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A Far Off Place (1993)
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis: After witnessing poachers on an African animal preserve, two teenagers (Reese Witherspoon and Ethan Embry), formerly strangers, must make a daring escape across 1000 miles of deadly desert terrain. With only their minds and the help of a local man to help them in their journey, they... After witnessing poachers on an African animal preserve, two teenagers (Reese Witherspoon and Ethan Embry), formerly strangers, must make a daring escape across 1000 miles of deadly desert terrain. With only their minds and the help of a local man to help them in their journey, they encounter countless threats and obstacles, including wild animals and terrifying weather! [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Embry, Jack Thompson, Sarel Bok, Robert Burke
Screenwriter: Robert Caswell, Jonathan Hensleigh, Sally Robinson
Composer: James Horner
Reviews
Celebrates the wisdom of indigneous peoples and the fine spiritual friendships they offer to us if we open up to a different way of being.
The plotting and especially the violence are rather appalling for a film aimed at so youthful an audience.


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