Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption. With ben affleck, al madrigal, janina gavankar, michaela watkins. The international cast includes colin farrell playing a russian thug named valka, and ed harris playing an american engineer who says his name is mr. The way back 2011 denounced by his wife as a possible spy in 1939, janusz jim sturgess finds himself in a remote siberian labor camp. Watch the way back 2010 movie trailer instantly, no need to login. The way back is a robustly made picture, heartfelt, well executed with an exhilarating sense of reach and narrative ambition. Shy 14yearold duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriends daughter. The way back movie map of travel flixchatter film blog. The film stars jim sturgess, colin farrell, ed harris, and saoirse. The title the way back takes on an epic grandeur when you consider that the way stretches from a soviet prison camp somewhere deep in world war ii siberia all the way across the gobi desert and the himalayas to india. Faced with brutal conditions inside and out, janusz is. Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in india. The way back 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The way back is an upcoming american drama film directed by brad ingelsby and written by gavin oconnor the way back warner bros delayed the premiere of the way back, a dramatic film starring ben affleck that had plans to hit the big screen on october 18.
Janusz jim sturgess a young polish officer during world war 2, held and interrogated by the nkvd. The way back is an interesting film that looks great, but it is also overly worthy and serious to a point that it is hard to really engage with it because it is hard to reach. Spoilers for the way back gavin oconnors the way back may not be based on a true story, but it carries enough parallels to reality and to other sports movies to feel like it is. Thus begins a treacherous 4, 500mile trek to freedom across the worlds most merciless landscapes. Inspired by an incredible true story, the way back begins in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible. The movie sees ben affleck portray jack cunningham, a former high school basketball star who has since fallen on hard times with the collapse of his marriage following the death of his son.
The film tells the story of about a half dozen men who escaped the siberian prison in 1941. This is the story peter weir has chosen to tell in the way back, his first movie since his. Whatever it doesnt matter, peter weirs the way back, this movie about that book, which tells the tale of gulag escapees and their harrowing journey to freedom, is a welltold and inspiring tale than anything else. Reviews from rotten tomatoes are not available right now. Not to be confused with 20s the way way back, or 2010 s the way back about gulag survivors, this movie entitled the way back is about ben affleck as an alcoholic basketball coach, and its. The way back is inspired by a 4,000mile foot journey that began with an escape from a siberian prison camp in the dead of winter and continued across mongolia and the gobi desert, ending finally months later in free india.
Rent the way back 2010 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Pictures presents, in association with bron creative, a jennifer todd picturesmayhem picturesfilm tribe production, a gavin oconnor film, the way back. Colin farrell, ed harris and jim sturgess star in peter weirs prison drama. The story was the long walk, a gripping account of a polish officers imprisonment in the soviet gulag in 1940, his escape and then a trek of 4,000 miles 6,437km from siberia to. The way back is a 2010 american survival film directed by peter weir, from a screenplay by weir and keith clarke. Where it falls down is a lack of personal intensity to match the. A troubled man struggles with alcoholism while coaching the basketball team at his old high school. The way back 2010 watch free movies online in full hd. The way back pg drama, adventure, action movie 2011 fourtime oscar nominee ed harris apollo, jim sturgess across the universe and oscar nominee saoirse ronan atonement and colin farrell in bruges star in this epic saga of survival from sixtime oscarnominee peter weir witness, master and commander. While 14yearold duncan liam james is being dragged on a family trip with his mom toni collette and her overbearing boyfriend steve carell, he. Not to be confused with 20s the way way back, or 2010s the way back about gulag survivors, this movie entitled the way back is about ben affleck as an alcoholic basketball coach, and its. Shot in bulgaria, morocco and india, the film stars jim. Film inspired by a carrollton man the way home starring.
The film is inspired by the long walk 1956, the memoir by former polish prisoner of war slawomir rawicz, who claimed to have escaped from a soviet gulag and walked 4,000 miles 6,400 km to freedom in world war ii. This is the route walked by a group of escapees in peter weirs utterly gripping movie, which joins the list of cinemas great. With jim sturgess, ed harris, colin farrell, dragos bucur. The way back 2010 full movie new daily motion video. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching. Jack cunningham was an hs basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future.
Sunday also will be available on dvd in select christian inspirational stores on october 5 and wide release october 26. The way back is a perfectly watchable movie, but its far from a home run, and one of the ironic reasons for that relates to the conviction that ben affleck brings to it. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job. In 1941, three men attempt to flee communist russia, escaping a siberian gulag. The way back 2010 is directed by peter weir and stars colin farrell, ed harris, jim sturgess, and saoirse ronan.
Directed by sixtime academy award r nominee peter weir, the way back is an epic story of survival, solidarity and indomitable human will. Watch the way back streaming online hulu free trial. The way back is a movie starring ben affleck, al madrigal, and janina gavankar. The way back 2020 full movie, watch online free download. The way back is a war movie based on the book the long walk 1955, written by slawomir rawicz. Film is a factbased story centered on soldiers who escaped from a siberian gulag in 1940. Deadline has learned that the gavin oconnordirected ben affleck movie the way back ne torrance is jumping from its oct. The movie is directed by peter weir and released in 2010. Show director peter weir in the way back, about a group of men who escape from a siberian gulag camp during world war ii.
He then appeared in the drama virginia 2010, in the thriller man on a ledge. It stars ben affleck, al madrigal, michaela watkins, and janina gavankar, and follows an alcoholic construction worker who is recruited to become head coach of the basketball team at the high school he used to attend. This is the most underrated movie of 2010 with its limited advertising exposure, release and lack of award fulfillment with only one oscar nomination for best make. The way back is one of peter weirs strongest efforts and it is a movie that delivers some genuine tension and excitement. The way back trailer 2010 trailer addict movie trailers. The way back is a 2010 movie that tells the story of three men who escape from a siberian gulag and survive a 4,000 mile walk to reach freedom in india. Not every incredible story makes a compelling movie. The way back is a 2010 american survival film directed by peter weir, from a screenplay by. Dive into this hilarious comedy from the studio that brought you little miss sunshine and juno. The film tells their story and that of four others who escaped.
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