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Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
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Overview
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Release Date:
18 October 1967 (USA)
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Tagline:
Her romance with three men becomes a bold adventure [UK theatrical] more
Plot:
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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5 nominations
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Under-rated version of the Hardy classic.
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Cast
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Directed by | |||
| John Schlesinger | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Thomas Hardy | (novel) | |
| Frederic Raphael | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Joseph Janni | .... | producer | |
| Edward Joseph | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Richard Rodney Bennett | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Nicolas Roeg | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Malcolm Cooke | |||
Casting by | |||
| Miriam Brickman | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Richard Macdonald | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Roy Forge Smith | (as Roy Smith) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Peter James | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Alan Barrett | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Ivy Emmerton | .... | hairdresser | |
| Bob Lawrance | .... | makeup artist | |
| Philip Leakey | .... | makeup artist (as Phillip Leakey) | |
Production Management | |||
| Frank Ernst | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Kip Gowans | .... | assistant director | |
| David Bracknell | .... | second assistant director (uncredited) | |
| Nigel Wooll | .... | third assistant director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| John Aldred | .... | sound recordist | |
| Alfred Cox | .... | sound editor | |
| Gordon Daniel | .... | sound editor | |
| Robin Gregory | .... | sound recordist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Martin Gutteridge | .... | special effects (uncredited) | |
| Jimmy Harris | .... | special effects (uncredited) | |
| Brian Humphrey | .... | special effects (uncredited) | |
| Garth Inns | .... | special effects (uncredited) | |
| Malcolm King | .... | special effects supervisor (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| John Harris | .... | camera operator | |
| Anthony B. Richmond | .... | camera focus (as Tony Richmond) | |
| Edward Tucker | .... | camera grips | |
| Alex Thomson | .... | camera operator (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Isla Cameron | .... | advisor: folk songs | |
| Marcus Dods | .... | conductor | |
| Marcus Dods | .... | musical director (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Max Faulkner | .... | horse master | |
| Ann Skinner | .... | continuity (as Anne Skinner) | |
| Derek Ware | .... | sword master | |
| Catherine O'Brien | .... | unit publicist (uncredited) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
- Warner-Pathé Distributors (1967) (UK) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1971) (USA) (TV)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1990) (USA) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
- Turner Entertainment DVD package design
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Runtime:
168 min | Finland:170 min (uncut) | Finland:157 min (cut)
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Mono (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1968) |
Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1988) |
UK:U (cut) |
USA:TV-14 |
France:U |
Singapore:PG |
Australia:PG |
Sweden:11 |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12
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Trivia:
Future Fairport Convention band member David Swarbrick can be seen playing a fiddle during the barn dance scene.
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Quotes:
Sgt. Francis 'Frank' Troy:
[to Bathsheba] This woman is more to me dead than you ever were... or are... or could be.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
The Bold Grenadier
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For many the casting of sixties beauty Julie Christie as the vulnerable heartbreaker Bathsheba Everdene was erroneous, but Christie does a fine job, and makes the role her own. Schlesinger remains faithful to the romantic spirit of Hardy, drenching the magnificent cinematography in the exquisite pastoral music of Richard Rodney Bennett, who clearly wrote under the influence of Vaughan Williams and Delius, while interpreting the story for the cinema very much in his own way. The film is long; but craftmanlike, and characterised by superb performances, with Peter Finch as the tormented Boldwood, and Alan Bates as Gabriel, who is the moral force within the story, particularly excellent. The film's climax is one of the most hauntingly poignant in sixties cinema.
I like to see it as an oblique commentary on the essentially tragical (and doomed) nature of selfish or sensual or possessive love; and the innate nobility of the marriage state buttressed by genuine mutual respect, with Gabriel as the agent of reason and decency amid so much unbridled passionateness....