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In The Way Back, a former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
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In The Way Back, a former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Best Actor | 2021 | Ben
Best Actor | 2020 | Ben
Best Actor Feature Film | 2020
Best Actor | 2020 | Ben
Favorite Drama Movie Star | 2020 | Ben
Best Actor | 2020 | Ben
Budget 23,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 14,590,514 USD
Ben Affleck gained 30 lbs for his role.
Gavin O'Connor left The Suicide Squad (2021) to finish working on this movie.
Like Jack, Ben Affleck has also struggled with alcoholism.
Ben Affleck had also struggled with alcoholism prior to this movie. Affleck had gone back into rehab before filming and finished his program just in time! Director Gavin O'Connor mentioned "Ben had literally gotten out of rehab the day we started shooting the movie" Ben Affleck stated that he went through a similar journey to the character he portrayed, and that he thought the role helped him improve his own life.
Just like every single movie at the box office on the weekend of March 13th-15th, The Way Back suffered a horrible second weekend dropping 70% due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every movie suffered a drop off of over 60%.
"Jack Cunningham: You want to know why they're leaving you open? It's because they don't think you can hit the ocean from the beach."
"Jack Cunningham: A lot of times hurting myself trying to hurt my father."
