
The Swan(2023)
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.


“Why do paths cross?”
Jack Peterson, a widowed father of three young children, encounters Ginny Newsom, a wildlife biologist, whose mission is tracking trumpeter swans, a family of which settle in a pond on the Peterson farm. Could that be romance in the air?

Jason Lee
Jack Peterson

Minka Kelly
Ginny Newsom

Maggie Elizabeth Jones
Frankie Peterson

Jaren Lewison
Kyle Peterson

Connor Paton
Stretch Peterson

Jarod Joseph
Tim McMurray

David Haysom
Lars Hensel

Michaela Gilchrist
Amanda Nethercott

Ryan Northcott
Dr. John Betts

David LeReaney
Sheriff
Away and Back is a drama, comedy, family, tv movie film released in 2015 exploring themes of swan, widower, birds. Directed by Jeff Bleckner, it stars Jason Lee, Minka Kelly, Maggie Elizabeth Jones. Jack Peterson, a widowed father of three young children, encounters Ginny Newsom, a wildlife biologist, whose mission is tracking trumpeter swans, a family of which settle in a pond on the Peterson farm. Could that be romance in the air?
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