| Going to Kansas City | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pekka Mandart |
| Screenplay by | Morrie Ruvinsky |
| Story by | Tony MacNabb Pekka Mandart |
| Produced by | Robin Spry Paul E. Painter Alicia Wille Lise Abastado Pamela Mandart |
| Starring | Mikko Nousiainen Melissa Galianos Michael Ironside Susan Almgren |
| Cinematography | Pini Hellstedt |
| Edited by | David R. McLeod |
| Music by | Marty Simon |
Production companies | Mandart Entertainment Telescene Film Group |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista International Finland |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
| Countries | Canada Finland |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 17 million mk[2] |
Going to Kansas City is a 1998 Canadian-Finnish drama film directed by Pekka Mandart. The film is about a male exchange student from Finland, who falls in love with an American girl, whose father does not accept the relationship. Shot in Canada,[2] the film is set in the rural town of Canaan that is located 120 miles west of Kansas City.[1]
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Cast
- Mikko Nousiainen as Mikko Vihavainen
- Melissa Galianos as Carly Malone
- Michael Ironside as Deputy Sheriff Mike Malone
- Susan Almgren as Bonnie Bruckner
- Daniel Pilon as Jack Bruckner
- Kris Holden-Ried as Charlie Bruckner
- Mark Camacho as Billy Ossining
- Karine Dion as Karen Olson
- Shawn Potter as Tink Kolchek
- Adam MacDonald as Floyd Weaver
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Production
The director Pekka Mandart adapted the idea of the story from a magazine article about a love story between a Finnish exchange student and an American girl.[3]
Out of a total budget of 17 million Finnish markka (mk), 11 million mk came from the Canadian production company Telescene.[2] The Finnish Film Foundation granted a three-million mk production support for Going to Kansas City. The total amount of production costs were 14,278,968 mk.[1]
Reception
Going to Kansas City had a total of 42,524 admissions in Finnish theatres.[1]
The film was a nominee for the Best Music at the 1999 Jussi Awards[4] and the National Council for Cinema of Finland awarded it a 100,000 mk Quality support for film productions.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Going to Kansas City (1998)". Elonet. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ a b c Björkbacka, Hannu (August 26, 1998). "Going to Kansas City tuli Kokkolaan" [Going to Kansas City came to Kokkola]. Keskipohjanmaa (in Finnish). Keski-Pohjanmaan Kirjapaino Oyj. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ Ahonen, Kimmo (July 30, 1998). "Pekka Mandart ja Going to Kansas City". Film-O-Holic.com (in Finnish). Filmiverkko ry. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ "Going to Kansas City (1998) - Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
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