Cast
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
Details
Status
Released
Original language
en
Countries
US
Revenue
$12,890,752
Reviews
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 t...
Starts off a little rocky, but once it gets going 'A Far Off Place' 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 (Nonnie) and Ethan Embry ...
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