Far from the Madding Crowd Movie Review 1997

TV version of the Thomas Hardy novel (filmed for the big screen in 1967) that follows the adventures of young Bathsheba (Baeza), who's the object of desire for three very different men in 19th-century rural England. Independent-minded Bathsheba Everdene inherits a farm and insists on managing it herself. She's aided by steadfast head man Gabriel Oak (Parker), who loves her but doesn't feel he can offer her anything; wealthy older neighbor William Boldwood (Terry), whose love for Bathesheba becomes an obsession; and rakish Sgt. Frank Troy (Firth), who captivates Bathsheba but proves to be a scoundrel.

Distribution

WGBH/Boston, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407-2284, Phone: (617)492-2777, Toll-free: 800-989-8670, Fax: (802)864-9846, Email: sarah_slater@wgbh.org, URL: http://www.wgbh.org

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 200 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Period Piece: 19th Century, Obsessive Love, Books to Film: Thomas Hardy, Great Britain, Farm Livin'

Screenplay

Philomena McDonagh

Cast

Paloma Baeza, Nigel Terry, Nathaniel Parker, Jonathan Firth

Director

Nicholas Renton

Producer

Hilary Bevan Jones, Gub Neal, Antony Root, Rebecca Eaton, Granada Television International Ltd., WGBH Boston