''We Go Way Back'' is a 2006 American film directed and written by
Lynn Shelton
Lynn Shelton (August 27, 1965 – May 16, 2020) was an American filmmaker, known for writing, directing, and producing such films as ''Humpday'' and ''Your Sister's Sister''. She was associated with the mumblecore genre.
Early life
Shelton was b ...
and starring Aaron Blakely, Maggie Brown, Basil Harris, Amber Hubert and Robert Wright.
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 experience
In parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous experience characterized by the apparent perception of either a living being or an inanimate object without there being any material stimulus for such a perception.
In academic discu ...
with the specter of her own, repressed, precocious youth.
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
Russell Hodgkinson (Florida, August 14, 1959) is an American actor, known for his role in the Syfy television network series '' Z Nation'' as Steven "Doc" Beck.
Personal life
Hodgkinson was born on August 14, 1959 at Homestead Air Force Base i ...
– Frank
Production
The film began shooting in 2004 in
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
.
In 2009, the company Geisha Years LLC was formed by Shelton specifically to purchase the film from TFC Productions 1, LLC, which was the original producer for the film. Geisha plans to secure a distribution deal for the film.
Reception and awards
* Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography – 2006
Slamdance Film Festival
The Slamdance Film Festival is an annual film festival focused on emerging artists. The annual week-long festival takes place in Park City, Utah, in late January and is the main event organized by the year-round Slamdance organization, which als ...
* Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature – 2006 Slamdance Film Festival
We Go Way Back, awards
''New York Times'' Online, retrieved Jul 12, 2009.
''We Go Way Back'' has been described by critics as "polished" and "impressionistic".
References
External links
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''New York Times'' review
{{Lynn Shelton
2006 films
Films directed by Lynn Shelton
2006 directorial debut films
Films shot in Washington (state)
Films shot in Seattle
2000s English-language films