Away We Go
Away We Go is a 2009 American romantic road comedy-drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The film's two leads are John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph. It is Mendes's first film without Thomas Newman's collaboration.
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| Music by | Alexi Murdoch (Songs)
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| Running time | 98 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $17 million
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| Box office | $14.9 million
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Burt Farlander: No! What do you mean?
Verona De Tessant: I mean, we're 34...
Burt Farlander: I'm 33.
Verona De Tessant: ...and we don't even have this basic stuff figured out.
Burt Farlander: Basic, like how?
Verona De Tessant: Basic, like how to live.
Burt Farlander: We're not fuck-ups.
Verona De Tessant: We have a cardboard window.
Burt Farlander: (Looks at window) We're not fuck-ups.
Verona De Tessant: (Whispers) I think we might be fuck-ups.
Burt Farlander: (Whispers back) We're not fuck-ups.
- The quote by Simone De Beauvoir LN recites, but cannot remember which book it is from ("One is not born, but rather becomes a woman") is from "The Second Sex".
- Jim Gaffigan who plays Lowell in the film is a stand up comedian who often tells a joke about the fact that the male seahorses give birth, saying that a stubborn scientist incorrectly identified the male so he when questioned he said that the males have the babies. In the film Roderick mentions that he loves seahorses because the males have the babies and wishes he could give birth to LN's babies.
- The film is the first studio production to adopt green filmmaking initiatives aimed to reduce CO2 emission. Garbage was reduced by half, thanks to the various bins for recyclable material. Caterers used ceramic and washed dishes as opposed to throwaway products. Vehicles on the set used biodiesel fuel.
- For the brief oral sex scene, Maya Rudolph wore four pairs of biking shorts under the gown.
- This is first Sam Mendes film where Thomas Newman did not compose the original score. Newman has scored every Mendes film since American Beauty (1999).
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