Stars: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch

Director: John Schlesinger

Summary: Based on the novel by Thomas Hardy which tells of an English heiress courted by three men. She marries the wrong man who proceeds to gamble most of her fortune away.

In rural Victorian England, circa 1865, a headstrong young woman inherits her dead uncle's farm in Wessex. Soon after her arrival, three very different men begin to pursue her: a failed sheep farmer; a wealthy landowner; and the one she falls in love with, a reckless military sergeant whose reputation precedes him. With stunning cinematography from Nicholas Roeg, John Schlesinger's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's downbeat classic novel stars Julie Christie as the unsatisfied country girl Bathsheba, her three handsome suitors are played by Terence Stamp, Alan Bates and Peter Finch.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on April 29, 2006 1:16 PM

Thomas Hardy's tale of the beautiful , strong - willed Bathsheba Everdene ( Julie Christie ) and the three men who court her is a passionate story of love and betrayal . She is torn between the devoted shepherd ( Alan Bates ) , the wealthy landowner ( Peter Finch ) and the rakish soldier ( Terence Stamp ) , whom she marries . But it turns to desertion , disaster and murder , though unusually for Hardy , there is a happy ending . John Schlesinger's
film is a faithful evocation of the great novelist's classic original .

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1967
Release Date:	September 13, 2004
Runtime:	155 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 039098
Keywords:	Classic, Book, Far, General, Crowd, Madding, From, Drama, Period, Based
Genre:	Drama