Word is Peter Weir’s The Way Back is going to have a small release in Los Angeles on December 29 and expand on January 21, 2011 to additional markets. The L.A. release is obviously in an attempt to qualify for Oscar contention, but I can’t help but wonder what it will mean for its Oscar chances. Either way, today we have the first domestic trailer for the film via Yahoo! giving us an all new look at the film, which stars Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Saoirse Ronan.
The Way Back was inspired by Slavomir Rawicz’s novel, “The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom” chronicling 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.
Check out the trailer below and when you’re done click here to browse our gallery of 38 images from the film.
