Barbara Babcock, Colm Meaney, Cyril Cusack

A young man (Cruise) leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Kidman) after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to t...( read more  read more... )he 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.

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PG-13, 140 min.

Directed by: Ron Howard

Release Date: May 22, 1992

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DVD Release Date: June 23, 1998

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  • January 17, 2009
    Such a cute movie! I thought I was going to have to hate it for a minute there at the end, but I'm glad it turned out to be a happy ending.
  • August 6, 2008
    Brilliantly beautiful.
  • June 14, 2008
    One of many Tom and Nicole movies. This one is a bout Irish settlers in America. Accents are really bad.
  • April 29, 2008
    oh christ what was up with those accents,bit of a slap in the face to the irish lol
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • November 17, 2009
    One of Tom Cruise's better movies. Fun boxing scenes and finale
  • October 30, 2009
    Go get your land!!!!
  • October 20, 2009
    Boring and pointless.
  • October 13, 2009
    It was interesting and kept my attention. Parts were just cheesey but I liked the action in it and I loved how it was tasteful and didn't have to have sex scenes to be a romance flick.
  • October 6, 2009
    one of the best love stories that i watched

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  • ajischillin
    July 15, 2008
    http://www.tomcruise.com/tom-cruise-far-and-away-movie.html
  • redneckcowgirl617
    December 9, 2006
    This movie was soo good in soo many ways. First immigrating from Ireland to America. Then, of course, they have to find a way to make a living to survive. Joesph's(tom) father died in ireland and all his belongings burned. She was a rich and curious girl kept up in the house in which joesph arrives at and is captured. Both of them escape and get on a boat to america. Joesph gets a job fighting and she gets a job cleaning chicken. The rest is good and shows how migration to the west in a hollywoodized way...so exciting and keeps u watching!!!

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