'The Way' Takes Us On a Life-changing Journey - An Interview

10/17/2011

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year. So they came on board to help out. We got another company called Arden (?) releasing. They've been very helpful in securing deals with AMC Theatres and with the Wal-Mart retail chain. We also have a contract with Comcast. So what we've done is create partnerships, built the studio without the brick and mortar, if you will, and bring consultants on from every walk of life to help us get this message out, get the theatres, and make sure the advertisements get on the air and the newspapers. It's been an education that I didn't ask for, these last couple of years, buts it's been absolutely invaluable.

Velasquez: And you're marketing the film with your father (Martin Sheen) in a coast to coast tour.

Estevez: That's right, we're on a tour bus, we don't have a $50 million ad campaign but we have a $ 50,000 bus. We're on it every day, we started six weeks ago, from California, and set out for the East Coast, and we've arrived here (NY). We're going to head back, I believe on Sunday, we're going to go to Toronto for a bit, head over to Ann Arbor, Indianapolis, and I think we're going to end in Cincinnati on Friday. So we have another week on the road, and then we'll head back to LA and do some LA press.

Its been very exciting. We've been screening the film and doing Q&A's in each town, sometimes two a night and its been very gratifying. The people who attend are given a microphone and are free to ask any question they like. We don't pre-screen anybody, and people have been giving testimony, been witnessing. And saying, "Thank you for making this film" and "thanks for making something that we want to see."

Velasquez: Did making this film draw you closer to your dad?

Estevez: He and I are very close, my mother and father are together 50 years, we live right down the street. So we are close in proximity and close in our hearts. I consider them my best friends, and the film is really an extension of that and it was a joy to put it on film.
(Martin Sheen plays Emilio's father in "The Way.")

Velasquez: My readers are very grateful that you made a film showing the Church in a positive light and giving the unborn a voice. We want to know what's next for you?

Estevez: I'm thinking about a family sports themed film in the tradition of "Mighty Ducks." I've written a film about the world of competitive harness racing, which I'm, a fan of, so that may be next. I'm potentially shooting that next year.

"The Way" opens in theaters across the country on Friday, October 14.

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1 - 8 of 8 Comments

Carly
1 year ago
I saw this movie today. I just loved it and have told everyone to see it. I was completely moved.

I understand the prior posts about being disappointed in Martin Sheen as a person however God works in mysterious ways. If this movie moves someone to be closer to Him I have no problem spending money on the movie ticket.
Davis
1 year ago
Martin Sheen is pro life, if you want to know why go to his interview with Gay Byrne to see it for yourself. His more pro life than most people say they are as he has a personal circumstance that affects him and his family. His wife was conceived of a rape and he says had she been aborted he would never have know her and he can't imagine his life without her. So before you all start judging best to get the correct facts.
bernice granado
1 year ago
I agree with Rebecca and km. I too will not be spending my money on the movie.
Mary
1 year ago
Shame on Martin Sheen to believe in a man who advocates abortion = MURDER !!!!
He needs to examine his understanding of what a true Catholic espouses to in all things
but especially on the moral issues that we must abide by if we are true followers of Christ.
Years ago, Sheen played a priest in the movie, Gospa, about the apparitions in
Medjugorje (Yugoslavia). He should replay the movie and renew his understanding of how Our Lady is asking us to repent and "come back to Her Son, Jesus Christ!" We cannot endorse anyone who believes the innocent baby may be disposed of by such a dispicable act as Abortion, Infanticide, Partial Birth Abortion, etc. How can anyone with a conscious
believe a man like Obama can run anything, but especially our country that was founded
on Judeo-Christian values.
Rebecca
1 year ago
I just read (link below) that Martin Sheen is endorsing President Obama...now I'm confused about the depth of his faith and wondering if I should give my money to see The Way.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/martin-sheen-obama-is-still-the-only-adult-in-the-room/
KM
1 year ago
Thanks Emilio, we appreciate your efforts. As you might guess, we are disturbed at your father's comments on the View. It is hard to reconcile them with the message of the value of human life this movie seeks to uphold. Prayer and fasting.......
Maria Marshall
1 year ago
I love and enjoy movies likes this..I will be taking all my grandkids to see this when it opens. I have always admired the Sheen Family.
trish
1 year ago
Enjoy

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