| 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 |
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| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Finland |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 17 million mk |
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, the film is set in the rural town of Canaan that is located 120 miles west of Kansas City.
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.
Out of a total budget of 17 million Finnish markka (mk), 11 million mk came from the Canadian production company Telescene. 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.
Reception
Going to Kansas City had a total of 42,524 admissions in Finnish theatres.
The film was a nominee for the Best Music at the 1999 Jussi Awards and the National Council for Cinema of Finland awarded it a 100,000 mk Quality support for film productions.
References
- ^ "Going to Kansas City (1998)". Elonet. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ 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.