We Go Way Back
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We Go Way Back is a 2005
American
film
starring Aaron Blakely, Maggie Brown, Basil Harris, Amber Hubert, and Robert Wright. Written and directed by Lynn Shelton
.
with the specter of her own, repressed, precocious youth.
In 2009 the company Geisha Years LLC was formed by Shelton specifically to purchase the film from TFC Productions 1, LLC, who was the original producer for the film. Geisha plans to secure a distribution deal for the film.
. Humpday, premiered at Sundance
, was acquired by Magnolia Pictures
, and has shown at Cannes
, SIFF, South by Southwest
and other film festivals. It opened in theaters in New York and Seattle July 10, 2009.
We Go Way Back has been described by critics as "polished" and "impressionistic."
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
American
Cinema of the United States
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Film
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starring Aaron Blakely, Maggie Brown, Basil Harris, Amber Hubert, and Robert Wright. Written and directed by Lynn Shelton
Lynn Shelton
Lynn Shelton is an American director known for writing, directing, and producing the 2009 film Humpday.-Early life, and education:Shelton grew up in Seattle. She describes herself as having been audacious as a young girl, but having lost confidence in her creativity in adolescence...
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Plot
A young woman who has just been offered her first leading role as an actress is confronted by the specter of her thirteen year old self. The dialog between the 23 year old actress and her younger self begins in memory, and then climaxes in an apparitional experienceApparitional experience
In psychology and parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience.It is characterized by the apparent perception of either a living being or an inanimate object without there being any material stimulus for such a perception...
with the specter of her own, repressed, precocious youth.
Production
The film began shooting in 2004 in Seattle.In 2009 the company Geisha Years LLC was formed by Shelton specifically to purchase the film from TFC Productions 1, LLC, who was the original producer for the film. Geisha plans to secure a distribution deal for the film.
Writer and Director Lynn Shelton
We Go Way Back was the debut feature film for director Lynn Shelton, who went on to create the more commercially notable 2009 film, HumpdayHumpday
Humpday is a 2009 American comedy film starring Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, and Alycia Delmore; and directed, produced, and written by Lynn Shelton. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance film festival. International distribution rights have been purchased by Magnolia Pictures for a mid-six figure sum...
. Humpday, premiered at Sundance
Sundance Film Festival
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, was acquired by Magnolia Pictures
Magnolia Pictures
Magnolia Pictures is an American film distributor, and is a holding of 2929 Entertainment, owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban. Magnolia was formed in 2001 by Bill Banowsky and Eamonn Bowles, and specializes in both foreign and independent films....
, and has shown at Cannes
Cannes
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, SIFF, South by Southwest
South by Southwest
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and other film festivals. It opened in theaters in New York and Seattle July 10, 2009.
Cast
- Aaron Blakely - Jeff
- Maggie Brown - Kate-at-13
- Basil Harris - Pete
- Amber Hubert - Kate-at-23
- Robert Hamilton Wright - The Director
- Sullivan Brown - Jeremy
- Russell Hodgkinson - Frank
Reception and Awards
- Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography - 2006 Slamdance International Film Festival
- Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature - 2006 Slamdance International Film Festival
We Go Way Back has been described by critics as "polished" and "impressionistic."