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Movie Name: The Weight
Directed by: Padraic McKinley
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio, Russell Crowe
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Release Date: September 18, 2026
Rating: –
Languages: English
Production House: Fields Entertainment, Under The Influence, Augenschein Filmproduktion
Budget: $- million
Desperate to save what is left of his family, during the height of the Great Depression a battle-scarred veteran is hired to help smuggle a fortune in gold across 100 miles of impenetrable wilderness.
The Weight: Movie Overview
The Weight is a 2026 historical drama film directed by Padraic McKinley and starring Ethan Hawke, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio and Russell Crowe.
The film had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, and had its international premiere out of the competition of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival on February 17. The film is scheduled for a theatrical release in the United States on September 18, 2026, by Vertical.
Samuel Murphy is a widower in 1930s Oregon who is taken from his daughter to serve a prison sentence. Prison Warden Clancy offers Samuel and several other prisoners the opportunity to earn their freedom in exchange for partaking in a dangerous gold smuggling operation for him.
The Weight premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2026. In March 2026, Vertical acquired North American distribution rights to the film, scheduling it for a theatrical release in the United States on September 18.
