Far from the Madding Crowd (TV 1998)A vain pretty girl has recently taken over her uncles farm. Her independent, naive personality leaves her torn between three men who wish to marry her. Director:Nicholas Renton |
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Far from the Madding Crowd (TV 1998)A vain pretty girl has recently taken over her uncles farm. Her independent, naive personality leaves her torn between three men who wish to marry her. Director:Nicholas Renton |
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Paloma Baeza | ... | |
| Nigel Terry | ... | ||
| Nathaniel Parker | ... | ||
| Jonathan Firth | ... | ||
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Victoria Alcock | ... | |
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James Allen | ... |
Will Coggan
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Robin Ardra | ... |
Tollgate Keeper
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Peter Aubrey | ... |
Daniel Selby
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Paul Ax | ... |
Sergeant
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James Ballantine | ... |
Joe Coggan
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David Barrass | ... |
Pennyways
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Tim Bartholomew | ... |
Sam Sammy
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| Linda Bassett | ... | ||
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Gwynn Beech | ... |
Simeon
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Shannon Bone-Sands | ... |
Lizzie Coggan
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Bathsheba everdene, a young vain girl, has just taken over her uncles farm. Her pretty face, wealth, and naive personality attracts three men who wish to marry her. She ,bieng so naive and vain, gets herself into a love tangle between them. As her time passes and the responsibilities of her farm, workers, and personal status pile up into a stressful mess, she begins to learn the hardships of life. Written by Dana
I gave up watching this after I heard the line, "Do you want a job then?" The dialogue was so modern and unconvincing I was soon irritated by it, and the line in question was the last straw! Another reviewer has commented on the rural dialect. I am an Englishman who lives in the West Country (where this story is set) and am familiar with West Country dialects and accents as they were before television destroyed them. The dialect and accents used in this version were hopeless, and would have been best avoided. (I haven't heard realistic West Country speech in films or on TV since the '60s/'70s - actors seem unable or unwilling to make the effort.)