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Far From The Madding Crowd [1998] | ![Far From The Madding Crowd [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512NChfycOL._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Nicholas Renton
Actors: Nathanial Parker, Nigel Terry, Jonathan Firth, Paloma Baeza
Studio: ITV DVD
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 337
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 202
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
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
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Outstanding, moving adaptation March 4, 2008
28 out of 28 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
48 out of 48 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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