Far From the Madding Crowd (Blu-ray)

Julie Christie stars as a beautiful and fiercely independent Englishwoman of the 19th century in this lush and moving adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic romantic novel. When proud, headstrong and unmarried Bathsheba Everdene (Christie) inherits a farm, she becomes a woman of independent means. Although three men court her, Bathsheba refuses to settle for less than a perfect suitor... which she will never find. But after she does agree to marry, Bathsheba realizes the mistakes she has made-and the damage her actions have caused. Nicholas Roeg (The Witches) serves as cinematographer for director John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy).

Starring: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker, Prunella Ransome, Alison Leggatt, Paul Dawkins, Julian Somers, John Barrett, Freddie Jones, Andrew Robertson, Brian Rawlinson, Pauline Melville, Harriet Harper, Denise Coffey, Margaret Lacey, Jonathan Newth, Derek Ware, Peggy Ann Clifford, Frank Duncan, Michael Beint, John Garrie

Rating: NR