Colin Farrell

Colin James Farrell 

31 May 1976

The Way Back (2010)

"We've All Been There."

Directed by Peter Weir
Produced by Peter Weir, Joni Levin, Duncan Henderson, Nigel Sinclair, Scott Rudin
Screenplay by Peter Weir, Keith Clarke
Based on "The Long Walk" by Sławomir Rawicz
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell
Music by Burkhard Dallwitz
Cinematography: Russell Boyd
Edited by Lee Smith
Production company: National Geographic Films, Spitfire Pictures, Imagenation Abu Dhabi, Film Fund Luxembourg
Distributed by Newmarket Films, Exclusive Film Distribution, Meteor Pictures
Release date: 26 November 2010 (Norway)
Country:  Bulgaria, India, Morocco, Australia

Running time: 127 minutes
Budget: $30 million
Box office: $20,348,249

"The Way Back" is an adventure drama history film directed by Peter Weir abd inspired by "The Long Walk" (1956), the memoir by former Polish POW Sławomir Rawicz, who escaped from a Soviet Gulag. During World War II, after the Soviet invasion of Poland, young Polish military officer Janusz Wieszczek is held as a POW and interrogated by the NKVD. The Soviets, unable to get him to say he is a spy, take into custody his wife from whom they extort a statement condemning him. He is sentenced to 20 years in a Gulag labour camp deep in Siberia.There Janusz meets those with whom he later plans an escape: an American engineer Mr. Smith, an actor Khabarov, a hardened Russian criminal Valka, a Polish artist Tomasz, a Latvian priest Voss, a Pole suffering from night blindness Kazik and a Yugoslavian accountant Zoran. Khabarov secretly tells Janusz that he is planning to escape south to Mongolia, passing Lake Baikal. Mr. Smith cautions Janusz that it is Khabarov's way to discuss escape plans with newcomers, to maintain his morale, but nothing will come of it. At times Janusz seems to hallucinate the front door of a country home and adjoing window ledge, which holds plants and a rock he attempts to reach for. Janusz follows through with the escape with Mr. Smith, Valka, Voss, Tomasz, Zoran, and Kazik during a severe snowstorm that covers their tracks. However, will all of them get home?

Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

"To Walt Disney, "Mary Poppins" was more than a book. To her, it was more than a movie."

Directed by John Lee Hancock
Produced by Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer
Screenplay by Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
Starring: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Colin Farrell
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography: John Schwartzman
Edited by Mark Livolsi
Production company: Walt Disney Pictures, BBC Films, Essential Media Entertainment, Ruby Films, Hopscotch Features
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date: November 29, 2013 (UK & Ireland)
Running time: 125 minutes
Country: Australia, United Kingdom, United States

"Saving Mr. Banks" is a biopic comedy drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith. One day Walt Disney gave a promise to his daughter that he would make a film based on her favourite book - "Mary Poppins" by P.L. Travers. But he didn't even suppose that idea would take twenty years. Disney had been confronted by many difficulties with the screen version before in 1961 a hard-edged author arrived in Los Angeles from Great Britain. However, problems didn't end -  P.L. Travers inserted lots of amendments, the business magnate wasn't able to do anything. It seemed like that screen version would stay just a dream.