Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)
Infobox Film | name =Far from the Madding Crowd
image_size =225px
caption = original film poster by Tom Chantrell
director = John Schlesinger
producer =Joseph Janni
writer = Frederic Raphael
starring = Julie Christie
Alan Bates
Terence Stamp
Peter Finch
music = Richard Rodney Bennett
cinematography = Nicolas Roeg
editing =Malcolm Cooke
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)(US)
Warner-Pathé Distributors Ltd. (UK)
released = 1967
runtime = 168 min
language =
budget =
imdb_id = 0061648
"Far from the Madding Crowd" is a 1967 feature film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted from the book of the same name by Thomas Hardy. It was Schlesinger's fourth film and marked a stylistic shift away from his earlier works which explored contemporary urban mores. The cinematography was by Nicolas Roeg and the soundtrack was by Richard Rodney Bennett. Original folk songs were also used in various scenes throughout the film.
It was nominated for one Oscar for best Original music score and two BAFTA's, Best British Cinematography (Colour) and Best British Costume (Colour).
Plot
Set in the rural West Country in Victorian England, the story features Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie), a beautiful, headstrong, independently minded woman who inherits her uncle's farm, and decides to manage it herself, which engenders some disapproval from the local farming community. It centres around her three suitors: the steadfast but luckless shepherd Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), the lonely and repressed farmer William Boldwood (Peter Finch), and the rakishly-handsome but faithless Dragoon, Sergeant Francis Troy (Terence Stamp).
The film is faithful to the book but the choice of Christie attracted some criticism at the time. The film was shot largely on location in Dorset and Wiltshire . The film is memorable for the subtly erotic scene between Sgt. Troy and Bathsheba in which he is flaunts his expert skills as a swordsman in a private fencing display in an open field with an enthralled Bathsheba standing immobile before him.
External links
* [http://www.alanbates.com/abarchive/film/madding.html See screenshots and read more about the film] at "The Alan Bates Archive".
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