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Far from the Madding Crowd (Original title)
Dates: 2015 (Copyright), 01 May 2015 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Synopsis: In the rural West Country during the late ninenteenth-century, Bathsheba Everdene who has recently inherited her uncle's farm attracts the attention of three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a local sheep farmer; Francis Troy, a dashing cavalry sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous landowner.

Genre:
Period drama

Subjects:
Relationships, Courtship, Marriage, Farming
Releases
Date: 01 May 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 118 mins 46 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)

Credits (257)
©: Tempco DNA Limited, ©: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, ©: British Broadcasting Corporation, ©: TSG Entertainment Finance LLC, Production Company: DNA Films, Developed with the assistance of: BBC Films, Presents: Fox Searchlight Pictures, [Presented] in association with: BBC Films, TSG Entertainment, Executive Producer: Christine Langan, Produced by: Andrew Macdonald, Produced by: Allon Reich, Co-producer: Anita Overland, Associate Producer: Joanne Smith, Production Executive: Leah Clarke, Senior Business Manager: Michael Wood, Head of Legal and Business Affairs: Zoe Brown, Legal and Business Affairs Manager: Livy Sandler, Development Executive: Ed Wethered, Marketing Executive: Jacqui Barr, Production Manager: Phoebe Masters, Production Co-ordinator: Victoria Zalin, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Philiy Page, Production Accountant: Rachel Plose, Post-production Accountant: Tarn Harper, 1st Assistant Accountant: Zoie Miller, 2nd Assistant Accountant: Gareth Brock, Unit Manager: Dave Bell, Location Manager: Alex Gladstone, Assistant Location Manager: Damon Crane, Location Manager London: James Buxton, Location Assistant: Matthew Winter, Location Assistant: Karin Kavanagh, Location Assistant: Antonio Genziani, Location Assistant: Ben Connolly, Post-production Supervisor: Clare St. John, Production Secretary: Abby Mills, 1st Assistant Director: Martin Curry, 2nd Assistant Director: Ben Harrison, 3rd Assistant Director: Tussy Facchin, Assistant to the Director: Rebecca Cronshey, Crowd 2nd Assistant Director: Guy Campbell, Crowd 3rd Assistant Director: Natalie Allin, Script Supervisor: San Davey, Casting: Nina Gold, Casting: Theo Park, Casting Assistant: Lauren Evans, Extras Casting: Mad Dog Casting, Written by: David Nicholls, Based on the novel by: Thomas Hardy, Director of Photography: Charlotte Bruus Christensen, B Camera Operator: Anders Holck, Steadicam: Anders Holck, A Camera 1st Assistant Camera: Ashley Bond, B Camera 1st Assistant Camera: Rami Bartholdy, A Camera 2nd Assistant Camera: Chris McAleese, B Camera 2nd Assistant Camera: Megan Ogilvie, Camera Trainee: Jon Muschamp, Sam Irwin, Gaffer: Alex Scott, Rigging Gaffer: John Truckle, Best Boy Electric: Andrew O'Driscoll, Key Grip: Simon Thorpe, Grip Assistant: Callum Watt, Video Playback: Sam Irwin, Stills Photographer: Alex Bailey, Visual Effects: Union Visual Effects Ltd, Visual Effects Supervisor: Adam Gascoyne, Visual Effects Producer: Tim Caplan, Visual Effects Line Producer: Noga Alon Stein, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Finola O'Brien, Li Ying Ines, Visual Effects Lead