Far from the Madding Crowd

1967

Action / Drama / History / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 77% · 28 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 6729 6.7K

farm shepherd jealousy rage and hate based on novel or book victorian england

Plot summary

Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.

Director

John Schlesinger Photo
John Schlesinger

Top cast

Jonathan Newth Photo
Jonathan Newth as Gentleman at Cockfight
Peter Finch Photo
Peter Finch as William Boldwood
Vincent Harding Photo
Vincent Harding as Mark Clark
Fiona Walker Photo
Fiona Walker as Liddy
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1.03 GB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 48 min
Seeds 7
2.27 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 48 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 6 / 10

a lush Cinemascope production with a rich British cast

This adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel is a lush Cinemascope production with a rich British cast. The flirtatious Bathsheba (J. Christie) is spoiled for choice between the dashing caddish soldier, the simple shepherd and the brooding landowner. But, alas, I wasn't really spellbound watching it. I just couldn't believe that Julie Christie was this headstrong 19th century maiden. She looks far too contemporary for me; as she is just the perfect 60s icon in costume (same as in Doctor Zhivago).The actual visual aspect of the film made me wonder. The director was obviously trying very hard to give to this feature a feeling of the Dorset countryside. But, somehow, his efforts to include subjective camera, overhead shots, etc, didn't work for me. It didn't blend with the story. I felt that Bathsheba didn't evolve through the film. Julie Christie played the same way from start to finish, in spite of the ordeal she had to go through.Alan Bates was perfect as the farmer turned shepherd, as was Peter Finch as the landowner. It's striking that some silent sequences that should have been devastating just left me completely cold. It lacked atmosphere. On the plus side, there is a nice score by British composer Richard Rodney Bennett.
Reviewed by MrOllie 8 / 10

An excellent film with a haunting soundtrack.

If you are wanting fast action and thrills then this film is not for you, however, if you enjoy a good drama with a haunting score then look no further. Bathsheba Everdine (Christie)has three suitors in the form of the dashing Troy(Stamp) the dependable Oak (Bates) and the brooding/obsessed Boldwood (Finch). The story revolves around her relationship with each of these three men with rural Victorian England as the backdrop. I particularly enjoyed Terrence Stamp's performance as Sergeant Troy whose real love is Fanny Robbin and not Bathsheba. Richard Rodney Bennett creates a lovely haunting soundtrack which conjures up the English countryside. A smashing film!!
Reviewed by Xstal 8 / 10

A Shepherd in Sheep's Clothing...

There's a man or two who've taken quite a shine, they want to be your love, eternally entwine, one's a shepherd who has nowt, the t'other carries lots of clout, but desires from your side fail to align. Then a soldier takes a glance and your enraptured, he's taken all you have to give, and you've been captured, you're in love, and now so happy, you get married, it's rather snappy, that's when the ties begin to weaken, becoming fractured. Soon the man who you have loved leaves you in tears, as he vanishes, dissolves and disappears, leaves a door for a rich neighbour, who wants to offer you his sabre, he's prepared to wait a while, long as six years.Fabulous performances by some rather splendid actors in a tale that engages and engulfs.
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