A History of Violence
2005
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Awards
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Cinematography 2010 · Nominated
2009 Nominee WAFCA Award. Best Actor. Viggo Mortensen. 2009 Nominee WAFCA Award. Best Screenplay, Adapted.
The Road. The Road is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed industrial civilization and almost all life. The novel was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer ...
- 287
- Cormac McCarthy
- September 26, 2006
- Alfred A. Knopf
The Road is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic survival film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. The film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The film received a limited release in North American cinemas ...
- $27.6 million
- Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz
- $25 million
Nov 25, 2009 · The Road: Directed by John Hillcoat. With Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce. In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
- (249K)
- Drama, Thriller
- John Hillcoat
- 2009-11-25
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Nov 24, 2009 · Note: I first saw "The Road" in September at the Toronto Film Festival, as one of eight films I saw in three days. I wrote a draft of a review at the time and sent it. That review accidentally found its way into sight in October, long before the film was scheduled to open. I yanked it offline as quickly as I could.
The Road was a Limited release in 2009 on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 in around 100 theaters. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Old Dogs, Ninja Assassin and The Princess and the Frog. As a Limited release, The Road will only be shown in select movie theaters across major markets.
Sep 3, 2009 · The Road — Film Review. In "The Road," director John Hillcoat has performed an admirable job of bringing Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to the screen as an intact and haunting tale.
