Video adaptation of the novel by Thomas Hardy of love, passion and destruction in 19th century England. In this first part the beautiful Bathsheba Everdene rejects a marriage proposal from Gabriel Oak and flirts with Mr. Boldwood, her neighbor, but rejec ts him also. Director Nicholas Renton; stars Paloma Baeza, Nigel Terry, Nathaniel Parker, Jonathan Firth. Letterboxed; closed captioned.