87. "The Way Back" (2010)
World War II Movie Night
English - March 08, 2024 02:27 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MB - ★★★★ - 41 ratingsTV & Film History history movies worldwarii Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 86. "Bataan" (1943)
Next Episode: 88. "Hell in the Pacific" (1968)
Tonight we're having a communist party (!) as we look at a part of the War not often explored, the Russian camps. Storied director Peter Weir ("Gallipoli") brought this true (?) story to the screen in 2010, starring Ed Harris and Colin Farrell. The result? An overlooked gem and a muscular statement against Stalinism... Asides include, there are too many movies, Boris Yeltsin's lost in the supermarket, Bill Cosby endorsed an '80s dessert item to great effect, and why was Ed Harris so pissed at the '99 Oscars?
Drop us a line at [email protected]
Check out our X/Twitter at http://twitter.com/WWIIMovieNight