Academy Award winner Julie Christie stars as a beautiful and fiercely independent Englishwoman of the 19th century in this lush and moving adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic romantic novel Far From The Madding Crowd. When proud, headstrong and unmarried Bathsheba Everdene (Christie) inherits a farm, she becomes a woman of independent means. Although three men court her, Bathsheba refuses to settle for less than a perfect suitor … which she will never find. But after she does agree to marry, Bathsheba realizes the mistakes she has made–and the damage her actions have caused.
Starring Julie Christie, Peter Finch and Alan Bates.
Note: In comparing the 2015 version of the film to the 1967 one, Roger Ebert says “Carey Mulligan (2015 Far From The Madding Crowd) is radiant as the fiercely independent Bathsheba Everdene, a literary heroine who remains so vital, she inspired author Suzanne Collins when she was choosing a last name for the courageous Katniss in the “Hunger Games” series. Mulligan plays the part quite differently from Julie Christie, who was luminous but a bit more flirty and playful when she starred as Bathsheba in John Schlesinger’s 1967 adaptation of the novel (which was a bit of a slog at nearly three hours). Christie’s Bathsheba used her girlishness and dazzling looks to assert herself in male-dominated Victorian England.” Not stellar reviews for Julie Christie, but Willow and Thatch thought you may wish to see the original version as well.