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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Thriller Movies, Based On A Novel Videos, Theatrical Releases (Not Yet Available), Fathers And Sons, Adaptation, America, Post-Apocalypse | | Starring | Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron, Kodi McPhee | | Director | John Hillcoat | | Composer | Nick Cave, Warren Ellis | | Costume Designer | Margot Wilson | | Director of Photography | Javier Aguirresarobe | | Editor | Jon Gregory | | Producer | Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz | | Production Designer | Christopher Kennedy | | Screenwriter | Joe Penhall | | Source Writer | Cormac McCarthy |
After the Oscar-winning success of the adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, another of the author's works arrives on screen. Viggo Mortensen stars in THE ROAD, a thriller that is set in a bare, post-apocalyptic America, where a father and son struggle to survive. Director John Hillcoat previously teamed with star Guy Pearce on the critically acclaimed Western THE PROPOSITION. Road Reviews: 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n emotionally intense, riveting and overwhelmingly powerful look at a man and his young son traveling a long road while trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world."-- Pete Hammond, Box Office "[D]irector John Hiillcoat has found exactly the right actor in Mortensen to convey abiding faith among the ruins."-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "[S]pookily convincing...Viggo Mortensen, as a man wandering the wasteland with his young son, has a tremulous woundedness."-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Hillcoat -- through the artistry of Mortensen and Smit-McPhee -- carries the fire of our shared humanity and lets it burn bright and true."-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
This is the only Kodi McPhee video. Road | Orig Year | 2009 | | CD Universe Part number | 7789973 | | Release Date | New Road TR release date | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for some violence, disturbing images and language | | Movie Details | Color |
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