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Far and Away is a 1992 American romance, drama, and adventure film directed by Ron Howard. The screenplay was written by Howard and Bob Dolman, who also produced the movie alongside Brian Grazer. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, and Robert Prosky. The narrative is set in the Republic of Ireland.
The film has a runtime of 134 or 140 minutes and was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix. It was released on May 22, 1992, with additional dates in August and September of that year. The production budget was $60,000,000, and the revenue reached $137,783,840. Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures served as production companies.
Critical reception includes a review score of 5.2 out of 10, 50%, and 49 out of 100. Audience ratings show an average of 6.774 from 1,297 votes on TMDb and a 6.6 rating from 72,843 votes on IMDb. The soundtrack, composed by John Williams, was released as an album in 1992.
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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.