Far from Home (1989)

Director:

Meiert Avis

Writers (WGA):

Theodore Gershuny (story)
Tommy Lee Wallace (screenplay)

Release Date:

30 June 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Growing up can be murder.

Plot:

A teenage girl and her father driving cross-country become stranded when their car runs out of gas in a remote Nevada desert town and they're forced to stay in a dilapidated trailer park where a serial killer lurks.

Plot Keywords:

Trailer Park | Serial Killer | Teenage Girl | Veteran | Obsession

Cast

Matt Frewer	...	Charlie Cox
Drew Barrymore	...	Joleen Cox
Richard Masur	...	Duckett
Karen Austin	...	Louise
Susan Tyrrell	...	Agnes Reed
Andras Jones	...	Jimmy Reed
Dick Miller	...	Sheriff Bill Childers
Anthony Rapp	...	Pinky Sears
Connie Sawyer	...	Viney Hunt
Jennifer Tilly	...	Amy
Stephanie Walski	...	Sissy Reed
Murrill Maglio	...	Man in Trailer
Teri Weigel	...	Woman in Trailer
John Spencer	...	TV Preacher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fred Culbertson	...	Police Officer (uncredited)

Directed by
Meiert Avis

Writing credits (WGA)
Theodore Gershuny		(story) (as Ted Gershuny)
Tommy Lee Wallace		(screenplay)

Produced by
Donald P. Borchers	....	producer
Lawrence Kasanoff	....	executive producer
Robert Lansing Parker	....	associate producer
Ellen Steloff	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jonathan Elias

Cinematography by
Paul Elliott		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Marc Grossman

Casting by
Linda Francis

Production Design by
Victoria Paul

Art Direction by
Cate Bangs
John Berger

Set Decoration by
Susan Raney

Costume Design by
Donna Linson

Makeup Department
Devora Fischa	....	hair stylist
Devora Fischa	....	makeup artist
Michelle Vittone	....	hair stylist
Michelle Vittone	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Fred Culbertson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ben Dossett	....	first assistant director
Steve Fredriksz	....	second assistant director
Paul Plannette	....	second assistant director

Art Department
David Achenbrenner	....	carpenter
Jeff Cazanov	....	swing gang (as Jeff Casanov)
Dan Deveny	....	carpenter
Tony Diebold	....	carpenter
John Drafton	....	swing gang
David Elton	....	assistant property master
Fred Haft	....	leadman (as Freddie Haft)
Ted Harms	....	construction foreman
Cynthia Johnson	....	scenic artist
Tom Johnston	....	swing gang
Robert E. Lee	....	carpenter
Basil Lombardo	....	paint foreman
Mike Lombardo	....	painter
Vince Lombardo	....	painter
Bill Luckey	....	property master (as Bil Luckey)
Elizabeth Moore	....	storyboard artist
Elena Plesa	....	scenic artist
Larry Vachon	....	scenic artist
Stella Wang	....	assistant to production designer
James T. Woods	....	construction coordinator
Jamie Yates	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Martha Atwell	....	assistant sound editor
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley walker
Wallace R. Bearden	....	adr mixer (as Wally Beardon)
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary Bourgeois)
G.W. Brown	....	dialogue editor
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alice Clift	....	foley walker
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor
Barbara Delpuech	....	boom operator (as Barbara Way)
William Fiege	....	production sound mixer
Gary Gegan	....	foley mixer
Tom Hammond	....	foley editor
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound effects editor
Mark Larry	....	assistant sound editor
Kimberly Ellen Lowe	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly Voigt)
Todd Toon	....	assistant sound editor
Tracy Toon	....	assistant sound editor
Randy Vandegrift	....	adr editor (as Randy Vandergrift)

Special Effects by
Charles Belardinelli	....	special effects (as Charlie Belardinelli)
Thomas L. Bellissimo	....	special effects (as Thomas Bellissimo)
Lou Carlucci	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Kenny Bates	....	stunt rigger (as Ken Bates)
Alison Brown	....	stunts
Brian Christensen	....	stunt rigger (as Brian Christiansen)
Shane Dixon	....	stunts
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Richard Epper	....	stunts
Jean Malahni	....	stunts
Paula Marie Moody	....	stunts (as Paula Moody)
Bernie Pock	....	stunts
Victoria Vanderkloot	....	stunts
Kurt Bryant	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Jean Malahni	....	stunt double: Karen Austin (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Bennett	....	second assistant camera
Anthony Caldwell	....	key grip
Don Cely	....	best boy electric (as Don B. Cely)
Louis DiCesare	....	gaffer (as Lou Decesare)
Michael Dreyer	....	best boy grip
Richard Eliano	....	first assistant camera
Bob Evans	....	video playback: Synclock Video
Rudy M. Fenenga Jr.	....	Steadicam assistant (as Rudy Fenenga Jr.)
Mauro Fiore	....	key grip
Bruce Alan Greene	....	Steadicam operator
Bradley E. Hatton	....	dolly grip
Jeffrey A. Johnson	....	grip (as Jeff Johnson)
Ralph Merzbach	....	video playback: Synclock Video
Todd Parker	....	electrician
Mark Scholl	....	electrician
Roger Schweitzer	....	video playback: Synclock Video
Matthew Livingston	....	dolly grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting: The Looping Group

