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To celebrate the release of The Way Back on DVD and Blu-ray on 9th May, Entertainment One have been kind enough to us this world exclusive clip from the movie. The Way Back is is directed by the awesome Peter Weir (Master and Commander) and stars Colin Farrell, Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess, Yordan Bikov and Dejan Angelov.

Inspired by true events during World War II, The Way Back is a thrilling tale of survival, solidarity and indomitable human will, released on Blu-ray and DVD on 9 May 2011, courtesy of Entertainment One.

The Way Back is directed by six-time Academy Award® nominee Peter Weir (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), and features enthralling performances from an all-star cast including Colin Farrell (Crazy Heart, In Bruges), Jim Sturgess (The Other Boleyn Girl, Across the Universe) and Ed Harris (A Beautiful Mind, The Truman Show) who break free from...

This is a Pure Movies review of The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir and starring Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan, Dejan Angelov, Yordan Bikov, Dragos Bucur, Sattar Dikambayev, Sally Edwards and Valentin Ganev. It's been seven long years since acclaimed Australian director Peter Weir’s (Gallipoli, The Truman Show) last cinematic outing – 2003's Master and Commander – but The Way Back finds him again exploring a similar Boys’ Own yarn of an adventure. Based on a true story, it recounts the extraordinary escape from a Russian gulag by a group of men in 1940. Extraordinary because they managed to escape the camp and subsequently survived the Siberian wilderness and trekked a staggering 4,000 miles – crossing the Himalayas to reach India for their eventual freedom. To put that in perspective, that’s like walking from Land’s End to John O’Groats and back again… in some of the worst...

Here is a new clip from Peter Weir's The Way Back.

The film stars Ed Harris, Colin Farrell,Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess, Yordan Bikov and Dejan Angelov.

This movie looks amazing and it is a shame it has not been getting the attention it deserves considering the director and cast involved. 

Watch this clip below and let us know what you think!

Synopsis:

Chronicles the escape of a small group of multi-national prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and their epic life affirming journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries.

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This Sunday, 26th December (that would be Boxing Day) sees the release of Peter Weir’s new movie, The Way Back which has an all-star cast which includes Colin Farrell, Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess, Yordan Bikov and Dejan Angelov.

Our friend, James Kleinmann got to catch up with both Colin Farrell and Jim Sturgess to talk about the new movie, both of which we have videos for. The Jim Sturgess interview went up a couple of days ago and you can check it out here, today we have the video with Colin Farrell. We caught up with him a few weeks ago to talk to him about London Boulevard and today he talks about working with Peter Weir, adding his tatoos and how each one tells a story.

We highly recommend you go and see The Way Back when it’s released on Boxing Day.

We’ve been rather excited about Peter Weir’s The Way Back and to be honest, haven’t really shut up about it over the past month or two! The movie comes out this Sunday 26th December (that would be Boxing Day), and we’ve been lucky enough to be given this exclusive clip to share with you all where we get to see a rather bedraggled looking Colin Farrell be woken from his slumber to be given a rather thorough clean!

The Way Back is directed by legendary director, Peter Weir and also stars Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess, Yordan Bikov and Dejan Angelov.

Synopsis: Chronicles the escape of a small group of multi-national prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and their epic life affirming journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries.

This Sunday, 26th December (that would be Boxing Day) sees the release of Peter Weir’s new movie, The Way Back which has an all-star cast which includes Colin Farrell, Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess, Yordan Bikov and Dejan Angelov.

Our friend, James Kleinmann got to catch up with both Colin Farrell and Jim Sturgess to talk about the new movie, both of which we have videos for. Today we have the video with Jim Sturgess where he talks about how he got the role in the movie, working with Peter Weir and more about his character of Janusz, doing the accents and even skinning a deer!

Keep your eyes peeled later this week for the interview with Colin Farrell and check out The Way Back when you get the chance.

If you’ve not seen either of the trailers for Peter Weir’s ‘The Way Back’ yet, click here before you do anything else because the film looks amazing. We recently got to interview Colin Farrell for his new movie, London Boulevard and also stars in The Way Back and he spoke very highly of Weir and how incredible he is.

As well as Farrell, the way back stars Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess, Yordan Bikov and Dejan Angelov.

Synopsis: Chronicles the escape of a small group of multi-national prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and their epic life affirming journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries.

This new poster comes courtesy of Impa which you can see below and click to enlarge. It’s set for release in the UK 26th December and after watching both the trailers, I can’t wait to see it!

Peter Weir may not be a director you’re initially familiar with but if I tell you that he’s been at the helm of movies like Gallipoli, Witness, The Mosquito Coast, Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, you start to realise that he’s a Hollywood Heavyweight who has made some absolutely beautiful masterpieces.

His latest is a movie called The Way Back. We saw the first trailer for the movie a little while ago and it stars Colin Farrell, Mark Strong, Saoirse Ronan, Jim Sturgess, Yordan Bikov and Dejan Angelov.

Synopsis: Chronicles the escape of a small group of multi-national prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and their epic life affirming journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries.

It’s set for release in the UK 26th December and after watching both these trailers, I can’t wait to see it!

The Guardian have unveiled the brand new UK trailer for Peter Weir’s The Way Back.

Set to open on December 26, The Way Back stars Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan, Dejan Angelov and Dragos Bucur.

The Way Back is the fact-based story of the escape of soldiers from a Siberian gulag in 1940. It is based on several sources, most notably the Slavomir Rawicz book The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom. The book is Rawicz’s 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.

The Way Back premiered at premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September to positive reviews. The release will ensure the film qualifies for all major awards ceremonies.