Cider with Rosie Movie Review 1999

Adaptation of Laurie Lee's 1959 story about his Cotswolds childhood. Set in 1918, in the Slad Valley, disorganized Annie Lee (Stevenson) has been left to raise nine children on her own. Laurie's childhood consists of school, church, village festivals, eccentric relations and neighbors, and the usual childhood tribulations. Lee himself provided narration before his death at 82 in 1997.

Distribution

VideoPreview Collection, National Fulfillment Center, PO Box 4055, Santa Monica, CA 90405, Toll-free: 800-771-9232, Fax: (310)399-4844

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 120 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1910s, Childhood Visions, Moms, Great Britain, Family Drama

Screenplay

John Mortimer

Cast

Juliet Stevenson, Emily Mortimer, Joe Roberts, Dashiell Reece, David Troughton, Robert Lang, Hugh Lloyd

Director

Charles Beeson

Music

Geoffrey Burgon

Producer

Carlton Television, WGBH Boston