Far from Home (1989)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1989
Running Times: 86 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Lightning Pictures
Executive Producers: Ellen Steloff, Lawrence Kasanoff
Producer: Donald P. Borchers
Associate Producer: Robert Lansing Parker
Production Manager: Fred Culbertson
Production Coordinator: Rebekah F. Wright

SCRIPT
Story: Ted Gershuny
Script: Tommy Lee Wallace

DIRECTION
Director: Meiert Avis
1st Assistant Director: Ben Dossett
2nd Assistant Directors: Steve Fredriksz, Paul Plannette

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Paul Elliott
Steadicam Operator: Bruce Alan Greene
1st Assistant B Camera: Rudy M. Fenenga Jr
Gaffer: Louis DiCesare
Best Boy Electric: Bon B. Cely
Dolly Grips: Bradley E. Hatton, Matthew Livingston
Best Boy Grip: Michael Dreyer
Lab: CFI

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Marc Grossman
Assistant Editor: Valerie Davidson

MUSIC
Music: Jonathan Elias, Robert J. Walsh
Music Editors: Barbara Pokras, Dick Bernstein

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: William Fiege
Boom Operator: Barbara Delpuech
Supervising Sound Editor: Dane A. Davis
Assistant Sound Editor: Todd Toon
Dialogue Editor: Kimberly Lowe Voigt
ADR Mixer: Wallace R. Bearden
ADR Editor: Randy Vandegrift
Foley Mixer: Gary Gegan
Foley Editor: Tom Hammond
Foley Walkers: Alice Clift, Gregg Barbanell

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up / Hair: Devora Fischa, Michelle Vittone
Costume Designer: Donna Linson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Lou Carlucci
Special Effects: Charles Belardinelli, Thomas L. Bellissimo

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Victoria Paul
Art Director: Cate Bangs, John Berger
Set Decorator: Susan Raney
Property Master: Bill Luckey
Construction Coordinator: James T. Woods
Storyboard Artist: Elizabeth Moore

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Suzanne Gundlach
Production Accountant: Ray Zimmerman

LOCATIONS
Locations: Gerlach, Nevada, USA
Location Manager: Alicia Alexander

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Kurt Bryant
Stunts: Kenny Bates, Brian Christensen

CASTING
Casting: Linda Francis

CAST
Matt Frewer (Charlie Cox)
Drew Barrymore (Joleen Cox)
Richard Masur (Duckett)
Karen Austin (Louise)
Susan Tyrrell (Agnes Reed)
Andras Jones (Jimmy Reed)
Dick Miller (Sheriff Bill Childers)
Anthony Rapp (Pinky Sears)
Connie Sawyer (Viney Hunt)
Jennifer Tilly (Amy)
Stephanie Walski (Sissy Reed)
Murrill Maglio (man in trailer)
Teri Weigel (woman in trailer)
John Spencer (TV preacher)

PLOT SUMMARY

Writer Charlie Cox and his daughter Joleen are on a long-distance driving holiday when they run out of fuel in the small and remote town of Banco, Nevada. They find the town in the grip of a serial killer who now has Joleen in his sights...

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: LK-Tel Vídeo

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Vestron Pictures
Video Distributors: Vestron Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Vestron Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1989
June
30: USA – theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

One boy wants her love. One boy wants her dead.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Bem Longe de Casa - Brazilian title
O Cerco da Morte - Portugese title
Lejos de casa - Venezuelan title
Lontano da casa - Italian title
On the Road - Italian title
Painajainen erämaassa - Finnish title
Ritorno a casa – Italian television title
Wilder sand - Hungarian title
Wilder Sand - West German title

KEYWORDS

electrocution, serial killers, writers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008