A Far Off Place

A Far Off Place
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMikael Salomon
Screenplay byRobert Caswell
Jonathan Hensleigh
Sally Robinson
Based onA Story Like the Wind and A Far Off Place
by Laurens van der Post
Produced byEva Monley
Elaine Sperber
Starring
CinematographyJuan Ruiz Anchía
Edited byRay Lovejoy
Music byJames Horner
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • March 12, 1993 (1993-03-12)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$12.9 million[1]

A Far Off Place (aka Far Off Place and Kalahari) is a 1993 American adventure drama film based on Laurens van der Post's works A Far Off Place (1974) and its predecessor, A Story Like the Wind (1972). It stars Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson and Maximilian Schell. The plot concerns three young teenagers who must cross the Kalahari Desert to safety when their parents are killed by a poacher.

A Far Off Place was filmed in Namibia and Zimbabwe[2] from May to September 1992.[3]

  1. ^ "Box Office Data for A Far Off Place". The Numbers. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  2. ^ Howe, Desson (March 12, 1993). "'A Far Off Place'". Washington Post. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference TCM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).