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The Way Back is a 2010 war, drama, and prison film directed and written by Peter Weir. The cast includes Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, and Saoirse Ronan. Peter Weir and Scott Rudin produced the film, which was distributed by Newmarket Films and Netflix. The production involved National Geographic Society, National Geographic Films, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Exclusive Media, Exclusive Films, and Monolith Films.
The narrative is set in the 1980s and focuses on World War II, featuring themes of escape, the Soviet Union, and anti-communism. Filming took place in Bulgaria and Morocco, with the story located in India and Poland. The countries of origin are the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Poland, and India. The film is in English and has a runtime of 133 minutes.
The film received a PG-13 rating. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3 and a Metascore of 66. The production budget was 30,000,000. Box office figures list revenue at 20,348,249 or 24,172,201. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
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7.0A 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.
Cast
- Ed Harris as Mr. Smith
- Jim Sturgess as Janusz Wieszczek
- Saoirse Ronan as Irena Zielińska
- Colin Farrell as Valka
- Mark Strong as Andrei Khabarov
- Gustaf Skarsgård as Andrejs Voss
Themes
- escape
- world war ii
- soviet union
- anti-communism
- india
- gulag
- american
- thug
- based on memoir or autobiography
- communism
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
124,595 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Peter Weir
- Screenwriter
- Peter Weir
- Cast member
- Alexandru Potocean
- Composer
- Burkhard Dallwitz
- Producer
- Scott Rudin
- Production company
- National Geographic Society
- Cinematographer
- Russell Boyd
- Narrative location
- Poland
- Filming location
- Morocco
- Duration
- 133
- FilmAffinity ID
- 559257
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The-Way-Back.png
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- publication date
- 2012-06-07
- film editor
- Lee Smith
- title
- The Way Back
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1980s
- capital cost
- 30000000
- box office
- 20348249
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 66/100
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