The Road (2009)
The Road (2009)
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Plot.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
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Cast & Crew.

Viggo Mortensen
Father

Kodi Smit-McPhee
Boy

Charlize Theron
Mother

Robert Duvall
Old Man - Eli

Guy Pearce
Veteran

Molly Parker
Friendly Woman

Michael Kenneth Williams
The Thief

Garret Dillahunt
Gang Member

Bob Jennings
Bearded Man

Buddy Sosthand
Archer

Agnes Herrmann
Archer's Woman

Kirk Brown
Bearded Face

Jack Erdie
Bearded Man #2

David August Lindauer
Man On Mattress

Gina Preciado
Well Fed Woman

Wilson Moore
Boy running from cannibals

Mark Tierno
Baby Eater

John Hillcoat
Director

Cormac McCarthy
Novel

Joe Penhall
Screenplay

Paula Mae Schwartz
Producer

Steve Schwartz
Producer

Nick Wechsler
Producer

Francine Maisler
Casting

Margot Wilson
Costume Design

Toni G
Makeup Department Head

Chris Kennedy
Production Design

Jeremy Fry
Stunts

Javier Aguirresarobe
Director of Photography

Nick Cave
Original Music Composer

Warren Ellis
Original Music Composer

Jon Gregory
Editor

Chris Laurence
Musician

Mark Cuban
Executive Producer

Gershon Ginsburg
Art Direction

Robert Greenfield
Set Decoration

Enzo Angileri
Hairstylist

Jennifer Santiago
Key Hair Stylist

Sherri Simmons
Makeup Artist

Todd Beckett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Chris David
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Esparza
Sound Effects Editor

