Far from the Madding Crowd (1998 film)

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

Cast Nathaniel Parker as Gabriel Oak Jonathan Firth as Frank Troy Nigel Terry as Mr Boldwood Paloma Baeza as Bathsheba Everdene Natasha Little as Fanny Robin Sean Gilder as Joseph Poorgrass Linda Bassett as Maryann Money Robin Soans as Henery Fray Sarah Tansey as Soberness Miller Victoria Alcock as Temperance Miller Elizabeth Estensen as Mrs Coggan John Boswall as TimothyBFI | British Film Institute page for Far from the Madding Crowd 27/07/98, accessed 18 October 2025.

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."

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