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variety.com - 10/17/2008
Peter Weir finds his 'Way Back' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media
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Australian helmer to write, direct fact-based film Peter Weir is set to direct "The Way Back," the fact-based story of the escape of soldiers from a Siberian gulag in 1940. Production begins in March in Bulgaria. The highly selective Australian helmer last directed the 2003 film "Master and ...

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Filmstalker — ... . Peter Weir is also directing again, having last brought us Master and Commander. He is directing The Way Back. Variety say he also wrote the script for the film, which is based on the book The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom. Amazon has the synopsis as follows: First published in 1956, an account of a young Polish cavalry officer who was arrested by the Russians, tortured and sentenced to 25 years forced labour. Describes his 3 month journey from Moscow to the prison camp in Siberia, his escape with 6 companions and their journey ...

Peter Weir Picks His Next Project
Cinematical — ... before that. He was attached for a while to Johnny Depp's Shantaram as well as the WWII epic War Magician, but neither of those panned out. This week, Variety reports that he's committed to a new project: The Way Back, a true story of a group of soldiers who escape from a Siberian gulag in 1940. ...

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