FILM 1123: THE WAY WAY BACK
TRIVIA: In an interview,
writer/director Jim Rash
said the script's main inspiration was the opening scene, inspired by a similar
conversation he had with his own stepfather when he was 14.
The script was written in 2007 as
"The Way Back", but the title was later changed to avoid confusion
with the film The Way Back
(2010). The title refers to the "way back seat," the 1970s colloquial
expression for the third, often-hidden seat located in the cargo section of a
station wagon.
The film was originally supposed to
take place in 1984, but was moved into the present due to budgetary
constraints. Owen's comment about how the water park "hasn't been upgraded
since 1983" and Duncan's REO Speedwagon sing-along are both references to
this fact.
Sam Rockwell would often
improvise and joke around on the loudspeaker during scenes. One time,
forgetting that there were children around, he made an inappropriate joke about
herpes, which upset the owner of the park. Rockwell had to go and apologize so
that they could continue filming.
In order to save money, the
filmmakers decided to not get trailers for the actors, and instead decided to
rent a house for the duration of filming (approx. 6 weeks), where the actors
could go between takes. The house turned into a popular hangout spot for the
cast and crew, and they would often go to the house even during weekends or
days off.
In the original script, the
character of Caitlyn was a young teenager who worked in the park and had no
significant screen time. In later drafts, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon decided to make
the character older and have her interact with Owen (Sam Rockwell)more, though
it was mostly superficial interaction. When Maya Rudolph was cast,
Rash and Faxon told Rudolph and Rockwell, that although there was not much in
the script, the two actors would have to create a meaningful relationship
between their two characters.
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