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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Road
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Film Details - 2929 Productions , 2009

Producers:

Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, and Paula Mae Schwartz.

Production Companies:

2929 Productions.

Director of Photography:

Javier Aguirresarobe.

Editors:

Jon Gregory.

Production Designers:

Chris Kennedy.

Music:

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:

Viggo Mortensen (Man), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Boy), Robert Duvall (Old Man), Guy Pearce (Veteran), Molly Parker (Motherly Woman), Michael Kenneth Williams (Thief), and Charlize Theron (Woman).

Release Dates:

21 January 2010 (Australia).
World premiere, 4 September 2009 at the Venice Film Festival.

Location:

  • Filmed largely in Pennsylvania and Oregon.

Awards:

  • SDFCS Award (Best Cinematography), San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, 2009.
Subjects:
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
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