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Away We Go (2009)

R  98 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Romance   -  26 June 2009 (USA)
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Ratings: 7.1/10 from 23,491 users   Metascore: 58/100 
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A couple who is expecting their first child travel around the U.S. in order to find a perfect place to start their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.

Director:

Sam Mendes
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Krasinski ...
Maya Rudolph ...
Carmen Ejogo ...
Catherine O'Hara ...
Jeff Daniels ...
Allison Janney ...
Jim Gaffigan ...
Samantha Pryor ...
Conor Carroll ...
Maggie Gyllenhaal ...
Josh Hamilton ...
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Storyline

Burt Farlander and Verona De Tessant are a couple steeped in eccentricity and irregularity but are very much in love. So when they find out that Verona is pregnant they seem to be taking it in their stride. Verona is enjoying pregnancy, Burt is already practicing skill that he believes a good father should have, and they living in the same state as Burt's parents, Jerry and Gloria, so that their prospective daughter can have grandparents. However, things are shaken up when Burt and Verona go to dinner at Jerry and Gloria's house, as Burt's parents reveal a surprising piece of news. They have decided to move to Antwerp in Belguim a month before the baby is due, scuppering Burt and Verona's plans of having their children's grandparents around. Because Verona lost her parents when she was relatively young, she finds this news very hard to take, but the resilient couple quickly find a way to turn it in to a positive... Written by Ciaran  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Friend | Children | Love | Parenting  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

El mejor lugar del mundo See more »

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$130,411 (USA) (7 June 2009) (4 Screens)

Gross:

$9,451,946 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA:  | Argentina: (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital  | DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Toni Collette dropped out due scheduling conflicts. Maggie Gyllenhaal took over her role. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Burt and Verona board their train to go to Wisconsin, they step into one of Amtrak's curved-sided, late-twentieth-century "Amfleet" cars (a type of car in which no sleeping accommodations currently exist). The train appears to consist largely or entirely of such cars. In the next shot, however, the interior of their car is seen to be that of a mid-twentieth-century North-American-type sleeping car, one that would have to be straight-sided in order for the bunks shown to fit into the room as they do. Later, Burt and Verona are shown sitting at a table in another straight-sided mid-twentieth-century car, a dining or lounge car (it's not clear which) that does not resemble any such car that Amtrak has used in the past twenty-five years or more. See more »

Quotes

Burt Farlander: Did you think that was fun? Because trust me you won't have that much fun until you discover oral pleasure.
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Connections

Features The Sound of Music (1965) See more »

Soundtracks

"Mr. Tambourine Man"
by Bob Dylan
Sung by Maya Rudolph (uncredited) See more »