Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film) Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film) Far from the Madding Crowd is a 1967 British epic drama film adapted from Thomas Hardy's book of the same name. The film, starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp and Peter Finch, and directed by John Schlesinger, was Schlesinger's fourth film (and his third collaboration with Christie). It marked a stylistic shift away from his earlier works exploring contemporary urban mores. The cinematography was by Nicolas Roeg and the soundtrack was by Richard Rodney Bennett. He also used traditional folk songs in various scenes throughout the film. It was nominated for one
Julie Christie Academy Award for Best Actress, and "Doctor Zhivago" (also 1965), the eighth highest-grossing film of all time after adjustment for inflation. In the following years, she starred in "Fahrenheit 451" (1966), "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1967), "Petulia" (1968), "The Go-Between" (1971), "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971), for which she received her second Oscar nomination, "Don't Look Now" (1973), "Shampoo" (1975), and "Heaven Can Wait" (1978). From the early 1980s, her appearances in mainstream films decreased, though she held roles as Thetis in Wolfgang Petersen's historical epic "Troy" and as Madam Rosmerta in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"