A. Josh Reinhardt
Sound Effects Editor

Leslie Shatz
Sound Designer

Edward Tise
Sound Mixer

Robert Jackson
Supervising Sound Editor

Geordie Sheffer
Hair Department Head

Nancy Keslar
Additional Hairstylist

John W. Iwanonkiw
Additional Set Dresser

Brett Kennedy
Additional Set Dresser

Donald Lee Rager
Additional Set Dresser

Amy K. Lamb
Art Department Coordinator

Jesse Best
Art Department Production Assistant

Scott Alplanalp
Carpenter

Pete Frantz
Carpenter

Ray Lovasz
Carpenter

Dan Bothe
Carpenter

Daragh Byrne
Carpenter

Norm Johnson
Carpenter

Joseph A. Manni
Carpenter

Scott G. Smith
Carpenter

Lance R. Walters
Carpenter

Mark Zang
Carpenter

Daniel McGuinness
Carpenter

Jim Heastings
Carpenter

Michael J. McKee
Carpenter

Hugh Marchant
Concept Artist

Charles Miller
Construction Coordinator

Joseph Waterkotte
Construction Coordinator

John C. Cameron
First Assistant Property Master

Paul Blanchard
Leadman

Chandler Vinar
Leadman

Kevin C. Brady
Leadman

Keith Walters
Property Master

Ellen Lepinski
Scenic Artist

Renee Prince
Scenic Artist

Colin Baxter
Scenic Artist

Julie Chill
Scenic Artist

Edward Wayne Parrish Jr.
Scenic Artist

Alexei Plotnicov
Scenic Artist

Christopher St. Pierre
Scenic Artist

Edgar Um Bucholtz
Scenic Artist

Mary O'Brien
Scenic Artist

Vincent Borrelli
Scenic Artist

Victoria Ruskin
Set Designer

Jason A. Pollock
Set Dresser

Patcharee Blanchard
Set Dresser

Jon Graubarth
Set Dresser

Whitney Guerra Jr.
Set Dresser

Ella Jackson
Set Dresser

Adam Johnson
Set Dresser

Jennifer Lagura
Set Dresser

Joe Rynearson
Set Dresser

David Lee Toth
Set Dresser

Philip Blackburn
Set Dresser

Janet Kusnick
Storyboard Artist

Luis Russo
Storyboard Artist

Jeff Vandermolen
Best Boy Electric

Gregory L. Edwards
Best Boy Grip

Joe Vitellaro
Best Boy Grip

Amanda Rotzler
Camera Loader

Moira Morel
Camera Loader

Eric Alan Edwards
Camera Operator

Dan Kneece
Steadicam Operator

Joseph Ruiz
Dolly Grip

Matthew Bulleri
Dolly Grip

Glenn Kaplan
First Assistant 'A' Camera

Jeff Graham
First Assistant 'A' Camera

Andy Harris
First Assistant 'A' Camera

Peter Geraghty
First Assistant 'B' Camera

Steven Mann
First Assistant 'B' Camera

Don Benson
First Assistant 'B' Camera

James Plannette
Gaffer

Adam Grant
Grip

Joseph Edward Myers
Grip

Manny Duran
Key Grip

Matthew Haskins
Second Assistant Camera

Kyril Cvetkov
Second Assistant Camera

Kevin Huver
Second Assistant Camera

Luis Lopez DeVictoria
Second Assistant Camera

Gabriel Velasco
Second Assistant Camera

David A. Seekins
Second Assistant Camera

Matías Mesa
Steadicam Operator

Macall B. Polay
Still Photographer

Frank DiMarco
Still Photographer

Chris Hajek
Techno Crane Operator

Steve Olsen
Techno Crane Operator

Jimi Johnson
Video Assist Operator

Kale Jessen
Video Assist Operator

Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting

Elizabeth Chodar
Casting Assistant

Eryn Goodman
Casting Assistant

Katie Shenot
Casting Associate

Lauren Grey
Casting Associate

Lori Lewis
Casting Associate

Nancy Mosser
Extras Casting

Elizabeth Coulon
Extras Casting

Lana Veenker
Extras Casting

Michele Dunn
Costume Supervisor

Rick Grayson
Additional Editor

Craig Wood
Additional Editor

Stephen R. Sheridan
Color Timer

Michael Hatzer
Digital Intermediate Colorist

Devon Miller
Digital Intermediate Editor

Loan Phan
Digital Intermediate Producer

Marc Lulkin
Digital Intermediate

Philippe Majdalani
Digital Intermediate

Anna Burd
Assistant Production Coordinator

Krysta Kelley
Craft Service

Anne Mendes
Craft Service

Brittnee Dewald
Craft Service

Drew Smith
Craft Service

Don Wadsworth
Dialect Coach

Karen Yokomizo
First Assistant Accountant

Cynthia Seabock
Payroll Accountant

M. Ross-Michaels
Production Accountant

Benn Wiebe
Production Assistant

Franses Simonovich
Production Coordinator

Janet Smith
Production Secretary

Rebecca Robertson
Script Supervisor

Heidi Sturdevant
Script Supervisor

Lucy Kim Robertson
Second Assistant Accountant

William Gilson
Set Medic

Michael Hinkel
Set Medic

Karla Benson
Set Medic

Carl Kent
Set Medic

Diane Kerstein
Set Production Assistant

Jenna Rae
Set Production Assistant

Stacy Fortenberry
Set Production Assistant

Gerald Medina
Set Production Assistant

Jay Watt
Set Production Assistant

Brian Amlin
Set Production Assistant

Matteo Faeth
Set Production Assistant

Yarden Levo
Set Production Assistant

Kristin Trabucco
Set Production Assistant

Anne Bergstedt Jordanova
Stand In

Benjamin Jeran McGinn
Stand In

T.J. Civis
Stand In

Logan C. Sayre
Stand In

Gretchen Treser
Stand In

Jeffrey Raines
Studio Teacher

Lynn Raines
Studio Teacher

Emma Cooper
Unit Publicist

Elizabeth Chambers
Travel Coordinator

David Norris
Transportation Coordinator

Katie Scott
Transportation Coordinator

Marc Scott
Transportation Coordinator

Poland Perkins
Transportation Coordinator

Byron Roland
Transportation Captain

Matt Shelton
Music Editor

Martyn Casey
Musician

Gerard McCann
Musician

Paul Clarvis
Musician

Chris Lawrence
Musician

Warren Zielinski
Musician

Peter Lale
Musician

Bruce White
Musician

Thomas Peters
Assistant Location Manager

Don Baldwin
Assistant Location Manager

Jason Planitzer
Assistant Location Manager

Batou Chandler
Location Manager

Jimi Woods
Location Manager

Craig W. van Gundy
Location Manager

Andrew L. Ullman
Location Manager

Phil Bradshaw
Additional Visual Effects

Othmar Dickbauer
Additional Visual Effects

Luke Forker
Additional Visual Effects

Craig Needelman
Additional Visual Effects

Mark Norman
Additional Visual Effects

Leon Sanginiti
Additional Visual Effects

Clarissa Shanahan
Additional Visual Effects

Jack Swern
Additional Visual Effects

Jeffrey Cox
Additional Visual Effects

John Goraj Jr.
Additional Visual Effects

Tony Trov
Additional Visual Effects

Kyle Boylen
Compositing Artist

Ed Mendez
Compositing Supervisor

Cathy Gochnour
Compositor

Jun Zhang
Compositor

Chris 'Pinkus' Wesselman
Compositor

Kurt Frey
Compositor

Brian Sales
Compositor

Takashi Takeoka
Compositor

Tim Bowman
Compositor

Ryan Leonard
Compositor

Anton Moss
Compositor

Christopher Riemann
Compositor

Fred Pienkos
Digital Effects Supervisor

Joseph DiValerio
Digital Effects Supervisor

Dylan Cole
Matte Painter

Brian Flora
Matte Painter

Steven Messing
Matte Painter

Christopher Evans
Matte Painter

Brice Liesveld
Visual Effects Coordinator

Lily Kerrigan
Visual Effects Coordinator

Adica Manis
Visual Effects Coordinator

Robert Stromberg
Visual Effects Design Consultant

Keith Croket
Visual Effects Editor

Bryan Baker
Visual Effects Editor

Mark Wawrzenski
Visual Effects Editor

Christa Tazzeo
Visual Effects Producer

Richard Friedlander
Visual Effects Producer

Christina Graff
Visual Effects Producer

Phillip Moses
Visual Effects Producer

Andrea D'Amico
Visual Effects Producer

Glenn Allen
Visual Effects Supervisor

Paul Graff
Visual Effects Supervisor

Noel Hooper
Visual Effects Supervisor
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Details.
Release DateNovember 25, 2009
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Budget$32,000,000
Box Office$27,635,305
Filming LocationsPittsburgh, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
post-apocalyptic
dystopia
paternity
survival
duringcreditsstinger
starvation
father son relationship
on the road
abandoned house
bomb shelter
cannibalism
end of the world
intense
melodramatic
Wiki.
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 from November 25, 2009, and was released in United Kingdom cinemas on January 4, 2010. It received generally positive reviews from critics; the performances of Mortensen and Smit-McPhee garnered praise. It also received numerous nominations, including a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography.
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