank you so much for posting this... I was literally looking for it the week before you put it up because I'm doing it in English!

[conniemagnolia]

i meant fantastic. you are fantastic.

[conniemagnolia]

You are so fastastic for posting this. Thank you!

[JaneAustenGirl23]

oh i like this movie!! it was FUNNY! kate beckingsale sure looks different here. thanks for posting this! and although Rupert Penry-Jones only had a few scenes and very minimal lines, he was great none the less.

[sparkleplenty101]

I've never heard of this movie, and no wonder, for I live in America. We don't get a lot of these great dramas. I'm about to sit back, and watch it for the first time. I can't wait.

[conniemagnolia]

I totally agree.

[laurclassicslove]

I love this movie! Saw it for the first time a few months ago on tv. It is a brilliant piece of work. I did not know it was a book so I will now have to find a copy and read it.

Thanks for posting.