The Way Back
Starring: Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse RonanDirector: Tom Bezucha
Release Date: 2010
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Synopsis: The fact-based story of the escape of soldiers from a Siberian gulag in 1940.
Tom Bezucha To Direct 'The Way Back'
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Tom Bezucha is attached to direct the coming-of-age comedy "The Way Back" for Mandate Pictures. Story centers on a teenage boy who, during one amazing summer, forms an unlikely friendship that gives him the strength to reconnect with his mother and the courage to stand up to his bullying stepfather. Read more...
Colin Farrell, Ed Harris In 'Way Back' Talks
Friday, January 9th, 2009Director Peter Weir will find "The Way Back" with Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Saoirse Ronan. The thesps are in final negotiations to star for Weir in the fact-based story of a group of soldiers who engineered a grueling escape from a Siberian gulag in 1942. Read more...
Peter Weir To Direct 'The Way Back'
Monday, October 20th, 2008Peter Weir is set to direct "The Way Back," the fact-based story of the escape of soldiers from a Siberian gulag in 1940. He wrote the script for "The Way Back" and based it on several sources, most notably the Slavomir Rawicz book "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom." Book is Rawicz’s account of being captured by the Red Army in 1939 and his journey to freedom with other inmates. Read more...
