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Jim Rash and Nat Faxon on the set of “The Way Way Back.” The Oscar winning writing duo penned and directed the family dramady.
Jim Rash and Nat Faxon on the set of “The Way Way Back.” The Oscar winning writing duo penned and directed the family dramady. (Courtesy of 20th Century Fox)
Even before writing duo Jim Rash and Nat Faxon picked up the 2012 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Descendants,” the script for their family-in-crisis comedy “The Way Way Back” was already making its way across the desks of Hollywood’s most important eyes.
Rash and Faxon, who stopped by Dallas’ Fairmount hotel to discuss the film, were determined to get the passion project to production. Considering that the film’s opening scene is ripped from Rash’s adolescence, the project had a personal touch.
“Cathartic is the perfect way to describe the process for me,” Rash said. “It gave us a chance to revisit moments and see how lucky we were for that moment to even