Going to Kansas City

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]

Going to Kansas City
Directed byPekka Mandart
Produced byLise Abastado
Pamela Mandart
Screenplay byMorrie Ruvinsky
Story byTony MacNabb
Pekka Mandart
StarringMikko Nousiainen
Melissa Galianos
Michael Ironside
Susan Almgren
Music byMarty Simon
CinematographyPini Hellstedt
Edited byDavid R. McLeod
Production
company
Mandart Entertainment
Telescene Film Group
Distributed byBuena Vista International Finland
Release date
  • February 1998 (1998-02) (Los Angeles Filmmarket[1])
  • July 31, 1998 (1998-07-31) (Finland)
Running time
98 minutes[1]
CountryCanada
Finland
LanguageEnglish
Budget17 million mk[2]

Cast

Source:[1]

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]

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References
  1. "Going to Kansas City (1998)". Elonet. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. Ahonen, Kimmo (July 30, 1998). "Pekka Mandart ja Going to Kansas City". Film-O-Holic.com (in Finnish). Filmiverkko ry. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  4. "Going to Kansas City (1998) - Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
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