''Going to Kansas City'' is a 1998 Canadian-

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drama film directed by Pekka Mandart. The film is about a male

exchange student A student exchange program is a program in which students from a secondary school (high school) or university study abroad at one of their institution's partner institutions. A student exchange program may involve international travel, but doe ...

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 The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...

Cast

Mikko Nousiainen Mikko Olavi Nousiainen (born 26 April 1975, in Tampere) is a Finnish actor. His father is actor Heikki Nousiainen. Selected filmography * ''Friends, Comrades'' (1990) *''Going to Kansas City'' (1998) *''Restless'' (2000) *'' Stripping'' (2002) *' ...

as Mikko Vihavainen * Melissa Galianos as Carly Malone *

Michael Ironside Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, and has also portrayed sympathetic characters. E ...

as Deputy Sheriff Mike Malone * Susan Almgren as Bonnie Bruckner *

Daniel Pilon Daniel Pilon (November 13, 1940 – June 26, 2018) was a Canadian actor, known for his role on ''Dallas'' as Renaldo "Naldo" Marchetta. Pilon was born in Montreal, Quebec. In addition to ''Dallas'', he has appeared in daytime soap operas such as ...

as Jack Bruckner *

Kris Holden-Ried Kris Holden-Ried (born August 1, 1973) is a Canadian actor. Early life and pentathlon Holden-Ried was born in Pickering, Ontario. He studied at Montreal's Concordia University School of Business. He was a champion competitor in riding and fen ...

as Charlie Bruckner *

Mark Camacho Mark Camacho (born April 12, 1964) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor. Career He has starred in live-action films, but is best known for his voice acting roles, such as Oliver Frensky in ''Arthur'', Lyle in '' Animal Crackers'', Dad ...

as Billy Ossining * Karine Dion as Karen Olson * Shawn Potter as Tink Kolchek *

Adam MacDonald Adam MacDonald (born May 16, 1977) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He is known for portraying Josh MacIntosh on the CBC show ''Being Erica'', Peter McGregor on '' Wild Roses'', and Detective Steve Peck on ''Rookie Blue'', and for hi ...

as Floyd Weaver Source:

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

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(mk), 11 million mk came from the Canadian production company Telescene. The

Finnish Film Foundation The Finnish Film Foundation ( fi, Suomen elokuvasäätiö, sv, Finlands filmstiftelse) is an independent foundation with the task of supporting and developing Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. It is supervised by the Departmen ...

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

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and the National Council for Cinema of Finland awarded it a 100,000 mk Quality support for film productions.

References

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* * {{AllRovi movie, 174173 1998 drama films 1998 films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films set in the United States Films shot in Quebec Finnish drama films English-language Finnish films 1990s English-language films 1990s Canadian films English-language drama films