A Far Off Place
A far off land. A far off journey. A far off adventure.
1993 | 108m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Mikael Salomon |
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| Writer: | Robert Caswell, Sally Robinson, Laurens van der Post, Jonathan Hensleigh |
| Staring: |
| Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 12, 1993 |
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| Director: | Mikael Salomon |
| Writer: | Robert Caswell, Sally Robinson, Laurens van der Post, Jonathan Hensleigh |
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama |
| Keywords | africa, murder, survival, coming of age, explosion, teenage love, kalahari, bushman, first love, african bush, animal welfare, kalahari desert, ivory, girlhood, girl, poachers, namib desert |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Pictures, Amblin Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $12,890,752
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Reese Witherspoon | Nonnie Parker |
| Ethan Embry | 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 |
| John Indi | Bamuthi |
| Sebastian Klein | Child on Sand Dune |
| Isaac Mabhikwa | Poacher |
| Bertha Msora | Koba |
| Japan Mthembu | Carfax |
| Charles Pillai | Mr. Tang |
| Kessia Embry | Child on Sand Dune |
| Andrew Whaley | Warden Gerald |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Caswell | Screenplay |
| Sally Robinson | Screenplay |
| Ray Lovejoy | Editor |
| Juan Ruiz Anchía | Director of Photography |
| Rosemary Burrows | Costume Design |
| Gemma Jackson | Production Design |
| Rory Kilalea | Unit Production Manager |
| Michael Zimbrich | First Assistant Director |
| Nick Laws | Second Assistant Director |
| Chris Brock | Second Assistant Director |
| Simon Shumba | Third Assistant Director |
| Jennifer Allen | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Carine Tredgold | Art Direction |
| Jonathan McKinstry | Art Direction |
| John Kotze | Assistant Art Director |
| Ian White | Set Decoration |
| Natalie Vivienne Gripper | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Jayne Forbes | Costume Supervisor |
| Janice Rowlston | Costume Assistant |
| Norma Hill | Key Makeup Artist |
| Maria Cedergren | Makeup Artist |
| Simon McQueen | Makeup Artist |
| Ian Fox | Camera Operator |
| Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr. | First Assistant Camera |
| David Luckenbach | Steadicam Operator |
| Colin Anderson | Assistant Camera |
| Alard de Smidt | Assistant Camera |
| Kevin Greene | Camera Technician |
| Caroline Sax | Script Supervisor |
| David Pearson | Boom Operator |
| Themba Nyamweda | Sound Assistant |
| Hilde Odelga | Production Coordinator |
| Sali Williams | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Lynn Kelfkens | Production Assistant |
| Richard Kaufa | Production Assistant |
| Caroline Johns | Production Assistant |
| Deirdre Morrison | Producer's Assistant |
| Carl S. Griffin | Production Accountant |
| Geraldine Ditano | Accountant |
| Glenda Pope | Accountant |
| Ingrid Garnett | Accountant |
| Christopher Conkling | Assistant Accountant |
| David Harris | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Paul Knowles | Special Effects Technician |
| Trevor Neighbour | Special Effects Technician |
| Gift Nyamandi | Special Effects Technician |
| Tony Phelan | Special Effects Technician |
| Max Poolman | Special Effects Technician |
| Mick Snell | Location Manager |
| Titus Chikoto | Location Manager |
| Hilton Bales Smith | Location Manager |
| Jaco Espach | Location Manager |
| Kevin Greetham | Location Manager |
| Ashley Joseph | Assistant Location Manager |
| Viggon van der Merwe | Assistant Location Manager |
| Steve Pullinger | Construction Buyer |
| Dicky Claassen | Property Master |
| David Guwaza | Standby Property Master |
| Peter Nyarambe | Assistant Property Master |
| Kerry Wallace | Greensman |
| Garlan Wilde | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Sean Ryan | Best Boy Lighting Technician |
| Anthony Martin | Electrician |
| Malcolm Stone | Electrician |
| Samson Mudzamiri | Electrician |
| Wiseman Chiweshe | Electrician |
| Marcutus Bvumbe | Electrician |
| Vincent Fletcher | Rigging Gaffer |
| Ben Phiri | Generator Operator |
| Simon Buthelezi | Generator Operator |
| Chris Centrella | Key Grip |
| Bobby Huber | Additional Key Grip |
| Allan Hughes | Dolly Grip |
| David Chiganze | Dolly Grip |
| Boniface Chiverengo | Grip |
| Christopher Dhauka | Grip |
| Peter Malunga | Grip |
| Rhett Abrams | Grip |
| Martin Cohen | Post Production Supervisor |
| Larry Kemp | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Michael D. Wilhoit | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Terry Porter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mel Metcalfe | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David J. Hudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bill Butler | Additional Editor |
| Lynne Warr | First Assistant Editor |
| Xavier Loutreuil | Assistant Editor |
| Laura Lovejoy | Assistant Editor |
| Gladys Vega | First Assistant Editor |
| Jim Henrikson | Supervising Music Editor |
| Thomas S. Drescher | Music Editor |
| Shawn Murphy | Scoring Mixer |
| Steven Bramson | Orchestrator |
| Brad Dechter | Orchestrator |
| Tom Pasatieri | Orchestrator |
| Joel Rosenbaum | Orchestrator |
