The Way Back (2010 film)

The Way Back
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Weir
Screenplay byPeter Weir
Keith Clarke
Based onThe Long Walk
by Sławomir Rawicz
Produced byPeter Weir
Joni Levin
Duncan Henderson
Nigel Sinclair
Scott Rudin
StarringJim Sturgess
Ed Harris
Saoirse Ronan
Colin Farrell
CinematographyRussell Boyd
Edited byLee Smith
Music byBurkhard Dallwitz
Production
companies
National Geographic Films
Spitfire Pictures
Imagenation Abu Dhabi
Film Fund Luxembourg
Distributed byNewmarket Films
Exclusive Film Distribution
Meteor Pictures
Release dates
  • September 3, 2010 (2010-09-03) (Telluride Film Festival)
  • December 29, 2010 (2010-12-29) (United States)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Russian
Budget$30 million[1]
Box office$24.1 million[1]

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 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]

  1. ^ a b "The Way Back (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  2. ^ "The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

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