#70. The Way Back
Director/Writer: Peter Weir
Producers: Weir, Joni Levin and Duncan Henderson (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
Distributor: Rights Available.
The Gist: This is a fact-based story of the escape of soldiers from a Siberian gulag in 1940. This is based it on several sources, most notably the Slavomir Rawicz book “The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom” about being account of being captured by the Red Army in 1939 and his journey to freedom with other inmates. The group crossed the Siberian arctic, the Gobi desert and the Himalayas, finally settling in Tibet and India.….(more)
Cast: Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess and Ed Harris.
Why is it on the list?: Remember when Harrison For was trying to make an ice machine in Central America? Humans vs. Nature appears to be Weir’s specialty and there’s nothing better than an escape film in the great outdoors (this is set in Bulgaria, Morocco and India). I’m putting my money on Weir and that this film won’t bite.
Release Date/Status?: I’m assuming a huge premiere at a major film festival as it has yet to find a buyer for the U.S.
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