Movie Details

Title

Far and Away

Overview

A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local barehands boxer, and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in the winter, and try to keep their dream of owning land alive. Meanwhile, the woman's parents find out where she has gone and have come to America to find her and take her back.

Runtime

2 h 20 min

Release Date

22 May 1992

Actors

Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock, Cyril Cusack, Eileen Pollock, Colm Meaney, Douglas Gillison, Michelle Johnson, Wayne Grace, Niall Toibin, Jared Harris, Steven O'Donnell, Barry McGovern, Gary Lee Davis, Peadar Lamb, Mark Mulholland, P.J. Brady, Wesley Murphy, Jimmy Keogh, J.G. Devlin, Gerry Walsh, Brendan Cauldwell, Derry Power, Noel O'Donovan, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Eileen Colgan, Kate Flynn, Joan O'Hara, Frankie McCafferty, Poll Moussoulides, Pat Kinevane, Donncha Crowley, Tim McDonnell, Todd Hallowell, Ken McCluskey, Brendan Ellis, Clint Howard, Jeffrey Andrews, Judith McIntyre, Rynagh O'Grady, Martin Ewen, Brendan Gleeson, Frank Coughlan, Hoke Howell, Arnold Kuenning, Rocco Sisto, Michael Rudd, Donré Sampson, Harry Webster, Mark Wheeler, Rance Howard, William Preston, Pauline McLynn, Joanne McAteer, Cara Wilder, Aedin Moloney, Helen Montague, John-Clay Scott, Clay M. Lilley, Cole S. McKay, James Jude Courtney, Jeff Ramsey, Anthony De Longis, Carl Ciarfalio, Tim Monich, Alecia LaRue, Ian Elliot, Bobby Huber, Julie Rowen, Louisa Marie, Brian Munn, Bob Dolman, Phillip V. Caruso, Tom Lucy

Certification

PG-13

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western

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