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shari Gray	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Valerie Davidson	....	assistant editor
Elizabeth Hancock	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Bill Black	....	assistant music editor
Leland Bond	....	additional orchestrator
Jonathan Elias	....	music producer
Jonathan Elias	....	orchestrator
Scott Elias	....	executive music producer
Sherman Foote	....	music mixer
Sherman Foote	....	music producer
Doug Hall	....	additional orchestrator
Chip Jenkins	....	music mixer
Susan Kent	....	associate music producer
Barbara Pokras	....	music editor
John J. Russo	....	associate music producer
Dick Bernstein	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Marvin Jeff Davenport	....	driver captain (as Marvin G. Davenport)
Tina Duren	....	driver
Bill Fox	....	driver
Kathy M. Minto	....	driver
Diane Rugg	....	driver

Other crew
Alicia Alexander	....	location manager
Sheryl Anderson	....	production secretary
Greg Bird	....	production assistant
Willie Brown	....	security: Great Western Security
Jane Cudworth	....	cook
Joshua Cudworth	....	cook's helper
Dick Dankworth	....	security: Great Western Security
Sandra L. Dreger	....	housing coordinator
Patrick Duchesne	....	cook
Judi M. Durand	....	adr voice: The Looping Group (as Judi Durand)
Steve Eisenberg	....	production accounting software: Cine-Com
Chick Elwell	....	logistics coordinator
Jorge Esqueda	....	cook's helper (as Jorge P. Esqueda)
Cynthia A. Fujikawa	....	accounting assistant
David Gennaro	....	synthesizer
Suzanne Gundlach	....	script supervisor
Anna Tuccio Justice	....	craft service
Steve Justice	....	mechanic
Brian M. Kingman	....	insurance: Albert G. Ruben & Company Inc. (as Brian Kingman)
Steve Klar	....	production assistant
Daamen J. Krall	....	adr voice: The Looping Group (as Daamen Krall)
Scott Lavalley	....	studio teacher
Sharon Madden	....	dialogue coach
David McCharen	....	adr voice: The Looping Group
Robert Mintz	....	completion bond: The Completion Bond Company (as Bob Mintz)
Cesar Moreno	....	production assistant
Jim Nicholson	....	synthesizer
Pamela Kay Pawlak	....	assistant to producer (as Pamela K. Pawlak)
Clifford Pemsler	....	synthesizer
Paige Pollack	....	adr voice: The Looping Group
Jan Rabson	....	adr voice: The Looping Group
Brian Roberts	....	video research and licensing
Peter Rundquist	....	synthesizer
Michael Whalen	....	synthesizer
Rebekah F. Wright	....	production coordinator
Ray Zimmerman	....	production accountant

Thanks
Dean N. Ayers	....	special thanks and appreciation
Elise W. Cunningham	....	special thanks and appreciation
Denise Demin	....	special thanks and appreciation
Paul Doupe	....	special thanks and appreciation
Charles H. Eglee	....	special thanks and appreciation (as Charles Eglee)
Bill Flippo	....	special thanks and appreciation (as Deputy Bill Flippo)
Ted Gomillion	....	special thanks and appreciation (as Ted Gommillion)
Peter Grossman	....	special thanks and appreciation
William Harrington	....	special thanks and appreciation
Sally Lear	....	special thanks and appreciation
Thomas J. Leveque	....	special thanks and appreciation
Ken Manson Jr.	....	special thanks and appreciation
Gary Mitsui	....	special thanks and appreciation
Keye Donna Pearlstein	....	special thanks and appreciation
Adam Platnick	....	special thanks and appreciation
Adam Schechtman	....	special thanks and appreciation
Carroll Van Cleave	....	special thanks and appreciation (as Carroll Van Cleve)

Production Companies

• Lightning Pictures
• Planet Productions

Distributors

• Vestron Pictures (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• Artisan Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Artisan Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Epix Media (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Hellenic Video Enterprises (HVE) (1990) (Greece) (VHS)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Iceland:16 | UK:18 | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Carson City, Nevada, USA

Company:

Lightning Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A safety harness is visible when Pinky is chasing Joleen up the ladder of the microwave relay tower and the mechanism it is attached to is rolling up the front of the ladder with her.

Movie Connections:

Features Tweet Tweet Tweety (1951)

Seen it all before

Ah the curse of insomnia compels me to watch yet another crappy late night movie on the goggle-box.

Horny teen Drew Barrymore and her dishevelled looking dad, run out of gas in the Nevada desert and wind up stuck in a godforsaken town / trailer-park. According to the sign the population is 132, every one of them a stereotype.

As luck would have it father and daughter have arrived just in time for a spate of murders. However, any interest that might arise from these slayings is soon curtailed by the fact that you can guess who the killer is almost straightaway.

Meantime, dad keeps searching for someone / anyone with gas to sell, while Drew attracts the attentions of the local bad boy by wandering around in her swimsuit. And for a fourteen year old she certainly fills out a bikini top disturbingly well.

Of course it all ends as it began - predictably. But at least I managed to get some sleep afterwards.