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Overview

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Director:
John Schlesinger
Writers:
Thomas Hardy (novel)
Frederic Raphael (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 October 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
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 & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Veteran Actor Alan Bates Dead at 69
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 29 December 2003)

Actor Alan Bates Dies at 69
 (From IMDb News. 28 December 2003)

User Comments:
Alan Bates is just fantastic more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Julie Christie ... Bathsheba Everdene

Terence Stamp ... Sgt. Francis 'Frank' Troy

Peter Finch ... William Boldwood

Alan Bates ... Gabriel Oak
Fiona Walker ... Liddy
Prunella Ransome ... Fanny Robin
Alison Leggatt ... Mrs. Hurst
Paul Dawkins ... Henery Fray
Julian Somers ... Jan Coggan
John Barrett ... Joseph Poorgrass
Freddie Jones ... Cainy Ball
Andrew Robertson ... Andrew Randle
Brian Rawlinson ... Matthew Moon
Vincent Harding ... Mark Clark
Victor Stone ... Billy Smallbury
Owen Berry ... Old Smallbury
Lawrence Carter ... Laban Tall
Pauline Melville ... Mrs. Tall
Harriet Harper ... Temperence
Denise Coffey ... Soberness
Margaret Lacey ... Maryann Money
Marie Hopps ... Mrs. Coggan
Peter Stone ... Teddy Coggan
Walter Gale ... Jacob Smallbury
Leslie Anderson ... Boldwood's Labourer
Keith Hooper ... Boldwood's Labourer
Jonathan Newth ... Gentleman at Cockfight
Derek Ware ... Corporal
John Donegal ... Sailor
Peggy Ann Clifford ... Fat Lady at Circus (as Peggyanne Clifford)
Noel Henkel ... Circus Manager
Bryan Mosley ... Barker
David Swarbrick ... Fiddler at Barn Dance
Alba ... Gentleman at Party
Frank Duncan ... Farmer at Corn Exchange
Hugh Walker ... Farmer at Corn Exchange
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Maxwell ... Doctor (uncredited)
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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 (director of photography)
 
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)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Runtime:
168 min | Finland:170 min (uncut) | Finland:157 min (cut)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
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

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Cameo: [John Schlesinger]Briefly spotted as an extra in the harvest celebration at about the midway point, before the film's Intermission. more
Quotes:
Bathsheba Everdene: I've been checking the records. We've never had so many lambs come to maturity as this year. Not ever.
Gabriel Oak: Well, we've been lucky, Ma'am.
Bathsheba Everdene: I'VE been lucky!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Profile of 'A Town Like Alice' (2001) (V) more
Soundtrack:
The Bold Grenadier more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Alan Bates is just fantastic, 19 July 2005
9/10
Author: Florence Lawrence from The New Forest

What a treat to see an adaption of this marvellous but hard going book, of course it's always worth the effort to read Hardy, but it takes getting into, you have to be in the right mind frame, so dramatisations of his wonderfully rich characters are always wonderful to watch, and open up his work to a wider audience I should imagine.

This film in particular was pretty true to the script, if a little condensed, in places. I felt Alan Bates was just fantastic on screen, but probably had the right amount of charm and screen magnetism for the box office, but a little too much to be a true Farmer Oak as described by Hardy, what women in her right mind would ever turn him down,being so sweet and looking like that, I must watch more of his films.

Everyone else was just brilliant as well, and it was lovely to see the beautiful Dorset I visit often so on the big screen and note it really hasn't changed that much at all since the filming in the 60's.

An excellent film, don't miss it !!!

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