Far from the Madding Crowd (1998 film)

For other films, see Far from the Madding Crowd (disambiguation).

Far from the Madding Crowd is a 1998 drama television film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel of the same name.

Far from the Madding Crowd
Written by	Thomas Hardy Philomena McDonagh
Directed by	Nicholas Renton
Starring	Paloma Baeza Nathaniel Parker Jonathan Firth Nigel Terry
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Hilary Bevan Jones
Running time	56 minutes
Production company	Granada Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	6 July (1998-07-06) – 27 July 1998 (1998-07-27)

Critical reception

Will Joyner of The New York Times wrote a positive review of the adaptation: "Strangely, and to its great credit, this new Far From the Madding Crowd, which was produced by Granada Television in Britain and WGBH-TV in Boston, does not simply survive the viewer's tendency to compare and second-guess; it thrives upon it. At almost every turn of the deliciously gradual tale of romantic chaos, the new version is just as visually striking as the 1967 film -- some of the locations are virtually identical -- and is more naturally rendered dramatically, with a rough language truer to Hardy's blend of poetry and rural speech."

External links

• Far from the Madding Crowd at IMDb