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-In addition to being loosely based on a novel by Thomas Hardy, including a character who is writing a book about Hardy, and having a photograph of Hardy prominently displayed in one scene, the location filming was done in Dorset, where most of Hardy's novels are set - "Wessex" being a thinly fictionalized Dorset. The small ad for the writers' retreat that appears at the beginning of the film is also headed with the title of the novel: "Far from the Madding Crowd".
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-The movie is based on a graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, which itself is based on a Thomas Hardy novel.
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-Andrea Arnold(cé ki?) was offered the chance to direct the film. When she turned down the offer, Stephen Frears signed on.