It is about time. Finally, only days after word that the film would qualify for the 2010 Oscar race, we have the first trailer for Peter Weir’s WWII escape drama The Way Back, starring Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris and Mark Strong.
The film’s been getting significant buzz throughout the year (forever it feels like) but has been through the rigmarole, losing distribution money, then getting it back after Newmarket merged with Wrekin Hill, which was founded by Newmarket’s Chris Ball.
All of this is ironic when considering the plot of the film – a scraggly group of prisoners trying to make it back home.
The best part? The trailer’s unbelievable, looking like the closest thing to David Lean since A Passage To India, Lean’s final film.
Check out the trailer below:
What do you think of this trailer? Will Weir’s epic get Oscar love?