170 mins |
Rated
G
Directed by John Schlesinger
Starring Terence Stamp, Alan Bates, Peter Finch, Julie Christie
Re-scheduled to March 5th (due to Cyclone Gabrielle)!
Academy's Valentines Day screening for 2023 is a restoration screening of a lush romantic epic with a killer cast, 1967s FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. Your heart will swoon and break in this gorgeously shot, iconically scored Thomas Hardy adaption from acclaimed British director John Schlesinger (MIDNIGHT COWBOY, MARATHON MAN, DARLING). Shot by the legendary Nicolas Roeg. A favourite romance of Academy's programmer!
Headstrong and passionate Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie) unexpectedly inherits a large farm in rural Dorset. Struggling to manage the farm herself, she captivates the hearts and minds of three very different men: an honest and hardworking sheep farmer (Alan Bates), a wealthy but tortured landowner (Peter Finch), and a reckless and violent swordsman (Terence Stamp). But as emotions become entangled, free spirited and innocent folly soon leads to devastating tragedy.
The restoration process of FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD was overseen by the film’s cinematographer and acclaimed director, Nicolas Roeg. The Digital Film restoration was funded in collaboration the BFI’s Unlocking Film Heritage programme, Awarding funds from the National Lottery.
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Re-scheduled to March 5th (due to Cyclone Gabrielle)!
Academy's Valentines Day screening for 2023 is a restoration screening of a lush romantic epic with a killer cast, 1967s FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. Your heart will swoon and break in this gorgeously shot, iconically scored Thomas Hardy adaption from acclaimed British director John Schlesinger (MIDNIGHT COWBOY, MARATHON MAN, DARLING). Shot by the legendary Nicolas Roeg. A favourite romance of Academy's programmer!
Headstrong and passionate Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie) unexpectedly inherits a large farm in rural Dorset. Struggling to manage the farm herself, she captivates the hearts and minds of three very different men: an honest and hardworking sheep farmer (Alan Bates), a wealthy but tortured landowner (Peter Finch), and a reckless and violent swordsman (Terence Stamp). But as emotions become entangled, free spirited and innocent folly soon leads to devastating tragedy.
The restoration process of FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD was overseen by the film’s cinematographer and acclaimed director, Nicolas Roeg. The Digital Film restoration was funded in collaboration the BFI’s Unlocking Film Heritage programme, Awarding funds from the National Lottery.