New Martin Sheen Movie "The Way" ; filmed along the Camino de Santiago!
 

Emilio Estevez wrote and directed his father on the movie "The Way". Great storyline, cinematically beautiful, touching, amazing film!! You may be able to recognize many places along the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain. Check the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyj5bz29KE

I'd love to see this. Maybe I can rent it at some time in the future.

It opens Oct 7th USA- nationwide. I already got advanced tickets- AMC Loews Theatres on 570 Second Ave, New York! So excited!!

Niiiice. We are planning to walk part of the Camino de Frances for my 40th birthday (not for a couple years, but I like to plan ahead).

Wow. this movie came out here last winter. I enjoyed it. If you have walked for days and days, you will appreciate the "relationship".. the "distance but camaraderie" between the participants.

I did not know who he was at the time, but I walked a bit of the camino with Jack Hitt (the author of the book that inspired this movie, I believe they say) and one of his daughters, and later sat at a café with the family until I moved on.

http://main.uab.edu/Sites/MediaRelat...rticles/73881/

We had crossed paths for several days, then one day he and his daughter happened to stop where i was stopped, we exchanged the typical inquiries and kept moving together for a mile or so.

Just talking about the camino makes me want to get up there again.

Looking forward to seeing this movie!!!

Viajero2, thanks for the heads-up. Can't wait to see the film.

I know that people in many different parts of the world have already seen this movie, but as viajero says, here in the US, it has not yet opened. Right now, there's a bus tour going on, and depending on where you live, you might be able to get a sneak peak. http://theway-themovie.com/bustour/

I know many people who have walked many caminos who have seen this movie, and I haven't yet heard a really negative comment, so I am looking forward to it as well.

I've been told, though, that if you've walked the Camino Frances, you will have lots of little quibbles with details, and will probably annoy your neighbors if you are unable to suppress them!

We happened to be in Santiago when they were shooting some scenes in the plaza, bagpipes and all. In the meantime, Martin was in Pamplona doing interviews after following the Camino down from Roncesvalles.

The buzz/word of mouth on this movie is amazing! The reviews are fantastic! Can't wait! For what I hear it truly captured elements of the Camino and Spain very well. Martin Sheen's ancestry is part from Galicia so I am sure Emilio Estevez was under a lot of pressure to represent those correctly :-D

Viajero, thank you for the good news that its opening in the US soon! I kept looking for it to no avail. If they don't show it in NJ, I'll go to NYC for sure.

Viajero,

How did you find out about the theatre in NYC? I went to the website and don't find any link or list detailing what theatres in the US will show it.

Hi cruiseluv,
According to the bus tour link that I posted a few days ago, it's going to be in NYC on Oct. 4-7.

You have to go to the map on the right side of the page and click on the little blue marker that's over NYC.

There is also information about showings on their facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/thewaythemovie and I know several people who have won free tickets to a showing by checking back frequently on that page.

One way or another, I am going to see this movie!

p.s. I see that if you go to the AMC theater's website, http://www.fandango.com/amcloewskips...date=10/7/2011 you can also buy advance tickets for the official opening date, which is Oct. 7.

the bus tour tickets are for advance showings.

We will go since my wife and her sister walked the Camino and we have many cousins who live outside of Santiago.

Looking forward to it.

Thank you Lauri for the info!

Hey lreynold! yes that is the website I got my tickets from!

"The Way" movie opens nationwide on Oct 7th! Some theaters showing the film are:

Chicago - 600 North
Dallas - Parks At Arlington 18, Grapevine 30, NorthPark 15
Denver - Highland Ranch 24, Orchard 12
St Louis - Chesterfield 14
Kansas City - BarryWoods 24
Los Angeles - Criterion 6, Block 30, Burbank 8
Palm Springs, CA - Rancho Mirage River 15
Sacramento, CA - Elk Grove Laguna 16
San Francisco - Union City 25 + XD
San Jose - Santana Row 6
Las Vegas - Suncoast 16
New York - AMC Loews Kips Bay 15 (2nd Ave), Empire 25
Boston - Liberty Tree 20, Boston Commons 19
Philadelphia - Plymouth Mtg 12, Neshaminy 24
Washington DC - Shirlington 7, Georgetown 14, Hoffman 22

Great reviews. Nice artcle in the NY Times!

Oh rats, no theatres so far in NJ! Hopefully they'll add some others soon. My son lives in Chicago, will tell him about it. He might walk with me part of the Camino next year.

The Movie Tour is in Chicago right now. He may be able to catch an advanced screening.

I am also walking a section next year- Pamplona-Burgos. This time I am bringing a group. I walked The Camino this past May-June and it was one of the the best experiences of my life!

looks like a good movie. My husband I would like to travel part of the Camino some time in the next few years. We enjoyed the Jack Hitt book (Off the Road)

The theatre in NYC, is ironically within walking distance of us.

