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The Road (film)

The Road (film)
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Film information
NameThe Road
Directed byJohn Hillcoat
Produced byNick Wechsler
Steve Schwartz
Paula Mae Schwartz
Narrated byViggo Mortensen
StarringViggo Mortensen
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Robert Duvall
Charlize Theron
Guy Pearce
Music byNick Cave
Warren Ellis
CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe
Editing byJon Gregory
Studio2929 Productions
Distributed byDimension Films
The Weinstein Company
Release dateNovember 25, 2009 (limited)
Running time113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million
Gross revenue$27,635,236

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'The Road' is a 2009 post-apocalyptic drama film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 novel of the same name by American author Cormac McCarthy, the film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Filming took place in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Oregon. The film received a limited release in North American cinemas from November 25, 2009, and was released in UK cinemas on January 4, 2010.


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