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* DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas: In a heavy snowfall, Joseph and Shannon break into a large house, where they find a Christmas tree and a Christmas dinner set out.
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-->'''Joseph''': You're not in Ireland anymore, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you arrogant bastard!]]

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-->'''Joseph''': You're not in Ireland anymore, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you arrogant bastard!]]bastard!]]
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* UnclePennybags: Mr. Christie. He is kind and friendly with everybody in his local pub, regularly paying for the tabs of everyone there, and spent his entire life craving adventure. However, he's clueless as to how he is actually earning his money (his land and management staff being inherited from his ancestors, he has no idea how much the system is oppressing his farmers) and genuinely apologizes for Chase burning down Joseph's cottage.



* UnclePennybags: Mr. Christie. He is kind and friendly with everybody in his local pub, regularly paying for the tabs of everyone there, and spent his entire life craving adventure. However, he's clueless as to how he is actually earning his money (his land and management staff being inherited from his ancestors, he has no idea how much the system is oppressing his farmers) and genuinely apologizes for Chase burning down Joseph's cottage.
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* {{Oireland}}: And HOW! Poor farmers, [[FieryRedhead Fiery Redheads]], [[{{Arcadia}} everyone living in a tiny rural village]], whimsical fiddle music, seaside views, lots of drinking and brawling, and some of the worst affected [[UsefulNotes/IrishAccents Oirish accents]] ever put to film. On the other hand, the film also [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the trope by emphasizing the class conflict between the peasantry and the gentility, including the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_War Irish Land War]].

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* {{Oireland}}: And HOW! Poor farmers, [[FieryRedhead Fiery Redheads]], [[{{Arcadia}} everyone living in a tiny rural village]], whimsical fiddle music, seaside views, lots of drinking and brawling, and some of the worst affected [[UsefulNotes/IrishAccents Oirish accents]] ever put to film. film.
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On the other hand, the film also [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the trope by emphasizing the often glossed-over class conflict between the peasantry and the gentility, including the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_War Irish Land War]].
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* {{Oireland}}: And HOW! Poor farmers, [[FieryRedhead Fiery Redheads]], [[{{Arcadia}} everyone living in a tiny rural village]], whimsical fiddle music, lots of drinking, and some of the worst affected [[UsefulNotes/IrishAccents Oirish accents]] ever put to film.

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* {{Oireland}}: And HOW! Poor farmers, [[FieryRedhead Fiery Redheads]], [[{{Arcadia}} everyone living in a tiny rural village]], whimsical fiddle music, seaside views, lots of drinking, drinking and brawling, and some of the worst affected [[UsefulNotes/IrishAccents Oirish accents]] ever put to film.film. On the other hand, the film also [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the trope by emphasizing the class conflict between the peasantry and the gentility, including the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_War Irish Land War]].
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''Far and Away'' is a 1992 drama film, directed by Creator/RonHoward and starring then-married couple Creator/TomCruise and Creator/NicoleKidman, along with Creator/ColmMeaney.

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''Far and Away'' is a 1992 drama film, directed by Creator/RonHoward and starring then-married couple Creator/TomCruise and Creator/NicoleKidman, along with Creator/ThomasGibson and Creator/ColmMeaney.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Cruise and Kidman's accents are notorious among Irish viewers as among the worst ever attempted by Hollywood.

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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Cruise and Kidman's accents are notorious among Irish viewers as among the worst ever attempted by Hollywood. They're particularly egregious when compared to the authentic dialects of their Irish co-stars like Creator/ColmMeaney.
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* GenreThrowback: To the epic historical melodramas of Creator/JohnFord and Creator/DavidLean, particularly ''Film/TheQuietMan'' and ''Film/RyansDaughter''.
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* MisplacedAccent: As pointed out by ''[[https://www.irishpost.com/news/tom-cruise-and-nicole-kidmans-irish-american-epic-far-and-away-has-landed-on-netflix-186015 The Irish Post]]'', the Christies, as members of the Anglo-Irish gentry, would be more likely to affect [[IAmVeryBritish posh-sounding Received Pronunciation]] than the broad, often-cringeworthy {{Oireland}} [[UsefulNotes/IrishAccents dialect]] they use in the film.


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* {{Oireland}}: And HOW! Poor farmers, [[FieryRedhead Fiery Redheads]], [[{{Arcadia}} everyone living in a tiny rural village]], whimsical fiddle music, lots of drinking, and some of the worst affected [[UsefulNotes/IrishAccents Oirish accents]] ever put to film.

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** Joseph shows up to the Christie family's house with a gun after Mr. Christie's men burn down the Donnelly home.

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** Joseph shows up to the Christie family's house with a gun after Mr. Christie's Daniel's men burn down the Donnelly home.



* GentlemanAdventurer: What Mr. Christie dearly wants to be. However, having lived in the lap of luxury his whole life, he was no idea how to go about doing it. The Irish Revolution ends up helping him achieve his dream however, as fleeing to America to acquire land ends up being the adventure he'd always wanted.

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* GentlemanAdventurer: What Mr. Daniel Christie dearly wants to be.seek out adventure. However, having lived in the lap of luxury his whole life, he was no idea how to go about doing it. The Irish Revolution ends up helping him achieve his dream however, as fleeing to America to acquire land ends up being the adventure he'd always wanted.


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* OhCrap: Joseph, when he realizes that Daniel is going to kill him for his involvement in his father's death.
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* MistakenForMurderer: Joseph mistakenly assumes Daniel Christie was responsible for killing his father, so he decides to exact a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on him. Except that Stephen Chase was the one who killed Joseph's father

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* MistakenForMurderer: Joseph mistakenly assumes Daniel Christie was responsible for killing his father, so he decides to exact a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on him. Except However, it turns out that Stephen Chase was the one who killed Joseph's fatherfather.
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* MistakenForMurderer: Joseph mistakenly assumes Daniel Christie was responsible for killing his father, so he decides to exact a RoaringRampageOfRevenge on him. Except that Stephen Chase was the one who killed Joseph's father
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: A heroic example. Joseph plots to assassinate Daniel for burning down his home with a rifle, but it backfires on him and he's knocked down.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: A heroic example. Joseph plots to assassinate Daniel Christie with a rifle for burning down having his home with a rifle, burned down, but it the gun backfires on him and he's knocked down.
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** Joseph shows up to the Christie family's house with a gun after Daniel takes Joseph's land.

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** Joseph shows up to the Christie family's house with a gun after Daniel takes Joseph's land.Mr. Christie's men burn down the Donnelly home.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: The entire whorehouse knows that Joseph and Shannon aren't actually "brother and sister."

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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: The entire whorehouse brothel knows that Joseph and Shannon aren't actually "brother brother and sister."
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* DrunkWithPower: When Joseph acquire fame and fortune from bare-knuckle boxing, he takes immense personal offense that Shannon doesn't like his hat, and attempts to force her to say it.

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* DrunkWithPower: When Joseph acquire acquires fame and fortune from bare-knuckle boxing, he takes immense personal offense that Shannon doesn't like his hat, and attempts to force her to say it.
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* DrunkWithPower: When Joseph acquire fame and fortune from Irish boxing, he takes immense personal offense that Shannon doesn't like his hat, and attempts to force her to say it.

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* DrunkWithPower: When Joseph acquire fame and fortune from Irish bare-knuckle boxing, he takes immense personal offense that Shannon doesn't like his hat, and attempts to force her to say it.

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