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- MV: Far and Away
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- PL: A young man (Cruise) leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Kidman)
- PL: after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at
- PL: the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land,
- PL: they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local barehands
- PL: boxer, and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal
- PL: all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in the winter,
- PL: and try to keep their dream of owning land alive. Meanwhile, the woman's
- PL: parents find out where she has gone and have come to America to find her
- PL: and take her back.
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- BY: Ed Sutton <esutton@bnr.ca>
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- GE: Drama Romance
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