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Far and Away
A 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.
1992 · Directed by Ron Howard · 140 min · Adventure · Drama · Romance · Western · 30 frames
Tagline
What they needed was a country big enough for their dreams.
Crew
- Screenplay: Bob Dolman
- Cinematography: Mikael Salomon
- Edited by: Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
- Music: John Williams
- Production design: Allan Cameron, Jack T. Collis
- Produced by: Ron Howard, Brian Grazer
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
- Eileen Pollock as Mary Kay
- Colm Meaney as Kelly
- Douglas Gillison as Dermody
- Michelle Johnson as Grace
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
- Budget: $60,000,000
- Box office: $137,783,840
- Themes: bare knuckle boxing, father murder, brothel, suspicion of murder, american dream, oklahoma, boxer, kiss, lovers, battle
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