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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   1,726 votes
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Writers:
William Aldridge (writer)
Astrid Lindgren (novel)
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Release Date:
May 1988 (USA) more
Tagline:
They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. In a place called...The Land of Faraway.
Plot:
A fantasy about the lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
One of my All-time Faves! more (19 total)

Cast

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Nick Pickard ... Mio / Bosse (as Nicholas Pickard)

Christian Bale ... Jum-Jum / Benke

Timothy Bottoms ... The King
Susannah York ... The Weaver Woman

Christopher Lee ... Kato
Sverre Anker Ousdal ... The Swordmaker
Igor Yasulovich ... Eno / Carpetbeater (as Igor Isulovitch)
Gunilla Nyroos ... Aunt Edna
Linn Stokke ... Mrs. Lundin
Stig Engström ... Benke's Father
Geoffrey Staines ... The Spirit
Lyubov Germanova ... Jum-Jum's Mother (as Lubov Germanova)
Andrei Petrov ... Jiri
Andrei Sergeyev ... Nonno
Denis Bodrov ... Lollo
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Мио, мой Мио (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Mio in the Land of Faraway
Mio min Mio (Norway)
Mio, moy Mio (Soviet Union: Russian title)
The Land of Faraway
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Runtime:
99 min
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Crimea, Ukraine more
Company:
Filmhuset AS more

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Trivia:
Based on a book by Astrid Lindgren, author of "Pippi Longstocking". Lindgren wrote the book after she saw a lonely boy sitting on a park bench in Stockholm. She wondered what he was doing there, who he was and where he would end up. That gave birth to the story of Prince Mio. The bench which the boy sat on can still be found in Stockholm today, marked with a sign saying that "Mio sat here". more
Quotes:
Bosse: Who is that man? Wait, don't tell me. I already know. He's my father, right?
The Spirit: Yes. The king of the Land of Faraway.
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Soundtrack:
Mio My Mio more

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16 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
One of my All-time Faves!, 21 June 2004
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Author: Merian Moriarty from Springfield, MO, USA

I first saw this film when my mother bought it on VHS in a store... I think I was about seven. I loved it from the moment I first watched it, and even now, at nineteen, it's still one of my favorite movies.

Now, I realize the effects aren't that great and the ADR is horrible--but as fairytales go, it's among the best. I found the plot to be better translated to film than that of The Neverending Story (which is one of my favorite books--but not one of my favorite movies), and the music is wonderful. Watching the movie was very reminiscent to reading The Chronicles of Narnia, or in fact reading a British translation of Astrid Lindgren's book.

This is still my favorite of Christian Bale's many roles, and among my favorite Christopher Lee roles (the man has over 700, so it's hard to pick faves sometimes ^_^).

A classic for children and families, I must say. (And coming from a cynical college student, that's saying something!)

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