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lynnejohn said:It looks just wonderful, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it.
Just one thing -
I will never dive into an icy river to retrieve my pack. Never.
lynne
Thanks for your post, especially your final paragraph.docbok said:You don’t need a credencial to know who has begun at Sarria, at Leone, at Burgos, or St. Jean.
Hi, potentially you could have problems. The UK disc is Region 2 whereas Canada is Region 1. Maybe check if your DVD player has multi-region capability. You may not get problems on a laptop.Kennedy1 said:Will I have any problems with playing the DVD on my Canadian DVD player.
At $3,346 per screen for the entire opening weekend, bit won't be in theaters long. If the 16 October 2011 numbers are not better, it will go straight to video. The Estevez/Sheen road trip has gotten a lot of publicity, but it does not seem to be effective.$110,418 (USA) (9 October 2011) (33 Screens)
Abbeydore said:Personally I hope not to see this film until after my Camino next April, who thinks that's a bad/good idea
Abbeydore said:Personally I hope not to see this film until after my Camino next April, who thinks that's a bad/good idea
Oct 7–9 $110,418 - 33 theaters - $3,346 per screen $110,418 total
Oct 14–16 $250,734 +127% 102 theaters $2,458 per screen $409,634 total
Oct 21–23 - $506,522 +108% 283 theaters $1,841 per screen $1,019,837 total
The number of screens dropped. The gross per screen dropped. It won't be around much longer in the U.S.!Week 4: Oct 28–30 -$358,000 -29.3%; screens 253 -30; per screen $1,415; total $1,610,000
JohnnieWalker said:As has been said before I think this is a short run film. It just doesn't have the commercial appeal nor in my view enough of a depiction of the transformative power of the camino for some people. Pilgrims however will watch it for a long time to come on DVD.
JohnnieWalker said:I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering what these figures mean.
Millie Mochila said:I havent seen this film yet; it seems it's worth seeing.
What is not so good is the commercial corruption that tags on. It seems that this guy Estevez has now linked up with a Travel/Adventure comany to offer guided tours on some camino , probably the Frances.
I think all this cheapens the experience, but it seems that anything can be sold to the gullible. Such commerce reduces the camino to a nice trek. :roll: Which it is of course.
Way harsh!!! :wink:Money cant buy you love, or a pilgrimage worth the name.
julianeb said:I have seen the movie twice in theaters, once with my hubby, and once with hubby and our 2 sons. ..... It is now being shown on flights from the US to Europe.
I have not walked the camino ........
How could someone who chain smokes ever even make it up from SJPDP to Roncevalles??? We just drove part of that road yesterday and it's not easy even by car!!
Why was the Jack character crying in the pew once he made it to the Cathedral? I thought it didn't really fit except if you saw that character as somewhat bipolar and off his nut...
julianeb said:I wondered and still wonder what the exact cause of death was for Tom's son...I think he actually fell over one of the cliffs but hubby says it may have been exposure b/c the corpse was not banged up. But film makers can do as they wish. Does anyone have an opinion as to that?
5 April 2007, a pilgrim died from hypothermia on the route from St. Jean to Roncesvalles. He was traveling with two others, but in the intense fog they became separated, and he went the wrong way - was found lying down in waist deep snow, alive, but died as he reached the hospital in Pamplona. Rescue was hampered by fog and snow. Every few years pilgrims die on this route due to cold and exposure, some in March or April.
And a photo by Anniethenurse of the memorial to Jean-Paul, the Dutch pilgrim who died in February, 2009, can be found in this thread:Millionaire pilgrim killed by snowstorm in Pyrenees
By Duncan Gardham and Fiona Govan in Madrid
12:01AM BST 10 Apr 2007
The millionaire boss of a City investment fund has died from exposure while on holiday in the Pyrenees after getting caught in a freak snowstorm.
Chris Phillips, 50, was walking the 480-mile Pilgrims' Way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain alone when he was caught in freezing conditions and forced to spend the night in the mountains.
Two walkers who also spent the night in the open raised the alarm the next morning but Mr Phillips had wandered from the path. By the time rescue teams found him several hours later, he was suffering from hypothermia.
Mr Phillips had resigned as chief executive of the investment arm of Scottish Widows. He was on a five-week holiday before taking up a job with Morley Fund Management.
Officials in Spain said he had left the French village of St Jean Pied de Port on Tuesday morning to cross the border into Spain.
max44 said:I wonder if anyone can help me...............
2) Tom lets his pack fall from a bridge. The commentary said it was "off" camino, but not far.
4) A gate where the gipsy son hands Tom his backpack after carrying for him. At the edge of town.
methodist.pilgrim.98 said:I saw "The Way" on....
The final scene of Tom walking through an African bazaar with the scallop shell round his neck was one of the most emotionally powerful pieces of cinema I have seen in a long time. In a few short seconds it spoke of a man whose life has irrevocabley changed. And changed for the better.
If you have read all of this, thank you.
garrymc5 said:There's a couple of cheap books on these towns (99cents each) all called Pilgrimage, at http://www.smashwords.com
"The Way", at the end of the film, may not exactly emanate this belief. This is probably one of the reasons why many real :?: pilgrims did not like the film.Bozzie said:I do believe that this sacred experience, whether one is religious, spiritual, or neither, changes those who experience it in some way or another.[...]
God speed, Pilgrim! and Buen Camino!!
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