The Road

Details

Release year: 2009

Storyline

In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

Did you know

• To live the role, Viggo Mortensen would sleep in his clothes and deliberately starve himself. At one point, he was thrown out of a shop in Pittsburgh, because they thought he was a homeless man.

• Director John Hillcoat filmed the soft drink vending machine scene with Man and Boy several times, each with a different brand beverage, out of concern that Coca-Cola executives would not want their product to appear in this movie. A telephone call, from Viggo Mortensen to the President of Coca-Cola, secured permission for a can of Coca-Cola to appear, consistent with the source novel.

• The ocean scene was Lake Erie.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $8,117,000

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $1,502,231 (2009-11-29)

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Technical specs

Sound mix

DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS

Aspect ratio

2.35 : 1

Color

Color

FAQ

• Was the boy the younger protagonist thought he saw in the building real?
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