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A far off place Cover Image DVD DVD

A far off place / Walt Disney Pictures and Amblin Entertainment present ; presented in association with Touchwood Pacific Partners 1 ; a film by Mikael Salomon ; produced by Eva Monley and Elaine Sperber ; screenplay by Robert Caswell and Jonathan Hensleigh and Sally Robinson ; directed by Mikael Salomon.

Salomon, Mikael, 1945- (Added Author). Monley, Eva. (Added Author). Sperber, Elaine. (Added Author). Caswell, Robert. (Added Author). Hensleigh, Jonathan. (Added Author). Robinson, Sally Beth. (Added Author). Witherspoon, Reese, 1976- (Added Author). Embry, Ethan, 1978- (Added Author). Thompson, Jack, 1940- (Added Author). Schell, Maximilian. (Added Author). Van der Post, Laurens. (Added Author). Walt Disney Pictures. (Added Author). Amblin Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Touchwood Pacific Partners I. (Added Author). Walt Disney Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson, Maximilian Schell. (Cast).

Summary:

A boy, a girl, a bushman, and a dog wander across the desert in order to escape elephant poachers who want them dead.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0788851578
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, [2004]
  • Distributor: Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Based on the books "A story like the wind" and "A far off place" by Laurens van der Post.
Participant or Performer Note:
Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson, Maximilian Schell.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG, for violence and mild language.
System Details Note:
DVD, Region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround sound.
Language Note:
English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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Subject: Poachers > Juvenile films.
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Topic Heading: Closed-captioned DVDs.

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Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Somerset County Federated Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Somerset County Library.

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Somerset County Library DVD FAR (Text) 35907001732028 SOCM DVD Available -

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