Compositor: Mitch Crease, FX Lead: James Roberts, FX Artist: Stian Halvorsen, Alessandro Costa, Match Move: Sean O'Malley, Alexander Ha, Visual Effects Technical Assistant: Andy Cuthbert, Special Effects Supervisor: Mark Holt, Lead Floor Special Effects Technician: Lee Hales, Special Effects Technician: Kyle May, Additional Special Effects: SFX GB Ltd, Snow Effects: Snow Business International, Edited by: Claire Simpson, Assistant Editor Dorset: Gwillym Hewetson, 1st Assistant Editor: Jamie Turpin, Post-production Consultant: Steve Harrow, Digital Intermediate Provided by: Company 3, Colourist: Adam Inglis, Digital Intermediate Producer: Cheryl Goodbody, Assistant Digital Intermediate Producer: Kira Fitzpatrick, Digital Conform: Justin Tillett, Digital Intermediate Colour Assistant: Aurora Shannon, Laura Pavone, Digital Film Bureau: Fiorenza Bagnariol, Digital Film Bureau: Timothy P. Jones, Gordon Pratt, Data Wrangler: Dan Helme, Production Designer: Kave Quinn, Supervising Art Director: Julia Castle, Art Director: Hannah Moseley, Art Director: Tim Blake, Standby Art Director: Rachel Aulton, Set Decorator: Niamh Coulter, Assistant Set Decorator: Krysia Whitty, Graphic Designer: Emily Lutyens, Scenic Artist: Henry Gallagher, Scenic Artist: Alan Jones, Storyboard Artist: Simon Duric, Storyboard Artist: Brendan Houghton, Production Buyer: Claire Grainger, Production Buyer: Alice Felton, Property Master: Scott Keery, Dressing Props: Piero Jamieson, Dressing Props: Sean Christie, Dressing Props: Stuart Williams, Drapesman: Jean-Louie Riols, Charge Hand Standby Props: Dave Fisher, Standby Props: Dean Fisher, Greens Supervisor: Lucinda McLean, Dressing Greens: Scott Davey, Standby Greens: Emma Pisano, Art Department Assistant: Katie Money, Construction Manager: Alan Chesters, Costume Designer: Janet Patterson, Assistant Costume Designer: Françoise Fourcade, Costume Supervisor: Elizabeth Healy, Principle Costume Standby: Isabelle Fraser, John Dunn, Costumier: Ron Mawbey, Costumier: Danielle Everett, Costumier: Amanda Derby, Costumier: Sarah Fitzpatrick, Samuel Clark, Costume Junior: Katie Thackeray, Costume Junior: Lucy Anderson, Costume Junior: Sally Winter, Costume Junior: Freya Murphy, Sarah Heatherington, Head Seamstress: Amanda Brothwell, Seamstress: Kirsten Robinson, Elizabeth Farrer, Wardrobe Mistress: Eloise Park, Wardrobe Assistant: April Nash, [Wardrobe] Crowd Master: Robert Worley, Make-up and Hair Designer: Sian Grigg, [Make-up and Hair] Crowd Supervisor: Belinda Parrish, Hair Stylist: Tracey Smith, Hair and Make-up Artist: Charlie Rogers, Junior Make-up and Hair Assistant: Jessica Alexander, Hair and Make-up Artist: Bunny Stanway-Mayers, Hair and Make-up Artist: Lucy Samworth, Hair and Make-up Artist: Sam Bear, Hair and Make-up Artist: Jutta Russell, Sharon Nicholas, Title Design and End Roller: Matt Curtis, Head of Production Dailies: Jon Gray, Dailies Colourist: Miles Anderson, Dailies Producer: Stephen McGowan, Dailies Processing: i Dailies, Film Processing Post-production: Cinelab London, Prints by: FotoKem, Music: Craig Armstrong, Orchestra Leader: Perry Montague-Mason, Solo Violin: Clio Gould, Piano: Simon Chamberlain, Piano: Craig Armstrong, Dave Arch, Folk Musician: Eliza Carthy, Folk Musician: James Delarre, Folk Musician: Laurence Hunt, Folk Musician: Nic Hurst, Folk Musician: Bethany Porter, Folk Musician: Simon Richie, Folk Musician: Saul Rose, John G. Smith, Choir: Dorset Singers and Yeovil Chamber Choir, Choirmaster: Helen Brind, Organ: Graham Perryman, Score Conducted by: Cecilia Weston, Score Orchestrated and Arranged by: Dave Foster, Score Orchestrated and Arranged by: Rob Sneddon, Craig Armstrong, On Set Music Producer: Neill MacColl, Kate St. John, Score Music Programmer: Scott Fraser, Music Editor: Yann McCullough, Additional Music Editor: Michael Connell, Paul Chandler, Score Recorded by: Rupert Coulson, [Folk Musicians] Recorded and Mixed by: Ian Dowling, [Choir] Recorded by: Paul Sanderson, Steve Wright, [Cast Vocals] Recorded by: Duncan Chave, Score Mixed by: Andy Bradfield, Additional Music Research: Eliza Carthy, Dorset Music Research: Virginia Astley, Orchestra Contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Assistant Orchestra Contractor: Lucy Whalley, Music Assistant: Emma Ford, Choreographer: Paul Harris, Sound Designer: Glenn Freemantle, Production Sound Mixer: Mitch 'Wookie' Low, Boom Operator: Stéphane Malenfant, Sound Assistant: Jack Woods, Re-recording Mixer: Ian Tapp, Re-recording Mixer: Niv Adiri, Sound Mix Technician: John Skehill, Supervising Sound Editor: Glenn Freemantle, Sound Design Editor: Ben Barker, Assistant Sound Editor: Nicholas Freemantle, Dialogue Editor: Emilie O'Connor, Sound Effects Editor: Dillon Bennett, Sound Effects Editor: Danny Freemantle, Sound Effects Editor: Eilam Hoffman, Sound Effects Editor: Niv Adiri, [ADR] Loop Group: Sync or Swim, ADR Recordist: Harry Platford, ADR Recordist: Mike Tehrani, ADR Mixer: Mark Appleby, ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves, ADR Editor: Emilie O'Connor, ADR Voice Casting: Phoebe Scholfield, Foley Artist: Pete Burgis, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Mixer: Glen Gathard, Assistant Foley Mixer: Jemma Riley-Tolch, Foley Editor: Linda Brenon, Marine Co-ordinator: Ian Creed, Marine Supervisor: Ned Wiltshire, Stunt Co-ordinator: Julian Spencer, Stunt Performer: James Grogan, Stunt Performer: Sean Adames, Stunt Performer: Stephen Rutherford, Stunt Performer: Gary Grundy, Stunt Performer: Tom Aitken, Zarene Dallas, Post-production Script: Sapex Scripts, Production Legal Services: Wiggin LLP, Dialect Coach: Neil Swain, Dialect Coach: Edda Sharpe, Horses and Carriages: The Devil's Horsemen, Horse Master: Camilla Naprous, Horse Wrangler: Adam Francis, Animals: Gill Raddings Stunt Dogs, Animal Handler: Gill Raddings, Sonia Turner, Unit Publicist: Sarah Clark, Cameras, Cranes and Dollies Provided by: Panavision, Lighting Equipment: ARRI Lighting Rental, Costumes Made by: Sands Films, Costumes Made by: Cos Props, Angels the Costumiers, Wigs: Ray Marston, Completion Guarantor: Film Finances
Cast (23)
Carey Mulligan (Bathsheba Everdene), Matthias Schoenaerts (Gabriel Oak), Michael Sheen (William Boldwood), Tom Sturridge (Sergeant Francis Troy), Juno Temple (Fanny Robbin), Jessica Barden (Liddy), Tilly Vosburgh (Mrs Hurst), Mark Wingett, Dorian Lough (bailiff), Sam Phillips (Sergeant Doggett), Bradley Hall (Joseph Poorgrass), Hilton McRae (Jacob Smallbury), Harry Peacock (Jan Coggan), Victor McGuire (Bailiff Pennyways), Jody Halse (Farmer Stone), Pauline Whitaker, Belinda Low (parishioner), Leonard Szepietowski (All Saints vicar), John Gunn (All Souls vicar), Andrew Price (undertaker), Thomas Arnold (solicitor), Richard Dixon (Mr Boldwood’s butler), Sparky (Old George)