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Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
EAN: 0883929036233
Feature: Best Picture/Best Actor - National Board of Review Awards! JULIE CHRISTIE rejoins the writer and director of her starmaking Darling on Thomas Hardy's tale of a rebellious country girl for whose affection soldier TERENCE STAMP, landowner PETER FINCH and sheep farmer ALAN BATES becomes rivals. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG Age: 883929036233 UPC: 88392903623
Format: Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 1000042312
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 27, 2009
Running Time: 171 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1967
Features:- Best Picture/Best Actor - National Board of Review Awards! JULIE CHRISTIE rejoins the writer and director of her starmaking Darling on Thomas Hardy's tale of a rebellious country girl for whose affection soldier TERENCE STAMP, landowner PETER FINCH and sheep farmer ALAN BATES becomes rivals. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG Age: 883929036233 UPC: 88392903623
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/27/2009 Rating: Pg
Amazon.com:
John Schlesinger's solid adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel sees three rival suitors vying for the affections of the beautiful Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie decked out in a variety of bonnets and frilly dresses), who has just inherited a farm. The men in her life are stout, whiskered yeoman Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), an impoverished local farmer; neurotic, repressed squire William Boldwood (Peter Finch); and handsome rascal Sgt. Troy (Terence Stamp), who breaks women's hearts for a hobby.
Thanks to cameraman Nicolas Roeg and production designer Richard MacDonald (who also worked for Joseph Losey), 19th-century Dorset looks as pretty and as picturesque as a John Constable reproduction on top of a cookie tin. Not that Schlesinger or screenwriter Frederic Raphael underplays the duress of rural life. We see the hardship of the farm workers' lives as the seasons turn. The film opens with a spectacular sequence in which Gabriel Oak's dog drives his flock of sheep over a cliff, thereby forcing him into penury. Whether hunger or heartbreak, every character here suffers. Bathsheba (like the model Christie plays in Darling) is a free spirit in a society in which women's rights are severely restricted. --Geoffrey Macnab
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I have always been in love with Julie Christie. From Darling, Doctor Zhivago, Fahrenheit 451, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Nashville, Shampoo etc. etc. all the way to the "shoulda-won-the-Oscar" gut-wrenching Away From Her. She is many, many adjectives (but always, at least, Luminous, Vulnerable, Edgy). She is all that and more here, surrounded by Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates and a bad, bad, bad Border Collie in this exquisite picture. Sure, Julie has her hands full but she also has her wits ... Read More
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This is a masterpiece of a movie. Of course, it stars some of Britain's greatest actors, i.e., Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Peter Finch and Terrence Stamp. The scenery is breathtaking and the characters are well developed and interesting. It is a beautiful story by Thomas Hardy and takes the viewer through romance, tragedy, sadness and joy. Well worth the almost three hours of viewing.
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This classic has superb acting, beautiful photography, and a wonderful ending, and is true to the book. I highly recommend it! I waited for so long for it to come out on DVD, and wasn't disappointed!
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Received DVD in good condition and fast delivery. The picture was interesting but was a bit long. I lost some interest toward the end of the film.
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Julie Christie, Alan Bates, and Peter Finch are convincing in this movie version of Thomas Hardy's novel. The supporting cast is wonderful, too, as is the scenery. The music score is one of the best I've heard. This movie should have won Oscars for acting, photography, music, and play. I would recommend everyone see it at least twice, the first time to hear the music and dialog and learn the plot, the second to savor the beauty of the film.
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