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   road movie

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   • 1. a film of a genre in which the main character is travelling, either in flight or on a journey of self-discovery.

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3. • Post-apocalyptic survival film

     • 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.
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   Is the road based on a true story?

   • 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.

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   What is a road movie based on?

   • Edgar G. Ulmer ’s Detour (1945), a film noir about a musician travelling from New York City to Hollywood who sees a nation absorbed by greed. A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives.

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   Is the road a good movie?

   • That being said, The Road is considered a somewhat faithful adaptation. The death of Viggo Mortensen's character was borderline unwatchable in the movie, but it's even sadder in the book's ending. Most changes weren't made to change the plot, but in order to make the ending of the movie more palpable for audiences.

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   Is 'the road' a book or a movie adaptation?

   • While The Road movie adaptation is certainly bleak, the book is actually much worse. For example, there's a passage in which the two main characters pass a group of cannibals who are roasting a human baby on a spit. It's necessary for studios to make plenty of changes when it comes to book-to-movie adaptations, and The Road wasn't exempt.

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   What are the different types of road movies?

   • Road movies are blended with other genres to create a number of subgenres, including: road horror (e.g., Near Dark from 1987); road comedies (e.g., Flirting with Disaster from 1996); road racing films (e.g., Death Race 2000 from 1975) and rock concert tour films (e.g., Almost Famous from 2000).

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   Are American road movies based on European films?

   • More generally, Devin Orgeron states that American road movies were based on post-WW II European cinema's own take on the American road film approach, showing a mutual influence between US and European filmmakers in this genre.

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Road_(2009_film)The Road (2009 film) - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. screenrant.com › the-road-movie-tragic-endingThe Road Ending Explained: What Happens To The Boy - Screen Rant

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   Oct 16, 2024 · The Road ending is undeniably bleak. However, the entire movie is one with a lot of depth, and there's clear thematic meaning behind the the journey the Man and the Boy take, as well as the Boy being found on the beach after watching his father pass away. A key theme of The Road is loss.

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8. www.imdb.com › title › tt0898367The Road (2009) - IMDb

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   The Road: Directed by John Hillcoat. With Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce. In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.

   • 7.2/10 (257K)
   • Genre: Drama, Thriller

   • Director: John Hillcoat
   • Release Date: 2009-11-25

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11. www.imdb.com › title › tt0898367The Road (2009) - Plot - IMDb

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    A father (Viggo Mortensen) and son make their way across a post-apocalyptic United States in hopes of finding civilization among-st the nomadic cannibal tribes in 2929 Productions' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's thrilling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road.

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    The Road. America is a grim, gray shadow of itself after a catastrophe. A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) wander through this post-apocalyptic world, trying to keep...

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13. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Road_movieRoad movie - Wikipedia

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    A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. [2]