Far and Away
Far and Away is a 1992 American epic Western romantic adventure drama film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Bob Dolman and a story by Howard and Dolman. It stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. This was the last cinematography credit for Mikael Salomon before he moved on to a directing career. The music score was by John Williams. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
In Ireland in 1982, when tenant farmers worked land that they could never own and paid unfairly high rents to their wealthy landlords, Joseph Donnelly (Cruise) dreams of owning his own land. After his father dies, their family home is burned down by their landlord Daniel Christie’s men due to unpaid rent. Joseph travels to Daniel’s home to kill him in revenge, but he only injures himself in the process. Daniel’s wife, Nora, and his daughter, Shannon, nurse Joseph back to health so that he can he hanged for the attempted murder.
More details
| author | Bob Dolman Ron Howard |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Republic of Ireland |
| director | Ron Howard |
| editor | Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill |
| genre | adventure drama western |
| keywords | abandoned house american burlesque attempted murder bare-knuckle boxing boxing match burlesque crush family home grope land land run of 1893 morning oklahoma oklahoma territory ozarks shoot starve sucker punch talk tenant farmer tenant farmers wagon train ward boss win |
| musicBy | John Williams |
| producer | Bob Dolman Brian Grazer Ron Howard |
| productionCompany | Imagine Entertainment |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | romantic drama |