All Creatures Great and Small | 
| Director: Claude Whatham
Actors: Lisa Harrow, Anthony Hopkins, Brian Stirner, Simon Ward
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
Buy New: $99.95
New (5) Used (9) from $54.99
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 82296
Format: Color, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
UPC: 013131153491
EAN: 0013131153491
ASIN: B00004Y6AF
Theatrical Release Date: 1974
Release Date: November 14, 2000
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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
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Dogs, hogs, horses and cows February 24, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
This film seems to be a British classic that give rise to a famous BBC series. I liked it as being a realistic film about the life of a British country vet in pre-WWII Great Britain.
The acting is first rate and the script is well done.
I think that the novel may have been just as good
to have been so well represented here.
 This movie is awful. September 18, 2007
Linda L. Tygenhof (California)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 All Creatures Great ans Small (original movie) May 14, 2007
D. Walsh (W. Lafayette, IN)
Great additon to our All Creatures Great ans Small collection
PLEASE BUY THIS SO THEY WILL RELEASE MORE!!! May 23, 2003
Charles W Shank (LaGrange, GA)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
I love this series and watch it time and time again - so glad it is on DVD because I wore my audio tapes out.
A pleasurable film in its own right April 6, 2002
R. Riis (NY)
31 out of 33 found this review helpful
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. The cast is altogether excellent. The television series, which comes out on DVD in May 2002, is not to be missed. This film is likewise pleasurable viewing.
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