The Land Girls

The Land Girls
UK DVD cover
Directed byDavid Leland
Written byKeith Dewhurst
David Leland
Based onLand Girls
by Angela Huth
Produced byRuth Jackson
Simon Relph
Andrew Warren
Starring
CinematographyHenry Braham
Edited byNick Moore
Music byBrian Lock
Production
companies
Intermedia Films
Channel Four Films
Greenpoint Films
West Eleven Films
Caméra One/Arena Films
Canal+
Sofineurope
Distributed byFilmFour Distributors (United Kingdom)
Pyramide Distribution (France)
Release dates
  • 20 January 1998 (1998-01-20) (Sundance)
  • 12 June 1998 (1998-06-12) (US)
  • 4 September 1998 (1998-09-04) (UK)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
LanguageEnglish
Budget£6 million[1]
Box office$3.2 million[2]

The Land Girls is a 1998 film directed by David Leland and starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Steven Mackintosh and Ann Bell. The film is a British/French co-production based on the 1995 novel Land Girls by Angela Huth.

The title refers to the real-life British women who were called upon to assist rural Englanders when men left their farms to fight in the First and Second World Wars.

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  2. ^ Peter Cowie, ed. (1999). The Variety Almanac 1999. Boxtree Ltd. p. 170. ISBN 0-7522-2454-9.