Far and Away
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| Far And Away | |
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| Image:Far and away ver1.jpg Promotional movie poster | |
| Directed by | Ron Howard |
| Produced by | Ron Howard Brian Grazer |
| Written by | Bob Dolman Ron Howard |
| Starring | Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman Thomas Gibson |
| Music by | John Williams Enya |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures (USA) |
| Release date(s) | 22 May, 1992 |
| Running time | 140 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30,000,000 (estimated) |
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Far and Away (1992) is a drama movie directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Cruise and Kidman play Irish immigrants seeking their fortune in 1890s America, eventually taking part in the Land Run of 1893.
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[edit] Plot Summary
Joseph Donnelly (Tom Cruise), a young Irishman facing property eviction after his father's death, decides to take revenge on Daniel Christie, his landlord. However, instead of killing Christie, he is injured and sentenced to a duel with Christie's arrogant manager, Stephen Chase (Thomas Gibson). Meanwhile, Shannon (Nicole Kidman), Daniel's daughter, is growing dissatisfied with the traditional views of her parents' generation and longs to be modern. She makes plans to leave for America, and with her help, Joseph is able to escape. Upon arriving in Boston, Mass., they find jobs and begin saving money. Joseph becomes a local barehanded boxer, while Shannon works in a chicken processing plant and then as a dancer at the social club. All goes well until Joseph loses a boxing match while he was trying to help Shannon. Because of this, their money is taken away and Joseph and Shannon are left to starve in the winter cold. Shannon's parents, still in Ireland, face a devastating loss and decide to come to America to be with her. Chase, who joined them, has begun a campaign to find her, but his efforts are unnecessary as Joseph brings Shannon to them after an accident. Joseph then heads west to work on the railroad. After many months, Joseph is confronted by his father in a dream, and is reminded of his desire to own his own land. Joseph decides to join the wagon trains and arrives in Oklahoma Territory just in time for the Land Run of 1893, which enabled him to own his own land. When he is there, he sees someone who resembles Shannon and it turns out to be her. He talks to her but then it shows Stephen later telling him to stay away from her. During the race, Joseph chases after Shannon and Stephen. He races Stephen to the land but then Stephen comes along and they have a fight in which Joseph falls to the ground, hitting his head on a rock, and his head begins to bleed. Shannon rushes to his side and tries to keep him alive. He confesses that he loves her "All I know is that Joseph loves Shannon". He dies, but as she is crying she says that she loved him since the moment they met. This suddenly revives him and together they drive their flag through the ground.
[edit] Reaction
The movie received generally mixed reviews, but was received well by audiences. The movie, which cost US $30 million to make, earned roughly $13 million on its first weekend and made a total of $59 million domestically (it also fared solidly abroad, with almost $79 million).
[edit] Trivia
- The main theme of the film Book Of Days is sung by Enya.
- The film was the first to be shot in Panavision Super 70, utilizing Panavision's newly updated 65mm camera equipment. The format was heavily promoted in the film's publicity materials, but eventually failed to renew interest in 65mm feature film photography.
- The land rush portion of the movie was filmed on the plains of Montana where today an event called Happy Pappy's Holdup is conducted to give an account of what actors experienced while filming and some of the staged accidents on the covered wagons. During the Pappy's Holdup, actual cowboys, who were in the movie, give their accounts and overview of how it occurred. This location is also the same land where the movie Lonesome Dove was filmed.
- Ron Howard was apparently not satisfied with Nicole Kidman's reaction when she first spies on Tom Cruise naked. He pulled Cruise aside and told him to remove his boxers for the scene without telling her, and filmed it again. This is the sequence actually shown in the movie, where Nicole's reaction is that of genuine surprise at seeing her husband naked during a film shoot.
[edit] External links
- Far and Away at the Internet Movie Databasede:In einem fernen Land
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