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Irish couple chase a dream of free land
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman lead the cast
Ron Howard directs this 1992 Universal drama
Bare-knuckle boxing, betrayal and a brutal winter
Directed by Ron Howard, Far and Away follows a young Irishman, played by Tom Cruise, who flees his homeland with his landlord’s daughter (Nicole Kidman) after trouble with her father. The pair set their hearts on the great land giveaway in Oklahoma. Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Cyril Cusack and Colm Meaney round out the cast of this 1992 Universal Pictures release.
Once in the new country, the couple find work and start saving. Glory comes when he makes a name as a bare-handed boxer, but it lasts only until his first defeat. Then their employers steal everything they have. What follows is a desperate winter of hunger, as the two cling to the hope of one day claiming land of their own.
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