Far from Home (1989 film)
1989 film by Meiert Avis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Far from Home is a 1989 American thriller film. It stars Matt Frewer, Drew Barrymore, Richard Masur, and Susan Tyrrell. It centers on a divorced father and his teenage daughter who run out of fuel in a small desert town and are forced to stay there in a run down trailer park while they attempt to find fuel for their car where at the same time, a series of killings begin to take place as the daughter becomes the obsession of two troublesome boys.
Far from Home | |
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Directed by | Meiert Avis |
Screenplay by | Tommy Lee Wallace |
Story by | Ted Gershuny |
Produced by | Donald P. Borchers |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Paul Elliott |
Edited by | Marc Grossman |
Music by | Jonathan Elias |
Production companies | Lightning Pictures Planet Productions |
Distributed by | Vestron Pictures |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $11,859[1] |
The film was directed by Meiert Avis, in his feature film directorial debut. Barrymore's book, Little Girl Lost, which describes her battles with addiction, was written around the same time as this film was made.[2] The film was shot in the Black Rock Desert and in Gerlach, Nevada.