A Far Off Place
(1993)
Overview
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.
Director
Mikael Salomon
Top Billed
Reese Witherspoon
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Reviews
Reno
⭐ 6/10July 24, 2016
> 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'. Base…
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r96sk
⭐ 8/10September 26, 2020
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 filmed across Namibia and Zimbabwe. James Horner's score, meanwhile, fits.
The main reason for the iffy start is the acting. Reese Witherspoon (Nonni…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
$12,890,752