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Mar 6, 2020 · With Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins. Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.
- (53K)
- Drama, Sport
- Gavin O'Connor
- 2020-03-06
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.
Mar 6, 2020 · Even if you're not a sports fan, you can follow the action. "The Way Back" is about a ragtag basketball team at a Catholic high school, and a damaged alcoholic coach ( Ben Affleck) who finds a way to force them into being winners, into being better people, even. Jack Cunningham (Affleck) is a mess.
Mar 6, 2020 · Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball superstar who suddenly walked away from the game for unknown reasons. Years later, he's now stuck in a meaningless job and struggling with alcoholism ...
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- Gavin O'connor
- R
- Ben Affleck
Jan 21, 2011 · The Way Back: Directed by Peter Weir. With Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Alexandru Potocean. Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.
- (122K)
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Peter Weir
- 2011-01-21
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