The Road

United States of America, 2009

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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. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there.

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Credits

director

John Hillcoat

costume design

Margot Wilson

producer

Nick Wechsler

Paula Mae Schwartz

Steve Schwartz

production company

2929 Productions

Chockstone Pictures

Dimension Films

Nick Wechsler Productions

production design

Chris Kennedy

screenplay

Joe Penhall

Duration

01:51:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
2009

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-20766

Language

English

Subject categories

Adventure

Drama

TMDB-Movie

20766

Wikidata

Q738052

Collected

96 times

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