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THE ROAD: Directed by John Hillcoat. Written by Joe Penhall. Cinematography, Javier Aguirresarobe.

A rectangle of black, stirred by shadows. A gray horizon, maybe. Then came the red fuse.

Avatar's $300 budget was money well spent. 2. Nine Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis and Sophia Loren head an all-star cast in Rob Marshall's musical.

I'm late to the reviewers party for John Hillcoat 's film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy 's The Road , and there's a reason, which Tom Chiarella described in Esquire Magazine back in June: There is a speed... that the actual movie... does not possess or seek to possess, an urgency that feels manufactured.

Viggo Mortensen, left, and Kodi Smit-McPhee star in The Road. The director and star of The Road discuss the bright side of the apocalypse.

Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee are a father and son trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world in "The Road." The Weinstein Company In Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel "The Road," no word is repeated so often and with such steady emphasis as "ash." The stuff is everywhere.

Australian director John Hillcoat's new film, an adaptation of Cormack McCarthy's novel, should make him an A-lister Kevin Maher One of the most terrifying moments of John Hillcoat's life occurred earlier this year in the private screening room of a secluded ranch in New Mexico.

There are two ways to look at The Road : as being a part of the canon of superfluous post-apocalyptic yarns spun for the sole purpose of cashing in on the fears and desires of the movie-going public; or, as being a unique and original tale about a father and son struggling to survive in a savage and uncompromising world - a world that forces one ...

Gray. Ash gray. The sky was ash gray, and the air was heavy. Yes, the air tasted like rust and the tang of remorse.

Fame Game On the Road, signs of the apocalypse hit home Director John Hillcoat, left, on the set of The Road with star Viggo Mortensen: Unlike most post-apocalyptic stories, says Hillcoat, a this is not science fiction.a Macall Polay Something about the story's bleakness resonated personally for both director John Hillcoat and star Viggo Mortensen ...

The Road , Cormac McCarthy 's Pulitzer Prizewinning, Oprah-endorsed, post-apocalyptic survivalist prose poem - in which a father and his 10-year-old son traverse a despoiled landscape of unspeakable horror - was a quick, lacerating read.

Halfway through the filming of "The Road," director John Hillcoat made a difficult decision: No matter what, he was going to remain faithful to Cormac McCarthy's novel, about a father and son traveling across a post-apocalyptic landscape - even if such a promise meant shooting a seemingly unfilmable scene involving cannibals and a baby.

Me and Orson Welles 1/2 star A sweet coming-of-age comedy and an affectionate homage to one of our great filmmakers.

Yeah, but ... this cana TMt be the end of the world! Thata TMs just Viggo Mortensen and some kid with a shopping cart.

THE INUITS may not actually have 100 words for snow, but Cormac McCarthy knows at least 500 for gloom.

In Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel "The Road," no word is repeated so often and with such steady emphasis as "ash." The stuff is everywhere.

Interview with John Hillcoat, director of "The Road" 0 It's Thanksgiving Day, time to get the family together and see -- what? Piss, shit and fart jokes in "Old Dogs?" A multiply addicted and deranged Nicolas Cage abusing people as he tries to solve the mass murder of an immigrant family in "Bad Lieutenant?" Ninjas severing limbs, lopping off ...

Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee portray a father and son who must hide from cannibals in a trek across the post-apocalyptic Eastern United States in the film "The Road," based on the book by Cormac McCarthy.

For director John Hillcoat, a budget of more than US$20-million would have been a a waste of resources.a TM When John Hillcoat sat down during the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about his movie The Road, the rival end-of-the-world film 2012 was still two months away from release.