Backwards Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Oct. 27, 2012

Backwards

Release Date: Friday, September 21, 2012 NYC/LA

Director: Ben Hickernell

Starring: Sarah Megan Thomas • James Van Der Beek • Glenn Morshower • Margaret Colin • Wynn Everett

PG Romance 1 hr, 29 m

4.33 / 5.0

68% WILL SEE 32% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Abigail Brooks (Sarah Megan Thomas) has spent her lifetime trying to win an Olympic rowing medal, sacrificing friendship, love, and a "normal life" along the way. When she is named an alternate on the Olympic team she quits in haste. Defeated, Abi moves back home with her widowed, workaholic mother (Margaret Colin). Tension builds as Abi's mother urges her to "move on" from the rowing life that Abi's father, a coach, introduced her to. Unable to do so, but needing an immediate job, Abi seizes an open crew coach position at her alma mater, Union High. There, the head of athletics is her old boyfriend, Geoff (James Van Der Beek). Abi trains her high school rowers in an obsessive fashion, taking two girls, Hannah (Alexandra Metz) and Susan (Meredith Apfelbaum), under her wing. After the girls lose an important regional race, Abi reinvents herself as a coach, and, in the process, learns to have fun again both on the water and off.

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Who stars in Backwards – Cast List

S
Sarah Megan Thomas
... Abi Brooks

Equity, A Call to Spy
James Van Der Beek
... Geoff

Labor Day, Standing Still
G
Glenn Morshower
... Coach Spriklin

On Fire, The Short Game
M
Margaret Colin
... Mrs. Brooks

First Daughter, Equity
W
Wynn Everett
... Reba

Who is making Backwards – Crew List

A look at Backwards behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Ben Hickernell last helmed What We Found and Lebanon, Pa.. The film's writer Sarah Megan Thomas last penned A Call to Spy.

Director: Ben Hickernell
Screenwriter: Sarah Megan Thomas

Studio: Dada Films
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the Backwards

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed Backwards movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG Parental Guidance Suggested for some mild language
Runtime: 1 hr, 29 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

Backwards Trailers and Clips

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Backwards Release Date: When was the film released?

Backwards was released in New York / Los Angeles on Friday, September 21 , 2012. There were 12 12 other movies released on the same date, including Dredd, Trouble With the Curve and House at the End of the Street.