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Far From The Madding Crowd [1998] | ![Far From The Madding Crowd [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512NChfycOL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Nicholas Renton
Actors: Nathanial Parker, Nigel Terry, Jonathan Firth, Paloma Baeza
Studio: ITV DVD
Category: DVD
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1139
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 202 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5037115233332
ASIN: B000L43B4C
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
Release Date: February 19, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Best adaptation of that particular novel September 11, 2008
Irish Reader (Bastardstown, Republic of Ireland)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
One of Thomas Hardy's best-loved novels is sensitively and accurately dramatised in this 1998 classic.
Upon inheriting her uncle's farm, the beautiful and assertive Bathsheba Everdene (Paloma Baeza) is the most sought after maiden in the whole of Weatherbury. She's forced to choose between the affections of three very different men; local shepherd Gabriel Oak, gentleman farmer Mr. Boldwood and the womanising Sargeant Frank Troy. Here, Hardy's classic tale of love, betrayal and tragedy is faithfully dramatised. The 1967 Julie Christie version is good, but this is even better!
 What a disappointment July 30, 2008
A. Rushbrooke (England)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Where's the passion? Where's the drama? Bad casting of leading lady. The love of Bathsheba is something for which two men die. There was no reason for them to do so in this production! The leading me are OK but I'm sure would have come across better had they had acted opposite a better love interest, to bring them out of themselves. The story just plodded along with no feeling of time or events. The scenery and sets are good but all in all not worth watching. Stick to the original film with Julie Christie.
Outstanding, moving adaptation March 4, 2008
Job (Darkest Russia)
35 out of 36 found this review helpful
This is really a great adaptation of the novel - true to not only the plot but as often as possible to Hardy's very conversations. The actors are uniformly excellent, assisted by the subtle, well-paced script, gorgeous scenery and involving plot. I don't think a better version of FFTMC will ever be made and absolutely recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Hardy - or of just sitting in front of an absorbing, fascinating, passionate and sexy costume drama for a few hours!
delightful dramatisation of a wonderful book December 2, 2007
J. Rogoff
58 out of 58 found this review helpful
I have watched this so many times that my original VHS-format is falling to pieces! One of Hardy's most accessible novels, this story quite daringly (for its time) deals with such issues as love, patience and the -- often devastating -- effects of human sexuality. It is all done, though, with great humanity and even the villain has some redeeming features. There's little black-and-white in Hardy's portraits of the three men all humming around Bathsheba like bees. Nor is she herself a simplistic character.
As with the best of British television costume dramas, this 1998 version features some very well-known and -loved actors, although I believe that Paloma Baeza may not have been so well-known when she was cast as the female lead. Nathaniel Parker is simply stunning -- and irresistible -- as the superb Gabriel Oak (a more appropriate name for his character could not have been devised), and Jonathan Firth is very fine indeed as Sergeant Troy -- this may be his best role yet on the small screen.
The music is charming; the settings and costumes are perfect... Sit back for a few hours, and simply bask in the the warmth of this production. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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