The Way, Way Back
The Way, Way Back is a 2013 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash in their directorial debuts. It stars Liam James as Duncan, an introverted 14-year-old who goes on summer vacation to Wareham, Massachusetts with his mother and her overbearing boyfriend. It also stars Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, and Maya Rudolph, with Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet, Faxon, and Rash in supporting roles. Faxon and Rash conceived the film in the early 2000s; but it spent several years in development hell before funding could be secured. Filming lasted several months during summer 2012. It premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where Fox Searchlight Pictures (which also distributed The Descendants, co-written by Faxon and Rash) acquired distribution rights to it. The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 5, 2013, where it received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $26.9 million against its $5 million budget.
Lewis, hook up my man Duncan here with one of our finest rentals would you? Some kid threw up near Crazy Tubes. Sexy. Let's try not to impress him all at once. Huh? That will not be a challenge. Lewis is kind of over this place. I told you. I'm not long for here. No, I remember that conversation. In 2003, 5, 11, April.
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See New Mexico. Invent something. Become a storm chaser. You had me until number three. I think you have to go to school for that. "Look. There's a storm." "Where?" "Over there." "Cool." "Let's go get it." "Got it." He actually is. He's been studying meteorology since pre-school. Don't let the Dahmer glasses fool you. These don't have any mesh, so you're going commando.
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Water Wizz Waterpark. Built in the summer of '83, it's the last bastion of everything that time period stood for. In fact, it was decreed by its creator that this place shall never age. On his deathbed, he said, "I don't want this place re-painted or updated. "I don't even want it brought up to code. "And the minute someone tries, it needs to be destroyed." We actually have a nuclear bomb for just such an occasion. Bought it off the Russians. Really? Still good with all that? Even the Russian thing? That's Cold War. It's kind of dated. All right, that was a waste of a bit. Hey. Hey. Some kid threw up near Crazy Tubes. What? Why is this the first I'm hearing of this? Damn it, woman! Caitlin, Duncan. Tony, Mary Beth. Hi, Duncan. Also, I need you to reorder more mats. Did it. Finish the work schedule for next week. Did it. Change all the filters. Done. You know, I'm going to check all that stuff, right? Then, in that case, I didn't do any of that. So, I'm doing it. It's called delegation. I read about it in a book about it.
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This is Devil's Peak. The largest waterslide in a 50-mile radius. Stretch out the tube, end to end. 13 football fields. Don't Google that for confirmation. That fact predates technology. Owen, settle a debate for us. Hello, boys. Duncan, this is Vladimir, Ishmael, and Ming Lee. Those aren't our names! Those are the names I'm giving you, Vlady. These are my illegitimate sons. They all have different mothers. I'm trying to be a positive influence in their lives. Take them to Little League, Boys Club, raising pandas to fight. Shut up, jackass! Cloud fencing, hooker retreats. Neil says that years ago some kid figured out how to pass someone on the water slide. Is that true? He did! It's physically impossible, Neil! You can't catch up to someone and pass them! Actually, Ming Lee's right. I was here when it happened. All right, then how'd he do it? It happened inside the tube. So, no one really knows. Only the kid and the person he passed. And Jesus Christ, our lord. But, he's a little hard to get a hold of. He won't return my calls. We wore the same shirt to a party and it got a little weird. Be serious! Don't interrupt him, Neil! He's talking! Guys, what happens in the tube stays in the tube. That's just the law of the park.
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