The Road
In a moment, the world changed forever.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America.Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water.It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray.Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
- Director
- John Hillcoat
- Worldwide
- $28M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
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Box Office & Release
The Road returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $32M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $28M
- Release date
- Nov 25, 2009
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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