A Far Off Place

A Far Off Place
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mikael Salomon
Produced by	Eva Monley Elaine Sperber Frank Marshall Kathleen Kennedy Gerald R. Molen
Written by	Laurens Van der Post Robert Caswell Jonathan Hensleigh Sally Robinson David M. Evans (uncredited)
Starring	Reese Witherspoon Ethan Randall Jack Thompson Maximilian Schell
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography	Juan Ruiz Anchía
Editing by	Ray Lovejoy
Studio	Amblin Entertainment Touchwood Pacific Partners
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)	March 12, 1993
Running time	100 min.
Language	English
Box office	$12,890,752[1]

A Far Off Place is a Disney, Amblin Entertainment and Touchwood Pacific Partners film from 1993, starring Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson, and Maximilian Schell. The filming locations were in Namibia and Zimbabwe. It is based on Laurens van der Post's works, A Far-Off Place (1974) and its prequel A Story Like the Wind (1972).

Plot

The witty Nonnie and the stuck-up city-boy Harry are the only ones to survive a massacre of a gang of poachers among the gamekeeper's family on her lonesome farm in the savanna. Now the ruthless murderers are after them as the only witnesses. Without a means of transportation, the only way to escape is to walk through 2000 kilometers of Kalahari desert with the help of the African bushman Xhabbo. On the months-long journey ahead they not only become good friends against their differences, but also realize that every one of them has strength and skills that are required to survive.

Cast

See also

• The Lion King
• Cheetah
• In Desert and Wilderness

References

External links

• A Far Off Place at the Internet Movie Database
• A Far Off Place at Rotten Tomatoes