| Richard Dwan Jr. | Dialogue Editor |
| Christopher Assells | Dialogue Editor |
| Dan Hegeman | Dialogue Editor |
| Marshall Winn | Dialogue Editor |
| Randy Kelley | Sound Effects Editor |
| Kelly Oxford | Foley Editor |
| Dino DiMuro | Foley Editor |
| Per Hallberg | Foley Editor |
| Jay B. Richardson | Foley Editor |
| James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| David Gertz | Foley Mixer |
| Avram D. Gold | ADR Editor |
| Dean Drabin | ADR Mixer |
| Bob Beher | Assistant Sound Editor |
| John Rice | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Fiona Nuthall | Stunt Double |
| Tania Cavanagh | Stunt Double |
| Michele Mathison | Stunt Double |
| Gunther Niether | Stand In |
| Gray Andrew | Stand In |
| Lucius Mathazia | Stand In |
| Roly Jansen | Stunt Coordinator |
| Philip Notununu | Stunts |
| Ernest Mbanzi | Stunts |
| Graham Press | Stunts |
| Peter Spyropoulos | Stunts |
| Neville Strydom | Stunts |
| Gavin Mey | Stunts |
| Craig Ginsberg | Stunts |
| Ian Harvey | Stunts |
| Susan Wiesenbacher | Catering |
| Ron Mull | Catering |
| Sally Stiner | Casting |
| Christa Schamberger | Casting |
| Paul Tingay | Casting |
| Prudence Emery | Publicist |
| Anthony Bannister | Still Photographer |
| Martin Jacobson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Coaster Nziramasanga | Transportation Captain |
| Kevin Grinaker | Aerial Coordinator |
| Ken Eddy | Aerial Camera |
| Ian Speed | Aerial Camera Technician |
| Johnny Clur | Helicopter Camera |
| Chris Allison | Pilot |
| Marc McLean | Pilot |
| Lance David Westerhout | Vehicles Coordinator |
| Clint Richter | Armorer |
| Ann Olivecrona | Animal Coordinator |
| Teresa Ann Miller | Animal Coordinator |
| Servas Murray | Animal Coordinator |
| Jay Sithseke | Animal Wrangler |
| Michael Pangrazio | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Bill Mather | Matte Painter |
| Brian Flora | Matte Painter |
| Krystyna Demkowicz | Visual Effects Producer |
| Wade Childress | Visual Effects Camera |
| Bill Taylor | Additional Visual Effects |
| David S. Williams Jr. | Additional Visual Effects |
| Dale E. Grahn | Color Timer |
| Theresa Repola Mohammed | Negative Cutter |
| Colin Charles | Production Sound Mixer |
| Mikael Salomon | Director |
| Laurens van der Post | Novel |
| Jonathan Hensleigh | Screenplay |
| James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Marc Koninckx | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Kate Robinson | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Frank Smathers | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mark A. Lanza | Sound Effects Editor |
| Tim Monich | Dialect Coach |
| Shari Rhodes | Casting |
| Craig Barron | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Robert Stromberg | Additional Visual Effects |
| Karl Lewis Miller | Animal Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Elaine Sperber | Producer |
| Eva Monley | Producer |
| William W. Wilson III | Co-Producer |
| Kathleen Kennedy | Executive Producer |
| Gerald R. Molen | Executive Producer |
| Frank Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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> The Kalahari adventure! If you are a Disney live-action film fan, you won't disappoint with it. It comes between the regular Disney films and Disney nature films. It sets in somewhere in the Namibia and takes us with to a great adventure which is more like a documentary film than a film with a ... story. Actually, there was a small story, mostly on the opening and the end part and the rest of the film was a foot journey like 'The Way Back'. Based on the book of the same name about a girl and a boy who team up with a bushman to cross the Kalahari desert after their family was attacked by the poachers. I did not know anything about it, so I expected nothing. But I thought of 'The Gods Must be Crazy', since it is not a comedy, I prepared for something new. I really liked the film, but not that much. Spectacular African landscapes, and awesome performances by everyone. I would have loved it if a few more wild animals participated in it, after all African flavour means that's what we all anticipate, especially the children. So from that perspective, it is slightly a disappointment, but not much. Other than that it is a fine family film from a trusted production house. 6.5/10
Starts off a little rocky, but once it gets going <em>'A Far Off Place'</em> is very good. It's exactly what you'd want from an adventure drama. The adventure is a grand one, while the drama is certainly in there from beginning to end. The stuff in the Kalahari Desert looks neat, with it being fi ... lmed across Namibia and Zimbabwe. James Horner's score, meanwhile, fits. The main reason for the iffy start is the acting. Reese Witherspoon (Nonnie) and Ethan Embry (Harry) aren't great in the opening 15-25 minutes, especially Embry. However, thankfully, once they are left to go on into the 100 minute run time they become decent to watch. Sarel Bok (Xhabbo) and Maximilian Schell (Theron) are good too. The villains are forgettable and plain, but that doesn't hamper proceedings in my opinion. It shows off the nastiness of ivory hunting well, especially with one scene nearer the start. The conclusion isn't anything astonishing, but I feel it works suitably enough. Overall, I can say I had an enjoyable experience watching this.