Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
Action / Drama / History / Romance

Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
Action / Drama / History / Romance
Plot summary
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
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Top cast
Tech specs
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a lush Cinemascope production with a rich British cast
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!!
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.