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DVD ~ Sarah Badel
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  • Actors: Sarah Badel, Cédéric Deruytère, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, John Light, John Hopkins
  • Directors: Tom Hooper
  • Writers: Deborah Moggach, Nancy Mitford
  • Producers: Jane Tranter, Kate Harwood, Katrine Dudley, Pippa Harris, Rebecca Eaton
  • Format: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Acorn Media
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Sep 2005
  • Run Time: 150 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000A6T1W2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 58,834 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Love in a Cold Climate, Deborah Moggach's efficient adaptation of Nancy Mitford's two best-known novels, hits an entirely appropriate balance between the comic and the sentimenally tragic. Viewpoint figure Fanny observes from her happy marriage the complicatedly messy lives of her two closest friends, Polly and Linda. Polly escapes from a mother jealous of her beauty into a marriage that gets her disinherited and leaves her ultimately alone when her husband falls for the pretty male cousin who has supplanted her; Linda falls in turn for an Anglo-German banker, a posh young Communist who ships her off to the Spanish Civil War and a brilliant doomed French aristocrat. Mingled with this sweet-sour material is the memorable comic relief: Linda's monstrous father and world-weary mother, the eccentric and affectionate Lord Merlin and Fanny's long-absent mother, the Bolter. This has everything we expect from a BBC serial--excellent casting, a strong sense of period and pacey direction. --Roz Kaveney

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars barely adequate, 14 May 2001
By Anthony Clarke (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love In A Cold Climate [VHS] [2001] (VHS Tape)
Well, this dramatisation does at least inspire you to return to the Mitford novels. And it will be worth acquiring, once it is issued on DVD. However, it still pales compared to the wondrous earlier British television adaptation of maybe 15 years ago, featuring a perfectly chosen cast including Judy Dench and her real-life husband Michael as Uncle Davy. The new dramatisation is far too abridged -- Uncle Davy has been virtually obliterated! -- the only blessing it has is the luminous Fanny, who was just too plain for credibility in the earlier adaptation. The earlier adaptation was, I think, a Granada production. It was a long and loving series which did full justice to Nancy's two novels, 'Love in a Cold Climate' and 'The Pursuit of Love'. It deserves release on DVD so that its wonderful ensemble acting can be preserved, alongside this modern short-hand version. ANTHONY CLARKE
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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars The 1980 mini-series is the ONLY version, 1 Jul 2004
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This review is from: Love In A Cold Climate [VHS] [2001] (VHS Tape)
I agree with the two reviewers below. The version described here is pitiful. The version that MUST be re-released is the 1980 mini-series directed by Donald McWhinnie and starring Dame Judi Dench and Michael Aldridge with Diana Fairfax and Jean-Pierre Cassel and Sheila Brennan as The Bolter.

It is the only version worth seeing, and captures the two books brilliantly.

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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars How to ruin a story, 22 Jun 2001
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This review is from: Love In A Cold Climate [VHS] [2001] (VHS Tape)
This rehash of an earlier eight part television serialisation of Nancy Mitford's thinly veiled autobiographical and somewhat nostalgic look at the English upper class in the 20s and 30s pales by comparison. Love in a Cold Climate & The Pursuit of Love deserve better. Don't waste your time watching this. Ask for the older version to be reissued on VHS
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5.0 out of 5 stars Region 2 format required for this title
I have only seen the original production on TV, which was brilliant. When will this DVD be available in Region 2 format? Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant every single time
I have just watched this version again for the millionth time and absolutely love it. I did not see the original version with Judi Dench so can't compare. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars a poor second
Why is it so difficult to have the original 1980 series released?It is an absolute classic.It is all the more galling when you see the complete dross which is being re-released. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful version of two wonderful novels
I really can't let some other reviewers off the hook for damning this excellent dramatization. The novels were (are) delightful and very funny, the 1980 version was marvellous and... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2005 by D. Maceoin

1.0 out of 5 stars A shallow, superfical version
I agree with the other reviewers - this abridged version loses much of the subtlety and wit of the 1980 version. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2004 by Mrs. K. Worthy

1.0 out of 5 stars How to ruin a good story part 2
Whoever the Australian viewer is, they're absolutely right. Don't bother with this production. I have tried unsuccessfully to buy the 1980 eight part version for years. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC!!!!
I highly recommend this wonderful drama, don't be fooled into thinking that this is only another period-drama about toffs because it's much more than that. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic performance by alanbates
simply good, having watched the television bradcast on cable and being entertained by Bates and others what more can be said than the bolter came home to roost! Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2001 by c.towers@cableinet.co.uk

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