Tom Cruise and NicoIe Kidman star in the criticaIly-accIaimed romantic adventure from director Ron Howard. This breathtaking epic opens on the west coast of lreland, 1892. Joseph DoneIIy (Cruise), a poor tenant farmer, is determined to bring an oppressive IandIord to justice. Instead, he finds himself accompanying the Iandlord's daughter, Shannon (Kidman), to America in a quest for land. Arriving in Boston, Joseph finds a pIace for them to live whiIe proving a natural at bare-fisted boxing. But his triumph is short-lived as he and Shannon are thrown out into the bitter coId. Joseph sets off for work on the railroad, until a passing wagon train reminds him of his originaI goal to possess his own land. Preparing to stake his cIaim in the new territory, he runs into Shannon, who is unhappily reunited with her former fiance. ln the excitement of the OkIahoma Iand rush, they reaIize their dreams of Iand and life together in this grand-scaIe adventure. |