The Road (movie)

[Brian in Mesa]

Wechsler Acquires McCarthy's The Road
Source: Variety
November 8, 2006

Producer Nick Wechsler has acquired film rights to Cormac McCarthy's new novel, "The Road."

Australian director John Hillcoat (The Proposition) will develop the book to direct, and Wechsler will produce with Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz, says Variety.

"The Road," set after a nuclear explosion, is the post-apocalyptic nightmarish road trip of a man who tries to transport his son to safety while fending off starving stragglers and marauding packs of cannibals.

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I figure they read Mike O's MySpace blog and decided to go forward with this one.

 

[Zeno]

Just finished this book. I only finished it because I bought it not because I enjoyed it. The writing was too fragmented and "flowery" almost poetry like.

Hopefully the movie is more interesting.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Just finished this book. I only finished it because I bought it not because I enjoyed it. The writing was too fragmented and "flowery" almost poetry like.

Hopefully the movie is more interesting.

I just posted about this on the book forum

I read it too, and I liked it.

Yeah, fragmented a bit, but most of it was gripping...I couldn't put it down.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

I figure they read Mike O's MySpace blog and decided to go forward with this one.

At least SOMEONE reads it

 

[Pariah]

Is this the same guy that wrote the western novels? I forget the names of them, but I read one of 'em a while back.

 

[Shane]

The Road

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3431072281/

Fantastic cast. Looks really good!

 

[Gaddabout]

The book is awesome. Read it if you haven't yet.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The Road

Release Date: November 25, 2009
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Director: John Hillcoat
Screenwriter: Joe Penhall, Nick Wechsler
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for some violence, disturbing images and language)
Website: TheRoad-movie.com

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Plot Summary: Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and 12-year-old Kodi Smit McPhee star in the big-screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Road" – the story of a man (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) traveling through a desperate, post-apocalyptic world.

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[Renz]

Did anyone see this? It got fairly good reviews and then totally bombed.

I guess it wasn't such a great idea to release a grim Apocalypse film at Thanksgiving.

 

[Mulli]

I loved the book, but the story is too grim for a movie.

 

[Shane]

Did anyone see this? It got fairly good reviews and then totally bombed.

I guess it wasn't such a great idea to release a grim Apocalypse film at Thanksgiving.

Wierd gets an average of 8 out of 10 stars at imdb and has almost an 80% at rotten tomatoes.

Figured it out. It was only released in under 400 theatres nationwide. That's the reason for the low #s that's ridiculously low. I wonder if it's due for a wider release later? Most BIG movies are released in 3000 or more.

 

[Chaplin]

This movie is probably going to be nominated for Best Picture this year, just FYI.

 

[Shane]

This movie is probably going to be nominated for Best Picture this year, just FYI.

Chap do you have any idea why this movie was only released in under 400 theaters? I can't for the life of me figure it out? Seems like it would have had a fairly large budget with the special effects/Cast in it etc... I was stoke to see it and now I know why I never had a chance. I don't think it was even in a theater in vegas which is a very big city? Just odd to me?

 

[Mulli]

This movie is probably going to be nominated for Best Picture this year, just FYI.

Not saying much anymore.

 

[Chaplin]

Chap do you have any idea why this movie was only released in under 400 theaters? I can't for the life of me figure it out? Seems like it would have had a fairly large budget with the special effects/Cast in it etc... I was stoke to see it and now I know why I never had a chance. I don't think it was even in a theater in vegas which is a very big city? Just odd to me?

Well, it's an indie and pretty bleak. Not exactly blockbuster material. You'll probably see it pop up around February again in theaters if it is nominated (and I'm pretty sure it will be). Movies like Sling Blade went through this same cycle, where they would be in limited release for awhile and based on the awards season, would be released a bit more after getting nominated.

 

[Shane]

Well, it's an indie and pretty bleak. Not exactly blockbuster material. You'll probably see it pop up around February again in theaters if it is nominated (and I'm pretty sure it will be). Movies like Sling Blade went through this same cycle, where they would be in limited release for awhile and based on the awards season, would be released a bit more after getting nominated.

I sure hope so. Thanks.

 

[outoftheashes]

Good movie

They only had it at 2 theaters in the valley, I believe, but I was fortunate enough to catch it. I thought it held pretty true to the book, and it didnt seem to require the budget you might think based on the reading. I thought the performances were outstanding and they did a great job of capturing the emotion intended by the story. That being said, it is just as bleak as you might expect and if you havent read the book, you might not get it. I may be totally off base though, I felt like you wouldnt get the watchmen movie unless you read it either, and was proved wrong in a lot of cases.

 

[PDXChris]

I picked it up over the weekend. I have not had a movie touch me so emotionally, ever!!!! Of course, being a father now and seeing my son about to turn 2 had a lot to do with that. They did a really good job with it IMO and it felt real from beginning to end.

 

[Shane]

This movie was god awfully slow. Borderline unwatchable.

 

[joeshmo]

This movie was god awfully slow. Borderline unwatchable.

Big time +1. It takes a lot for me to turn a movie off and this was the closest I have come to turning it off in a long time. Its like they were having the same conversation over and over again for an hour and a half.

 

[Pariah]

huh. I didn't think it was slow at all. Wasn't nearly as good as the book, but bot anywhere near unwatchable for me.

 

[Renz]

huh. I didn't think it was slow at all. Wasn't nearly as good as the book, but bot anywhere near unwatchable for me.

I thought it was well paced, also. The director did a great job building tension.

Very good film, IMO.

 

[PDXChris]

huh. I didn't think it was slow at all. Wasn't nearly as good as the book, but bot anywhere near unwatchable for me.

I thought it was well paced, also. The director did a great job building tension.

Very good film, IMO.

+1

 

[Bada0Bing]

I thought it was well paced, also. The director did a great job building tension.

Very good film, IMO.

I recently watched it and I thought the same thing. I loved the tension. You never knew what might be waiting around the corner.

A heck of a performance from Mortensen and also "Omar" near the end.

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.

Nice!