Far
North
Released
November 1988
Starring
Jessica Lange (as Kate), Charles Durning, Tess Harper,
Ann Wedgeworth, Patricia Arquette
Directed by Sam Shepard
90 min.
Box
Office gross - $147,234
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Written
and directed by Sam Shepard, Far North was a critical
and commercial failure and probably the worst reviewed
of all of Jessica Lange's films. The plot concerns a young
woman (Kate) who returns home from the city to find her
father critically wounded by his horse. His ailing request
to Kate is to shoot the horse that has given him so much
grief. The remainder of the film focuses on Kate's decision
as to whether or not she should carry out her father's
request. Shepard's low-key and offbeat humor was lost
on most audiences but the film does have a wry charm and
some funny moments. Most of the cast members were actors
that Jessica had worked with on earlier films.
Critical
Sampling:
"Although
this is a movie and not a play, the action is very set-bound,
and since Shepard doesn't seem to know what to do with
his characters once he's got them talking, some of them
spend an inordinate amount of time balanced on the kitchen
counter reaching for a shotgun at the back of the shelf."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
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