The Way Back (2010)

Theatrical - Limited 2011-01-21

Cast Ed Harris Jim Sturgess Saoirse Ronan Colin Farrell Mark Strong
Directed by Peter Weir
Written by Peter Weir

Box Office Gross: $24,172,201

Running Time: 133 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Exclusive Media, National Geographic Films, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Exclusive Films, Monolith Films

Genres: Adventure Drama History

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Synopsis

A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.

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Review: The Way Back

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: Prisoners in a Siberian Gulag circa-1939, escape their captors and attempt to walk to India, in order to evade their communist jailers. REVIEW: THE WAY BACK is the latest film from director Peter Weir, and if that isn’t cause...

New trailer for Peter Weir’s The Way Back is now online

Posted 16 years ago

It looks like writer-director Peter Weir (MASTER AND COMMANDER, THE TRUMAN SHOW), may have another winner on his hands. The latest trailer for THE WAY BACK plays everything very big, but like with most trailers nowadays, it’s about reading between...

Way Back photos

Posted 17 years ago

We haven’t really reported a lot on Peter Weir’s prisoner escape epic, THE WAY BACK. Fortunately for us and all of you, we have some stills from the film as well as a synopsis. The movie stars Ed Harris, Colin...

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Posted 18 years ago

There’s nothing I love more than a good escape movie. Clearly the benchmark is THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and I don’t think there has been one to match it since. The next contender has to be Peter Weir’s THE WAY BACK,...

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