A Far Off Place (1993)

Director:

Mikael Salomon

Writers (WGA):

Laurens Van der Post (books)
Robert Caswell (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 March 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

A far off land, a far off journey, a far off adventure

Plot:

The witty Nonni and the stuck-up city-boy Harry are the only ones to survive a massacre of a gang of...

Plot Keywords:

Poacher | Kalahari | Desert | Bushman | Campfire

Cast

Reese Witherspoon	...	Nonnie Parker
Ethan Embry	...	Harry Winslow (as Ethan Randall)
Jack Thompson	...	John Ricketts
Sarel Bok	...	Xhabbo
Robert John Burke	...	Paul Parker (as Robert Burke)
Patricia Kalember	...	Elizabeth Parker
Daniel Gerroll	...	John Winslow
Maximilian Schell	...	Col. Mopani Theron
Miles Anderson	...	Jardin
Fidelis Cheza	...	Tracker
Taffy Chihota	...	Warden Robert
Anthony Chinyanga	...	Doctor
Brian Cooper	...	Store Keeper
Magdalene Damas	...	Nuin-Tara
John Indi	...	Bamuthi

MPAA:

Rated PG for violence and mild language.

Runtime:

100 min | Argentina:105 min | Germany:107 min | Spain:105 min | USA:108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12/9 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Namibia

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Trivia:

Ethan Embry and Reese Witherspoon also starred together in Sweet Home Alabama (2002).

Goofs:

Continuity: After the dog was in the fight with the pack of hounds he had multiple wounds. In the next scenes he has none.

Quotes:

Harry Winslow: So, you really think we can make it to Karlstown?
Nonnie Parker: Wind can do it, we can do it.
Harry Winslow: Don't give me that Bushman crap. I want a real answer.
Nonnie Parker: You want a real answer?
Harry Winslow: Let me hear the bushman version again.

Soundtrack:

ZEPPOMANIA

Super script and actors, uninteresting plot

I saw this film on tv (WAM network on cable). Everything about this movie was good except the book they took this movie from is realllly boring. I have to say that this is the first movie I have seen which has no script gaps (like they constancy include a character but he doesn't do anything) and is easy to understand. Reese and Ethan and Sarel were perfect and charming. The film was real and you can almost see it in real life. The filming was perfect (I don't come to see a movie which is entirely black). Overall this is a overall abnormally good family movie which isn't for brain dead toddlers (like Barney), but that a whole family can watch (even the teenagers) together.You might want to know there are assault rifles in the movie but they kept it to a absolute minimum and put no emphasis on them (not like a bloody action movie). Also your kids should understand that people can die and never come back ("they went to Jesus" would be a good thing to explain). Ultimately they should have chosen another book to do the film on but the film crew did a exceptionally good job at it. And I have no problems with it except the plot is boring (3 kids running across a dessert) but still SEE THE MOVIE WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY!.