THE ROAD

Year: 2009
USA: The Weinstein Company
UK: Icon Film Distribution
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Kodi Smit McPhee, Molly Parker, Michael Kenneth Williams, Garret Dillahunt, Bob Jennings, Jack Erdie, Kirk Brown, Agnes Herrmann, Buddy Sosthand
Director: John Hillcoat
Country: USA
USA: 112 mins
UK: 111 mins
USA Rated: R for some violence, disturbing images and language
UK Certificate: 15 contains infrequent strong violence, language and gory images
USA Release Date: 25 November 2009
UK Release Date: 8 January 2010
UK DVD Release Date: 17 May 2010

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Synopsis

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller from acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, ALL THE PRETTY HORSES)

THE ROAD is a post-apocalyptic dramatic thriller about a father and his son walking alone through burned America.

Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food--and each other.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from Cormac McCarthy (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), THE ROAD stars Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen (EASTERN PROMISES) and Academy Award winners Robert Duvall (TENDER MERCIES) and Charlize Theron (MONSTER). Guy Pearce and Kodi Smit McPhee also star.

DVD AND BLU-RAY EXTRAS

The Making of documentary
Audio commentary with Director John Hillcoat
Walking into Darkness: John Hillcoat’s The Road â€" featurette with director Hillcoat discussing the elements of The Road
The Road: A gallery â€" stills from behind the scenes