The Way, My Way coming to cinemas in the US & Canada!

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I can finally announce that my Camino movie, The Way, My Way, is coming to cinemas in the US and Canada.

It opens wide on March 7th.

The film will be distributed in the US by Outsider Pictures, and in Canada by A-Z Films. The film will play in every city or town that has a chapter of the American Pilgrims on the Camino.

Jennifer and I will be doing 7 weeks solid of special Q&A screenings throughout the US and Canada, starting in Phoenix / Scottsdale on January 31st. We’ll be joined halfway through this Q&A tour by Camino legend Johnnie Walker.

The film will have its official premiere in Los Angeles on March 7th. Johnnie Walker, Jennifer and I will do a Q&A after the screening.

The Way, My Way was released theatrically in May in Australia and New Zealand, and was described by many film pundits as “the surprise hit of the year.” It took nearly $2.5m at the Australian and New Zealand Box Office, making it the 4th highest grossing Australian film of the year, behind Mad Max Furiosa, Force of Nature (The Dry 2) and Runt.

The film ran in some cinemas for 20 weeks.

It took us some time to find exactly the right distributors for the US and Canada, but we believe that Paul Hudson, head of Outsider Pictures and Antoine Zeind at A-Z, will nurture the film and handle it with the kind of handcrafted boutique approach that Marc Wooldridge, head of Maslow Entertainment, used so successfully in Australia and New Zealand.

Marc, as an Executive Producer of the film, will be actively overseeing the release.

Please find below the itinerary for the Q&A tour. This represents a minimum of 47 screenings in 50 cities in 53 days. It’s a brutal schedule, to be sure – but Jennifer and I are up for it! We’re so looking forward to meeting our longstanding social media friends in the flesh! And making new friends amongst the North American audiences.

We’ll be joined by Johnnie Walker in late February, and he’ll accompany us doing Q&A screenings in New York, Canada, Washington state, Oregon, and California.

When you go through this itinerary below you might be disappointed that we won’t be coming to your neck of the woods – but we simply can’t go everywhere – and be assured that the film will most probably be released in a cinema near you regardless.

Oh, and just to say – when tickets go on sale for these Q&A screenings, don’t dawdle. If you want to see the movie, get your tickets fast. Because if the response is anything like it was in Australia, sessions will sell out quickly. This isn’t some hokey marketing ploy, I’m serious. We literally had people fighting and yelling and screaming in the foyer of the cinema at a few screenings demanding tickets to shows that had sold-out weeks in advance. It was bizarre!

So here’s the itinerary. Like I say, it’s full on! It might change closer to the time, but this is what we’re working to right now.

Hope to see you at a screening!

BB = BILL BENNETT   
JC = JENNIFER CLUFF   
JW = JOHNNIE WALKER   
DATEDAYSTATECITY / TOWNATTENDING
31/01/25FridayAZPhoenixBB JC
1/02/25SaturdayAZSedonaBB JC
2/02/25SundayAZFlagstaffBB JC
3/02/25Monday TRAVELBB JC
4/02/25TuesdayNMAlbuquerqueBB JC
5/02/25WednesdayNMSanta FeBB JC
6/02/25Thursday TRAVELBB JC
7/02/25FridayCODenverBB JC
8/02/25SaturdayCOBoulderBB JC
9/02/25SundayTXDallasBB JC
10/02/25MondayTXAustinBB JC
11/02/25TuesdayTXAustinBB JC
12/02/25WednesdayTXSan AntonioBB JC
13/02/25ThursdayTXHoustonBB JC
14/02/25FridayFLJacksonvilleBB JC
15/02/25SaturdayFLOrlandoBB JC
16/02/25SundayFLMiamiBB JC
17/02/25MondayFLMiamiBB JC
18/02/25TuesdayOHCincinattiBB JC
19/02/25WednesdayOHDaytonBB JC
20/02/25Thursday   INIndianapolisBB JC
21/02/25FridayILChicagoBB JC
22/02/25SaturdayILChicagoBB JC
23/02/25SundayWIMilwaukeeBB JC
24/02/25Monday TRAVELBB JC 
25/02/25TuesdayDCWashington DCBB JC
26/02/25WednesdayVAArlingtonBB JC
27/02/25ThursdayNYNew YorkBB JC JW
28/02/25FridayNYLong IslandBB JC JW
1/03/25SaturdayCANADAOttowaBB JC JW
2/03/25SundayCANADATorontoBB JC JW
3/03/25MondayCANADAVancouverBB JC JW
4/03/25TuesdayWASeattleBB JC JW
5/03/25WednesdayORPortlandBB JC JW
6/03/25ThursdayCALos AngelesBB JC JW
7/03/25FridayCALos AngelesBB JC JW
8/03/25SaturdayCALos AngelesBB JC JW
9/03/25SundayCAPasedenaBB JC JW
10/03/25MondayCAOrange CountyBB JC JW
11/03/25TuesdayCAOjaiBB JC JW
12/03/25WednesdayCASanta BarbaraBB JC JW
13/03/25ThursdayCASan Lois ObispoBB JC JW
14/03/25FridayCASan JoseBB JC JW
15/03/25SaturdayCAAlamedaBB JC JW
16/03/25SundayCABerkeleyBB JC JW
17/03/25MondayCAREST DAYBB JC JW
18/03/25TuesdayCAREST DAYBB JC JW
19/03/25WednesdayCASan RafaelBB JC JW
20/03/25ThursdayCAMill ValleyBB JC JW
21/03/25FridayCASonomaBB JC JW
22/03/25SaturdayCASacramentoBB JC JW
23/03/25SundayCASacramentoBB JC JW
24/03/25Monday TRAVELBB JC JW

19 thoughts on “The Way, My Way coming to cinemas in the US & Canada!”

  1. Damn! Unfortunately the dates for Arizona coincide with the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, where I will be. Hope it shows up on Netflix

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    • Hi Keith, we still lining up the cinemas, and will be posting those details first of the time – and yes, sorry about the European date format, I forgot about that! Bill

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  3. I am so excited to see your film!!
    I don’t see St Louis, Missouri on your list. We have a very active chapter of American Pilgrims on the Camino!! We would love to host you and support the movie.

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    • Hi Joe, the film will be playing in St Louis but unfortunately we can’t make it on the Q&A tour. It’s just physically not possible for us to be everywhere. But thank you for your very kind offer – Jennifer and I very much appreciate it! Bill.

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  5. Definitely a brutal schedule for you guys! I am hopeful your promoter has or will coordinate an afternoon showing in Dallas on February 9th, as that is Super Bowl Sunday in the US. 🙂

    George

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  6. Hi Bill. Its exciting to see that you are beginning your tour in Phoenix/Scottsdale. I am one of the coordinators for the Valley of the Sun chapter. Let me know if there is anything our chapter can do to assist.

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    • Hi Paul, will be making an announcement through this blog and through social media. Once tickets come on sale and cinemas are confirmed. Thank you for your patience!

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  8. Hi, Bill. We already have several dozen pilgrims signed up for a March 7 watch party in Minneapolis, MN. When will we learn what theaters will be playing it so that we can plan our pre and post movie events accordingly?

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    • That’s fantastic Chuck, thank you! Our distributor is currently locking down cinemas, and will be announcing venues in the very near future. Just keep a look out on this blog and on social media. Just wish that Jennifer and I could be there!

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