Road (Motion picture : 2009)

The Road [videorecording] / directed by John Hillcoat ; screenplay by Joe Penhall ; produced by Nick Wechsler, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz ; Dimension Films and 2929 Productions present a Nick Wechsler and Chockstone Pictures production.

Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010], ©2009.

1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in.

A holocaust has destroyed the world. Civilization lies in ruins. Nothing grows. The Man and his young son, the Boy, struggle across the devastated, post-apocalyptic landscape, pushing their belongings in a shopping cart, hoping to reach the coast. It is almost impossible to find any food. Life on the road is a deadly game of hide, seek, and devour with bloodthirsty bands of roving, starving, survivalist types, many of whom have fallen into cannibalism. The Man carries the curse of remembering the world as it once was, while for the Boy, the world has always been destroyed, any intimation that life was once different is foreign to his existence. Love--of the Man and Boy for each other--is the one testament to a humanity that remains, even in the face of total chaos.

Images / Video & Film

English

February 22, 2016

Director of photography, Javier Aguirresarobe ; film editor, Jon Gregory ; music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis ; costume designer, Margot Wilson.

Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Molly Parker, Michael Kenneth Williams, Garret Dillahunt, Charlize Theron.

DVD; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1.

MPAA rating: Rated R for some violence, disturbing images, and language.

Special features: Optional audio feature commentary with director John Hillcoat [also with optional subtitles]; Deleted and extended scenes (7 min.); The making of 'The Road' [featurette] (14 min.); Theatrical trailers (5 min.); Previews (12 min.).