At first I didn't really want to post them because they didn't really impress and with the trailer dropping next week, there didn't seem to be a point.
I have changed my mind on posting pictures now as EW just now released some more and these are fucking fantastic. I especially love the one with Martin Sheen and Sally Field as Uncle Ben and Aunt May.
My gawd this movie is shaping up to be simply amazing. They are making all the right moves and barring any major catastrophes with the trailer(s) we will have a special film on our hands.
Have a look and let me know what you think.
And here some of the ones that were released this morning :
Having made it's premiere last year at TIFF, The Way directed by Emilio Estevez and starring his father the incomparable Martin Sheen just dropped its trailer and man it's a thing of beauty.
Sheen has already proven that he has some serious acting chops. His performances in Apocalypse Now, the Departed and Catch Me If You Can have illustrated that in spades. He will be known to this current generation mostly as President Josiah Bartlett in the brilliant TV series The West Wing.
My love for The West Wing is pretty vocal amongst those that know me so anything he does garners my attention.
As I watched this trailer, I slowly started to kick myself for not finding this trailer earlier. In hindsight, I also should have seen this at TIFF last year.
Watch this trailer. Do it now.
Need another reason? If this is promoted properly and if the glimpse we are getting now with the trailer carries through to the film, Martin Sheen has just made a pretty strong argument for an Oscar nomination.
Here is the synopsis:
Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son, killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking The Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Driven by his profound sadness and desire to understand his son better, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage, leaving his âCalifornia bubble lifeâ behind. Armed with his sonâs backpack and guidebook, Tom navigates the 800 km pilgrimage from the French Pyrenees, to Santiago de Compostela in the north west of Spain, but soon discovers that he will not be alone on this journey. While walking The Camino, Tom meets other pilgrims from around the world, all broken and looking for greater meaning in their lives: a Dutchman (Yorick van Wageningen) a Canadian (Deborah Kara Unger) and an Irish writer (James Nesbitt) who is suffering from a bout of âwriterâs block.â From the hardship experienced along âThe Wayâ this unlikely quartet of misfits create an everlasting bond and Tom begins to learn what it means to be a citizen of the world again, and discovers the difference between âThe life we live and the life we chooseâ. THE WAY was filmed entirely in Spain and France along the actual Camino de Santiago.