VHS : All Creatures Great & Small
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starring: Brenda Bruce, Christine Buckley, John Collin, Jane Collins, Fred Feastdirected by: Claude Whatham
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780764004711
Format: Color, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0764004719
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: March 21, 2000
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 19271
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1975
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This television film based on the autobiographical novels of country veterinarian James Herriot predates the popular British TV series of the same name by several years. Shot on location in the picturesque Yorkshire countryside, it is utterly charming and features quite an illustrious cast. Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is terrific as the dedicated, exasperating Dr. Siegfried Farnon, who takes young Herriot, fresh out of a London veterinary college, on as his assistant. Herriot is appealingly played by Simon Ward (perhaps best known as the Duke of Buckingham in The Three Musketeers). The movie opens as Herriot arrives for an interview with Farnon. Dressed in his spotless Saville Row suit, Herriot is immediately swept along on a 'horse call' and finds himself treating a messy injury. This is the life that Herriot always dreamed of! Like the series, the movie is a must for animal lovers. (Yes, Mrs. Pumphrey is here with her pampered lap dog, Tricky Woo.) It's also delightfully romantic, as it follows the courtship between Herriot and his bride-to-be, Helen (lovely Lisa Harrow). Droll British humor and authentic period detail cap off a thoroughly satisfying production. --Laura Mirsky
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - This movie is awful.
If any of you have seen the All Creatures Great & Small television series, as I have, do not buy this movie. It is downright awful. The actors go through the motions and there is no warmth of the characters in the movie version. It lacks humor and Helen is not at all like the character in the TV series.
Don't waste your money on this movie version.
Rating:  - All Creatures Great ans Small (original movie)
Great additon to our All Creatures Great ans Small collection
Rating: - PLEASE BUY THIS SO THEY WILL RELEASE MORE!!!
I love this series and watch it time and time again - so glad it is on DVD because I wore my audio tapes out.
Rating: - A pleasurable film in its own right
To criticize this delightful film by comparing it to the beloved television series is fairly silly, since the series had the time and scope to flesh out the characters and allow them to develop in a way a single film cannot. The film version, admittedly compressing a leisurely and anecdotal book into a two-hour overview, nevertheless does a terrific job of capturing the pace and character of these amiable vets and their clients and the scenic Yorkshire countryside that made the books so appealing. ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointing
I love the series, and only caught up to this British film after seeing all the available TV shows on video. The casting was fine, though the series actors are much better. My problem with this film are these: It is almost word for word from the first two episodes of the Series. Also...I don't think it was such a hot idea to make a film, as it only added up to a few stories told episodically. There was no single story line to sustain a film. It ends with James and Helen getting married and James seeing ... Read More
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