Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)

This article is about the 1967 film. For other films of the same name, see Far from the Madding Crowd (disambiguation).

Far from the Madding Crowd
Original film poster by Howard Terpning
Directed byJohn Schlesinger
Screenplay byFrederic Raphael
Based onFar from the Madding Crowd
1874 novel
by Thomas Hardy
Produced byJoseph Janni
Starring
CinematographyNicolas Roeg
Edited byMalcolm Cooke
Music byRichard Rodney Bennett
Production
companies
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • 16 October 1967 (1967-10-16) (United Kingdom)
  • 17 October 1967 (1967-10-17) (United States)
Running time
169 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.75 million[2]
Box office$3.5 million (US/Canada)[3]

Far from the Madding Crowd is a 1967 British epic period drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp and Peter Finch.[4] The screenplay was by Frederic Raphael adapted from Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel Far from the Madding Crowd. It was Schlesinger's fourth film (and his third collaboration with Christie). It marked a stylistic shift away from his earlier works exploring contemporary urban mores. The cinematography was by Nicolas Roeg and the soundtrack was by Richard Rodney Bennett, who also used traditional folk songs in various scenes throughout the film.

  1. ^ "Far from the Madding Crowd (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 15 September 1967. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974, p. 362.
  3. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969 p 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors.
  4. ^ "Far from the Madding Crowd". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 May 2024.