What is Far and Away?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox film | name = Far and Away | image = | border = yes | caption = | director = [[Ron Howard]] | screenplay = Bob Dolman | story = {{Plainlist| * Ron Howard * Bob Dolman }} | producer = {{Plainlist| * Ron Howard * Brian Grazer * Bob Dolman }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Tom Cruise]] * [[Nicole Kidman]] * [[Thomas Gibson]] * [[Robert Prosky]] * [[Cyril Cusack]] }} | cinematography = Mikael Salomon | editing = {{Plainlist| * Daniel P. Hanley * Mike Hill }} | music = [[John Williams]] | studio = [[Imagine Entertainment]] | distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1992|05|22}} | runtime = 140 minutes (''theatrical version'')<br>170 minutes (''30th Anniversary Extended Cut'') | country = United States | language = English | budget = $60 million<ref>{{cite news|title= Epic Picture, Epic Dreams: Ron Howard & Co. go all-out in making 'Far and Away,' a $60-million historical romance, and then marketing it against action sequels |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1992-05-17|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-17/entertainment/ca-172_1_ron-howard-co|access-date=2010-12-08|first=Lawrence|last=Christon}}</ref> | gross = $137.8 million<ref name=BOM>{{mojo title|id=farandaway|title=Far and Away}}</ref> }} '''''Far and Away''''' is a 1992 American romantic adventure movie directed by [[Ron Howard]] and starring [[Tom Cruise]], [[Nicole Kidman]], [[Cyril Cusack]], [[Thomas Gibson]], [[Eileen Pollock]], [[Robert Prosky]], [[Barbara Babcock]], [[Colm Meaney]], [[Niall Tóibín]]. It was distributed by [[Universal Pictures]]. == Plot == In order to avenge the death of his father and the [[arson]] of his farm in [[Ireland]], Joseph Donelly breaks into the home of the family responsible for the tragedy, the Christies. There, the young man meets the lovely Shannon who persuades him to leave for a better world, [[United States|America]]. ==References== {