Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film) film performed well at the box office in the UK but was a commercial failure in the US. "Far from the Madding Crowd" received mixed to positive reviews from critics, as the film holds a 72% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 25 reviews. 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
1967 National Society of Film Critics Awards Menzel and Bohumil Hrabal – "Closely Watched Trains" (10 points) 2. Conrad L. Hall – "Cool Hand Luke" and "In Cold Blood" (9 points) <br> 3. Sven Nykvist – "Persona" (6 points) <br> 3. Nicolas Roeg – "Far from the Madding Crowd" (6 points) 1967 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 2nd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics in January 1968, honored the best in film for 1967. The member critics voting for the awards were Hollis Alpert of the "Saturday Review", Brendan Gill of "The New Yorker", Philip T. Hartung