For the Moment (1993)
1h 55m
Running Time
October 1, 1993Release Date
Plot.
This Canadian film presents and old-fashioned war time romance. It is set during 1942 in Manitoba and traces the doomed affair between a young farmer's wife (Christianne Hirt) whose husband is fighting abroad and a dashing Australian pilot (Russell Crowe). The pilot has come to train in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan of Canada. When the pilot, Lachlan, is not training, he is surreptitiously wooing Lill, the farmer's wife. At the other end of town, Betsy (Wanda Cannon) who supports her two kids by bootlegging, charges for her services. She gets involved with Zeek (Scott Kraft), an American flight instructor.
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Cast & Crew.
Russell Crowe
Lachlan
Christianne Hirt
Lill
Wanda Cannon
Betsy
Peter Outerbridge
Johnny
Scott Kraft
Zeek
Sara McMillan
Kate
Aaron Kim Johnston
Director
Bruce Boa
Mr. Anderson
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$120
Genres
Wiki.
For the Moment is a 1993 film written and directed by Aaron Kim Johnston and starring Russell Crowe and Christianne Hirt. The plot revolves around airmen training in rural Manitoba, Canada, with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Second World War. The main focus of the story is the wartime romance between Russell Crowe's character and a local girl. Johnston was inspired to write the screenplay based upon the stories of his father who was an instructor and bomber pilot in the war, and his mother's experiences as a young woman on the home front.