Far From the Madding Crowd

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Far From the Madding Crowd
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PG,2hrs 45min
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October 18, 1967
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Warner Home Video
Synopsis: 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, ... Full Synopsis
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Praised by critics but shunned by audiences, this 1967 British film captures the brooding beauty of the English countryside and the young woman it sometimes symbolizes, Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie). Christie's character is a young woman courted by two rustics and a dashing soldier, whose fates hang by the thread of her caprice and charm. As she works her way from immature fixation on dashing ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Bathsheba Everdene
Sgt. Troy
William Boldwood
Gabriel Oak
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TERENCE STAMP & JULIE CHRISTIE: Among British actors identified with mod fashion, none were more...
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