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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   20,123 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Bob Dolman (story) &
Ron Howard (story) ...
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Release Date:
22 May 1992 (USA) more
Tagline:
They needed a country that was big enough for both of their dreams. more
Plot:
A young man (Cruise) leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Kidman) after some trouble with her father... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
3 nominations more
User Reviews:
Good, Underrated Movie more (73 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Cruise ... Joseph Donnelly

Nicole Kidman ... Shannon Christie

Thomas Gibson ... Stephen Chase
Robert Prosky ... Daniel Christie
Barbara Babcock ... Nora Christie
Cyril Cusack ... Danty Duff
Eileen Pollock ... Molly Kay

Colm Meaney ... Kelly
Douglas Gillison ... Dermody

Michelle Johnson ... Grace

Wayne Grace ... Bourke

Niall Toibin ... Joe
Barry McGovern ... McGuire
Gary Lee Davis ... Gordon

Jared Harris ... Paddy
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violence and sensuality.
Runtime:
140 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
Director Ron Howard wasn't happy with Nicole Kidman's facial reaction during the shooting of the scene where her character lifts the bowl covering Joseph's (her husband Tom Cruise's) crotch. Without telling Kidman, he asked Cruise to remove his underwear. Howard got the reaction he wanted, and it appears in the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Steven challenges Joseph to a duel, he tosses a glove on Joseph's chest, and it lands on the floor beside him. In the next cut, the glove is on his stomach. more
Quotes:
[to his drunken brothers, Colin and Paddy, after they insulted him]
Joseph Donnelly: Shag off, the pair of you. There's a goat over there. Go improve your love life.
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26 out of 33 people found the following review useful.
Good, Underrated Movie, 19 December 2005
9/10
Author: LynnK54 from United States

I thought this movie was very well done. It is an overlooked treasure. Ron Howard is a great film maker and he deserves more credit for this film. I'm a huge Ron Howard fan and I felt that this film was no better than any of his work done thus far. The dialog was a bit hard to understand, but the plot, acting and directing are what make the movie so great. Nicole Kidman is so beautiful in the movie and she really carries the movie with her charisma. Tom Cruise plays his part very well. The scenery in the movie is some of the best I've ever seen. It is easy to lose yourself in this movie. I would recommend this movie to anyone I know.

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