Far from the madding crowd [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Joseph Janni production ; produced by Joseph Janni ; screenplay by Frederic Raphael ; directed by John Schlesinger.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 1000042312 | Warner Home Video2000004865 | Warner Home Video3000018330 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Publication details: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]Description: 1 videodisc (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419873474
- 9781419873478
- Far from the madding crowd (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Nicolas Roeg ; editor, Malcolm Cooke ; music, Richard Rodney Bennett ; production designer, Richard Macdonald ; art direction, Roy Smith ; set decoration, Peter James ; costume designer, Alan Barrett.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This 1967 version of Thomas Hardy's novel should have done better at the box office than it did, given the star power of Julie Christie and the visual and aural fidelity to its source material. Julie Christie plays Bathsheba Everdene, a country heiress who is loved by three different men: Terence Stamp, Peter Finch and Alan Bates. Convinced that she is the intellectual superior of all three, Bathesheba loses many early opportunities for lasting happiness. Finally shedding herself of her haughty attitude, Bathsheba unconditionally accepts the love of Bates. The euphoric exuberance of Nicolas Roeg's photography is matched by the direction of John Schlesinger and the screenplay by Frederick Raphael. Only the nittiest of nitpickers would complain that some of the medium shots don't match the closeups (watch Terence Stamp's clown makeup in one scene). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the novel by Thomas Hardy.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.
Special features: Extended version with nearly 3 added minutes of international release footage not shown in North American theaters; soundtrack remastered; theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, Nicolas Roeg ; editor, Malcolm Cooke ; music, Richard Rodney Bennett ; production designer, Richard Macdonald ; art direction, Roy Smith ; set decoration, Peter James ; costume designer, Alan Barrett.
Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates.
Bathsheba Everdene is a willful, passionate girl who is never satisfied with anything less than a man's complete and helpless adoration. She captures the lives and loves of three very different men. Gabriel Oak is a sheep farmer who is captivated by her beauty and proposes marriage. William Boldwood is an older, prosperous man who had been a confirmed bachelor. Sergeant Frank Troy is a handsome, but reckless swordsman who's given to sudden fits of violence.
Not rated; This unrated version contains material different from the GP-rated version.
DVD, region 1; NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; widescreen version (letterbox, enhanced); dual-layer format.
In English with optional French subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.