[shygirl]

Far From The Madding Crowd 1998 Adaptation)

for those who haven't seen it......
 

[SallyintNorth]

I know I'm very sad, but the very first scene had me spitting, "But this is supposed to be in 'Wessex' and those are Swaledale sheep and North Country Mules!!" 

(I won't let it stop me watching the rest of it.  My Aussie cousin said she couldn't watch The Piano because of the howling geographical and historical inaccuracies, and what had I thought of the film?  I said I thought it was one of the most powerful movies I had ever seen. )

[goosepimple]

The film version was beautifully done apart from Julie Christie as Bathsheba making it look a little dated now, the cinematography was brilliant as were the rest of the cast, so this has a lot to live up to.  Looks good though in the bit I just saw.


Always love a good Thomas Hardy.

[Bramblecot]

The new version was filmed last year and the location for Bathsheba's farm is where I work.  It was amazing how they transformed the place.  At least they used local sheep this time even if the cornflower and wisteria flowers were plastic .  Can't wait for the release later this year. 
You may remember the casting director asked for extras through TAS