Cool- then no excuse to miss it!! :-D

TTT

We will definitely go. Ironically the sister who walked the Camino with my wife is visiting us but is leaving Oct 6 and we will wait for another sister who was walked part of the Camino and visited almost region of the country.

My wife has completed a book about her Camino. The major differences between hers and others is there are almost 100 watercolor illustrations and the irreverent text.

We will try and sell it to a publisher with the idea that it could it be also be sold in Santiago and other major stops along the various routes. People have suggested self-publishing, but selling it one book at a time, has little appeal.

how exciting, aduchamp. you have on interested buyer here.

Same here , keep us posted!

Adu-- I just happened to catch a discussion on book publishing last Saturday. The person briefing stated that the toughest part of book publishing these days is the marketing. "Word of Mouth" as it relates to Social Media has become The Game to master. One piece of advice I heard that may/may not apply to your efforts is to try to engage a church group/religious/spirituality movement. These groups already have an established audience and your book could very well be aligned somehow. Just a thought.

Having walked the Camino Frances twice, I'm just longing to see "The Way". However, have yet to find any information on release dates for Australia. Can only hope that it comes out on DVD that I can watch here soon.

Thank you all for your interest and support.

Viajero

Thanks for the advice but theirs was not a religious or a spiritual pilgrimage, but one of adventure and heritage, as their father was born near Santiago. In fact, my wife notes than when she and her sister went to get their Compostela (a certificate, issued by the Catholic Church to verify that the pilgrims walked the minimal amount required of the Camino so that one could be issued), they told the woman they did for religious reasons.

There are many subtexts that should make it appealing to many groups including the fact her sister was 73 years old when they walked 500 miles, returning to the family farm, the assorted characters met along the route, and the sheer adventure of the hike.

Adu-- sounds like a great travelogue with a very appealing spin-- a 73 years young embarking on a trip of self-discovery! How wonderful! All the best!

Thank you. If the book is published you guys will be the third to know.

Movie is showing in Atlanta tonight!!

Opening nationwide this Friday, 10/7/2011. More theaters will be added mid to late October! Reviews are off the chart!!

I'm so excited, just found out its starting at a movie theatre near me on Friday 10/14!!!

Excellent!

I just saw the movie today and loved it! I highly recommend it to all the lovers of Santiago and the Camino.

I agree; visually the movie is a feast to the eyes. Definitely a must see for Spain lovers in general!!

santiago-compostela.net

Great details tips on all the routes

Camino Frances best if time..

Amazingly green but lots of rain when I did it years ago.

Good light hikers Hi Tech a must lots of socks to change

nothing dries... #1 cause of blisters=wet feet

Movie should be awesome looking forward to seeing it.

DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU INTEND TO SEE THE MOVIE AND DO NOT LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

We saw "The Way" today. I went with my wife who as noted above walked the entire and same route as shown in the movie and a sister-in-law who has walked the first 150 km or so.

We all loved the movie. It captured the experience of a peregrino, the beauty of the landscape, and the randomness of friendships made.

It is hard to make a movie about people walking thus they concentrated on the the various reasons for walking the Camino which were realistically represented.

The comraderie of the cummunal meals and sleeping arrangements depicted are as much of the Camino as the act of walking.

I was glad they included the wonder of the Botafumeiro flying across the Cathedral in Santiago and the spirituality of the adventure, even if it was ephemeral and not the original intent.

The final scene takes place at what is commonly called the Costa da Morte or the Coast of Death. An irony I am sure that was lost on Emilio Estevez the writer, a producer and a director of the film, which was intelligently made without being mawkish.

The quibbles are minor in that they did not show the problems with feet, the rain, the Irish guy crying in church, and both my wife and sister resented the regret of the abortion.

It is wonderful movie for people who love Spain and those who have taken or want to have an adventure with many unknowns.

Great review, Adu. Much like you, I thought this movie was brilliantly filmed and that the storyline managed to capture the spirituality of the Camino without getting "preachy".

I first heard of this film last May when I was about to start on the Camino. I recognized a lot of places and even was able to discern some backtracking on some scenes. So many great scenes, but do agree that the Botafumeiro scene was spectacularly filmed. Not bad for a film shot in 40 days and hardly any money (when considering a Hollywood budget!).

Word of mouth on this movie has been incredible; a month ago they were opening in 24 theaters around the country. Today, they are opening in close to 700!! I think this movie precedes a trend on the theme of spirituality in movies and could very well be the "little movie that could".

I am going back in the Camino in 2012 because once you do it once you cannot get it out of your mind. If I had not done I think this movie would have made me get on my Way!!