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6.8A young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile land takeovers. They escape to America, ready to take advantage of the 19th century Oklahoma land rush.
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Joseph Donnelly
- Nicole Kidman as Shannon Christie
- Thomas Gibson as Stephen Chase
- Robert Prosky as Daniel Christie
- Barbara Babcock as Nora Christie
- Cyril Cusack as Danty Duff
Themes
- bare knuckle boxing
- father murder
- brothel
- suspicion of murder
- american dream
- oklahoma
- boxer
- kiss
- lovers
- battle
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ron Howard
- Screenplay by
- Bob Dolman
- Story by
- Ron Howard Bob Dolman
- Produced by
- Ron Howard Brian Grazer Bob Dolman
- Starring
- Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman Thomas Gibson Robert Prosky Cyril Cusack
- Cinematography
- Mikael Salomon
- Edited by
- Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill
- Music by
- John Williams
- Production company
- Imagine Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- May 22, 1992 ( 1992-05-22 )
- Running time
- 140 minutes, 170 minutes ( Extended cut )
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $137.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Far and Away is a 1992 American epic Western romantic adventure drama film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Bob Dolman and a story by Howard and Dolman. It stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. This was the last cinematography credit for Mikael Salomon before he moved on to a directing career. The music score was by John Williams. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
Cruise and Kidman, who were married at the time, play Joseph Donnelly and Shannon Christie, Irish immigrants seeking their fortune in the 1890s America, eventually taking part in the Land Run of 1893. This was Cyril Cusack's final film before his death the following year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Far and Away” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.