Taglines: A far off land. A far off journey. A far off adventure.
A Far Off Place movie storyline. The witty Nonni 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 his 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.
A Far Off Place is a 1993 adventure drama film based on Laurens van der Post’s works, A Far-Off Place (1974) and its prequel A Story Like the Wind (1972), and stars Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Embry, Jack Thompson, Robert John Burke, Patricia Kalember, Daniel Gerroll, Maximilian Schell, Miles Anderson and Magdalene Damas. The filming locations were in Namibia and Zimbabwe.
A Far Off Place (1993)
Directed by: Mikael Salomon
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Embry, Jack Thompson, Robert John Burke, Patricia Kalember, Daniel Gerroll, Maximilian Schell, Miles Anderson, Magdalene Damas
Screenplay by: Laurens Van der Post, Robert Caswell, Jonathan Hensleigh, Sally Robinson
Production Design by: Gemma Jackson
Cinematography by: Juan Ruiz Anchía
Film Editing by: Ray Lovejoy
Costume Design by: Rosemary Burrows
Set Decoration by: Ian White
Art Direction by: Jonathan McKinstry, Carine Tredgold
Music by: James Horner
MPAA Rating: PG for violence and mild language.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: March 12, 1993
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