Mio in the Land of Faraway information

Mio in the Land of Faraway
Mio in the Land of Faraway
	Swedish DVD cover; featuring 1987 promotional artwork.
Directed by	Vladimir Grammatikov
Written by	William Aldridge
Based on	Mio, My Son; by Astrid Lindgren
Produced by	Ingemar Ejve
Starring	Christopher Lee; Christian Bale; Nicholas Pickard; Timothy Bottoms; Susannah York
Cinematography	Aleksandr Antipenko; Kjell Vassdal
Edited by	Darek Hodor
Music by	Benny Andersson; Anders Eljas
Production; companies	Nordisk Tonefilm International; Gorky Film Studio
Distributed by	Sandrew Metronome
Release dates	July 1987 (MIFF); 18 August 1987 (NIFF); 16 October 1987 (Sweden);
Running time	99 minutes
Countries	Sweden; Soviet Union; Norway
Language	English
Budget	SEK 55,000,000 (est.)
Box office	Sweden: SEK 17,799,205

Mio in the Land of Faraway (Swedish: Mio min Mio; Russian: Мио, мой Мио, romanized: Mio, moy Mio) is a 1987 fantasy film directed by Vladimir Grammatikov, and starring Christopher Lee, Christian Bale, Nicholas Pickard, Timothy Bottoms and Susannah York. Based on the 1954 novel Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren, it tells the story of a boy from Stockholm who travels to an otherworldly fantasy realm and frees the land from an evil knight's oppression.

Mio in the Land of Faraway was co-produced by companies from Sweden, Norway and the Soviet Union with a budget of about fifty million Swedish kronor, making it the most expensive film adaptation of an Astrid Lindgren book during her lifetime.^[1] It featured an international cast consisting largely of British, Russian and Scandinavian actors, while its filming locations included Stockholm, Moscow, Crimea, and Scotland. The film was shot in English and subsequently dubbed in Swedish and Russian. Its special effects were created by Derek Meddings. The film's theme song, "Mio My Mio", was composed by two former ABBA members, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and performed by the Swedish band Gemini.

Released in 1987, the film saw Nicholas Pickard's debut as an actor and marked Christian Bale's first appearance in a feature film. It won the Cinekid Film Award in Amsterdam, while its theme song became a top three hit in Sweden. However, Swedish reviewers received the film unfavorably, criticizing it as a poor adaptation of Lindgren's novel.

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Mio in the Land of Faraway
Swedish DVD cover featuring 1987 promotional artwork.
Directed by	Vladimir Grammatikov
Written by	William Aldridge
Based on	Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren
Produced by	Ingemar Ejve
Starring	Christopher Lee Christian Bale Nicholas Pickard Timothy Bottoms Susannah York
Cinematography	Aleksandr Antipenko Kjell Vassdal
Edited by	Darek Hodor
Music by	Benny Andersson Anders Eljas
Production companies	Nordisk Tonefilm International Gorky Film Studio
Distributed by	Sandrew Metronome
Release dates	July 1987 (1987-07) (MIFF) 18 August 1987 (1987-08-18) (NIFF) 16 October 1987 (1987-10-16) (Sweden)
Running time	99 minutes
Countries	Sweden Soviet Union Norway
Language	English
Budget	SEK 55,000,000 (est.)
Box office	Sweden: SEK 17,799,205