Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film) unselfish devotion, Bathsheba consents to be his wife and persuades Gabriel to remain in Weatherbury. The film keeps close to the book. The budget was $3 million, 80% of which was provided by MGM, 20% by Anglo-Amalgamated. The film was shot largely on location in Dorset and Wiltshire. The film is memorable for the subtly erotic scene between Sgt. Troy and Bathsheba in which he flaunts his expert skills as a swordsman in a private fencing display in a prehistoric earthwork (actually Maiden Castle). An enthralled Bathsheba stands immobile before him. Roger Ebert found the scenes of the rural area
Faces in the Crowd (novel) Faces in the Crowd (novel) Faces in the Crowd is a novel published by the Mexican author Valeria Luiselli in 2011 (originally under the title "Los ingrávidos"). Christina MacSweeney's English translation was published by Coffee House Press in 2014. The novel chronicles three parallel yet intersecting narrative realities. The first narrative is set in Mexico City and follows a young mother writing a memoir of her bohemian days working as a translator of Mexican poetry in Harlem as her marriage is falling apart. The second narrative is set in Harlem, and follows the misadventures of a young translator who creates