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Far from Home is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Meiert Avis released in USA on 30 june 1989 with Drew Barrymore
Far from Home (1989)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 30 june 1989
Length 1h26
Directed by Meiert Avis
OriginUSA
Themes Films about writers
Rating55%
Far from Home is a 1989 independent thriller film. It stars Matt Frewer, Drew Barrymore, Richard Masur, Susan Tyrrell, Jennifer Tilly, Dick Miller, and Anthony Rapp. John Spencer also appears in a cameo appearance. It centers on a divorced father who breaks down in a desert town along with his teenage daughter, forced to stay in a trailer park they attract the intentions of a troubled local who becomes dangerously fixated on one of them. This film was Barrymore's first onscreen kiss.
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.
The film was shot in the Black Rock Desert and in Gerlach, Nevada.
Synopsis
Charlie Cox (Matt Frewer) is a divorced writer who lives in Los Angeles. Charlie and his daughter Joleen (Drew Barrymore) are on their way home from a cross country vacation when they run out of gas in Banco, Nevada—a small town located in a remote part of the desert.Actors
Drew Barrymore
(Joleen Cox)
Matt Frewer
(Charlie Cox)
Jennifer Tilly
(Amy)
Dick Miller
(Sheriff Bill Childers)
Karen Austin
(Louise)
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