The Way Back (2010 film)
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The Way Back is a 2010 American survival film directed by Peter Weir, from a screenplay by Weir and Keith Clarke. The film is inspired by The Long Walk (1956), the memoir by former Polish prisoner of war Sławomir Rawicz, who claimed to have escaped from a Soviet Gulag and walked 4,000 miles (6,400 km) to freedom in World War II. The film stars Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, and Saoirse Ronan, with Alexandru Potocean, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Gustaf Skarsgård, Dragoș Bucur and Mark Strong.
The Way Back | |
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Directed by | Peter Weir |
Screenplay by | Peter Weir Keith Clarke |
Based on | The Long Walk by Sławomir Rawicz |
Produced by | Peter Weir Joni Levin Duncan Henderson Nigel Sinclair Scott Rudin |
Starring | Jim Sturgess Ed Harris Saoirse Ronan Colin Farrell |
Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
Edited by | Lee Smith |
Music by | Burkhard Dallwitz |
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Distributed by | Newmarket Films Exclusive Film Distribution Meteor Pictures |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Russian |
Budget | $30 million[1] |
Box office | $24.1 million[1] |
The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Makeup, but lost to The Wolfman. The nomination was received by Gregory Funk, Edouard F. Henriques and Yolanda Toussieng.[2]