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Far North

  • 19881988
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 30m
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4.8/10
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Far North (1988)
  • Drama
After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
717
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  • Director
    • Sam Shepard
  • Writer
    • Sam Shepard
  • Stars
    • Jessica Lange
    • Charles Durning
    • Tess Harper
Top credits
  • Director
    • Sam Shepard
  • Writer
    • Sam Shepard
  • Stars
    • Jessica Lange
    • Charles Durning
    • Tess Harper
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    • 13User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Far North (1988)
    Charles Durning in Far North (1988)
    Far North (1988)
    Far North (1988)
    Far North (1988)
    Charles Durning and Donald Moffat in Far North (1988)
    Charles Durning in Far North (1988)
    Tess Harper in Far North (1988)
    Far North (1988)
    Charles Durning and Donald Moffat in Far North (1988)
    Jessica Lange and Tess Harper in Far North (1988)
    Patricia Arquette and Paolo Rossi in Far North (1988)

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    Jessica Lange
    Jessica Lange
    • Kateas Kate
    Charles Durning
    Charles Durning
    • Bertrumas Bertrum
    Tess Harper
    Tess Harper
    • Ritaas Rita
    Donald Moffat
    Donald Moffat
    • Uncle Daneas Uncle Dane
    Ann Wedgeworth
    Ann Wedgeworth
    • Amyas Amy
    Patricia Arquette
    Patricia Arquette
    • Jillyas Jilly
    Nina Draxten
    • Grammaas Gramma
    Tim Hanrahan
    • Boy in Front Seatas Boy in Front Seat
    • (as Timothy Hanrahan)
    Pearl Fuller
    • Older Nurseas Older Nurse
    Mary Russell
    • Baby Kateas Baby Kate
    Sandra Iverson
    • Young Kateas Young Kate
    Sarah Gramse
    • Adolescent Kateas Adolescent Kate
    Paolo Rossi
    Paolo Rossi
    • Boy in Woodsas Boy in Woods
    Lindsey Handel
    • Young Ritaas Young Rita
    Melissa Sue Anderson
    Melissa Sue Anderson
    • Young Nurseas Young Nurse
    • (as Melissa Anderson)
    Al Lange
    • Man at the Tableas Man at the Table
    Dutch Eitens
    • Man at the Tableas Man at the Table
    Harry Dack
    • Man at the Tableas Man at the Table
    • Director
      • Sam Shepard
    • Writer
      • Sam Shepard
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    • Trivia
      Melissa Sue Anderson is listed in the credits as Young Nurse, although the only nurses that appear in the movie are seen from the back only.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Bertrum: [reining in horse] Mel! You behave! Mel! You're gonna get us killed! Whoa! You son of a bitch! Goddamn it!

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Last Rites/Oliver & Co./The Land Before Time/Far North/Child's Play (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Voo Doo Child
      Written by Jimi Hendrix

      Performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan

      Courtesy of CBS Records

      Published by Bella Godiva Music, Inc.

    User reviews13

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    6/10
    Harsh Country
    Back in the late 60's I attended a college in Superior, Wisconsin. I was from Philadelphia, Pa and had never experienced the cold and long winters near the small city of Duluth, MN. I met hard drinking people there (there's nothing else to do), blond as Jessica Lange with Scandinavian or Polish accents, many of them. There were good people and bad. The men worked the port ships or the railroad yards. The blizzards were like nothing I have ever seen.

    Charles Durning gets a fat man's star turn. Dunning has been thrown by his farm horse and wants the animal shot by his daughter, Jessica Lange. She protests, but agrees to shoot the animal. She's back from the Twin Cities where she works as a professional woman with one in the oven. The old man is in the hospital with wild delusions about the horse, his Alzheimer wife, and life on the farm and it's bitter cold. The drunken Uncle sidekick doesn't help either. Also, there's the younger daughter, unmarried with a teen daughter. The teen, blond as her sisters, is soon to get it on with as many young hockey players as possible.

    This is Sam Sheppard's first directorial film with plenty of farce, which gets heavy handed, so the viewer never really gets a grip on the emotional lives of these crazy folks. Maybe that's it. Their lives by Lake Superior are so harsh, they cannot communicate a sensible thought. Nevertheless, Far North is a snapshot of an out of the way, beautiful place that will interest the curious.
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    • Apr 4, 2006

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    • Release date
      • November 11, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dagar i skugga
    • Filming locations
      • Duluth, Minnesota, USA
    • Production companies
      • Circle JS Productions
      • Nelson Entertainment
      • Nelson Entertainment
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $147,234
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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