The Long Way Home
After his landslide, award-winning triumph with Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan returns and turns the clock back further than ever for a sweeping, mythical epic of ancient Greek legend.
Words Andrew Dex
The Trojan War is over, but victory is only the beginning of a relentless journey for Odysseus, king of Ithaca.
His homeward voyage becomes a gauntlet of staggering confrontations with gods, monsters, and other terrors that lurk between sea and sky. And should he make it home, even more danger awaits among those scheming in his absence.
Huge battle sequences and unrivalled adventures ignite as Nolan elevates and reimagines Homer’s foundational saga for the world’s largest screens. Using brand-new IMAX film technology to create the first feature film ever to be shot entirely in the format, Nolan’s signature cinematic wizardry and well-established love for practical filmmaking puts you right on the ground where you’ll almost feel the sand between your toes and bask in the awe of every expertly crafted sequence.
And of course, it wouldn’t be a Nolan film without a cast worthy of legend. Long-time collaborator Matt Damon leads an ensemble that includes Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya and Charlize Theron – each bringing this thrilling tale of myth and humanity to life with gripping, unpredictable intensity.
The Odyssey stands as Nolan’s most ambitious project yet, one that must be experienced on the biggest screen possible.
Even in the realm of ancient Greek myth, capturing tactile, tangible truth on camera is Nolan’s top priority. Shooting across the world in six countries in some of the most remote locations on Earth, Nolan used practical effects whenever possible and constructed some of his largest sets to date to create environments that feel startlingly real. All of it is captured with brand-new IMAX film technology, including the newly designed Keighley IMAX Film Camera, by Nolan and his Academy Award-winning director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema, with whom Nolan made Oppenheimer, Interstellar, Tenet, and Dunkirk. Nolan also continues his creative partnership with Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, whose work – from Tenet’s“Rainy Night In Tallinn” to Oppenheimer’s “Can You Hear The Music” – has already become iconic. Here, he creates a soundscape that is both ancient and daringly innovative, completing an immersive audio-visual experience like no other, no matter which cinema you visit.
