Far From the Madding Crowd ~ 18th October 2015
Sunday 18th October at 7.00 p.m.
Admission: £3.50 ~ all seats unreserved. Doors open 30 min before screening.
Certificate U ~ 169 minutes.
Director: John Schlesinger.
Starring: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch and Alan Bates.
Original 1967 film digitally restored.
Set in the rural West Country in Victorian England, the story features Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie), a beautiful, headstrong, independently minded woman who inherits her uncle’s farm and decides to manage it herself, which engenders some disapproval from the local farming community. She employs a former neighbour, Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), to be her shepherd; a rejected suitor, Gabriel lost his own flock of sheep when one of his dogs drove them over a steep cliff. Ignoring Gabriel’s love, Bathsheba impulsively sends a valentine to William Boldwood (Peter Finch), a nearby gentleman farmer. When he misinterprets her capriciousness and proposes to her, Bathsheba promises to consider his offer. Instead, however, she becomes enamoured of Frank Troy (Terence Stamp), a dashing cavalry sergeant.
Doors open 30 min. before screenings for Front Row and Sunday cinema.
Ricks Café is open for tea, coffee and refreshments on Sundays for 30 min. prior to screenings.