A Far Off Place

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A Far Off Place
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mikael Salomon
Produced by	Eva Monley Elaine Sperber
Written by	Laurens Van der Post Robert Caswell Jonathan Hensleigh Sally Robinson
Starring	Reese Witherspoon Ethan Randall
Music by	James Horner
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)	March 12, 1993
Running time	100 min.
Language	English
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A Far Off Place is a Walt Disney Pictures and Amblin Entertainment film from 1993, starring Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall and Jack Thompson. It is based on Laurens van der Post's works, A Far Off Place and A Story Like the Wind.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot

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.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Reese Witherspoon	Nonnie Parker
Ethan Randall	Harry Winslow
Jack Thompson	John Ricketts
Sarel Bok	Xhabbo
Robert John Burke	Paul Parker
Patricia Kalember	Elizabeth Parker
Daniel Gerroll	John Winslow
Maximilian Schell	Col. Mopani Theron
Miles Anderson	Jardin
Fidelis Cheza	Tracker
Taffy Chihota	Warden Robert
Anthony Chinyanga	Doctor
Brian Cooper	Store Keeper
Magdalene Damas	Nuin-Tara