The road a man and his son struggle for survival in a postapocalyptic world overrun with cannibals in this cormac mccarthy adaptation thu 5. Open road is an inventive group of producers, editors, and designers specializing in awardwinning theatrical, broadcast, and streaming advertising. They attended the duke school for children from grades k8, a private suburban school, and then the charles e. I first saw the road in september at the toronto film festival, as one of eight films i saw in three days.
Road film definition of road film by the free dictionary. The man he is the father of the boy and the husband of the woman. Released in 2009, the road is an intense drama movie set in a postapocalyptic world. Movie centers on the adult son of a baseball legend who, together with his girlfriend, embarks on a. Directed by michael meredith and starring justin timberlake, jeff bridges, kate mara and harry dean stanton. After following the distraught man into the depths of an insurgent cave, the marines make a horrifying discovery bringing them facetoface with an ancient evil. The only real problem i had with the road is that it just starts and stops. Road 2014, directed by michael hewitt and dermot lavery. The road is a 2009 american postapocalyptic survival film directed by john hillcoat and written by joe penhall, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by cormac mccarthy.
Postapocalyptic, cormac mccarthy adaptation about an unnamed man mortensen and his son travelling across an ashcovered american landscape. While on a mission to locate three missing soldiers, a team of reconnaissance marines encounter a bloodspattered iraqi stumbling through the desert. I am not your negro film of james baldwins words on. The acclaimed actor, along with his director and costar discuss their new postapocalyptic film. Wild about movies provides you the most uptodate 2009 movies information online. While on a mission to locate three missing soldiers, a team of reconnaissance marines encounter a bloodspattered iraqi stumbling through the.
In 2009 they wrote a supernatural horror war short called road to moloch embedded above, directed by robert glickert, about a mission to. Who on earth would want to race on a motorbike at high speed down everyday roads with serious injury lurking at every. An eloped couple arvind vivek oberoi and lakshmi antara mali, en route delhi to jodhpur on a deserted highway, encounter a mad wayfarer, a hitchhiker babu manoj bajpayee who turns out to be a serial psychopath. In 2009 they wrote a supernatural horror war short called road to moloch embedded above, directed by robert glickert, about a mission to locate three missing soldiers that finds a team of. As ken will confirm, the sidmouth festival run is not a road race, it is a very hilly, muddy, rough, offroad course, of about 10k, to the nearest 5 miles. So moloch, the film from the russian aleksandr sokurov, brings off something really remarkable. Charlize theron, viggo mortensen, robert duvall, guy pearce, molly parker director. Bridges plays a former bigleague ballplayer, now contentedly boozing through his golden years signing. Speaks several middle eastern languages and dialects. They find a halfcrazy iraqi who leads them to a cave where they find something more horrifying than anything they could have imagined. Road film synonyms, road film pronunciation, road film translation, english dictionary definition of road film. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. The 34th toronto international film festival running september 1019, 2009 has completed its program, with 273 features and 64 shorts from.
The finished film won best short at the 2005 deep ellum film festival in dallas. With its engaging combination of 1980s nostalgia, charming cast of teen protagonists, and chilling story, the netflix supernatural drama stranger things has. Road to moloch is perhaps the best short film ive ever seen. They began making films in the third grade using a hi8 video camera that was a gift from their parents. If you have a question please ask below and i will get back to you as soon as possible. A dreary dramedy of a road film that starts off ploddingly and proceeds to only grow more so as it crawls along. Its a horror movie with an average imdb audience rating of 6. I am not your negro envisions the book james baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in america, using the writers original words, as. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by yuri arabov and marina koreneva. The duffer brothers were born and raised in durham, north carolina. Thus hes apt casting for the open road, a fatherson picture that puts its estranged duo on a road trip in the midwest. While on a mission to locate three missing soldiers. Jeff bridges excels at playing grizzled, somewhat compromised men who have a variety of things to be embarrassed about.
The filmmaking interests me because of its complete lack of vision. As the title suggest, you are aware that this going to be a road movie. The roadfilm on its surface, however, will give a far more determined effort to resist removal than the dirtier looking truck that has been more recently washed. Road movie definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Watch the clip titled short film for the film road to moloch 2009. The movie was directed by australian director john hillcoat, with screenplay by joe penhall, who studied the novel in great detail and adapted the script to suit the big screen. The road 2009 america is a grim, gray shadow of itself after a catastrophe. Its a tight, thrilling film that looks and feels like a feature. There are major spoilers for the film, the road and also the book, which is very similar, especially regarding the ending. Rent the open road 2009 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Click on any of the 2009 movie posters images for complete information about all 2009 movies in theaters, including trailers. It tells the story of three american soldiers in iraq searching for missing brethren.
Ive only seen the film the road, i havent read the books. Viggo mortensen and cast travel on the road jami philbrick nov 20, 2009. Salary, married, wedding, spouse, family began working as a visual effects production assistant in 1985 while still attending college at the univerity of. The open road on dvd november 17, 2009 starring justin timberlake, jeff bridges, kate mara, harry dean stanton. The story of roberto, an histrionic sixtyyears old man, who thinks outside the box, is a dialogue with images taken from old amatorial videocassettes found in an abandoned warehouse in the province of bergamo. If you disagree with my interpretation please be polite and state your case. While on a mission to locate three missing soldiers, a team of reconnaissance marines. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples log in dictionary. The film stars viggo mortensen and kodi smitmcphee as a father and his son in a postapocalyptic wasteland the film received a limited release in north american cinemas from november 25, 2009, and was released in united. Road to moloch is a supernatural action short film by filmmaker robert glickert. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The road is a postapocalyptic dramatic thriller about a father and his son walking alone through burned america. In this heartwarming comedy, minor leaguer carlton garrett justin timberlake takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged fat. They also wrote and directed the 2015 psychological horror film hidden, wrote episodes for the fox mysteryscience.
They created, and serve as executive producers of, the netflix science fictionhorror series stranger things. Matt duffer and ross duffer both born february 15, 1984, known professionally as the duffer brothers, are american film and television writers, directors, and producers. The trailer for the open road in this heartwarming comedy, minor leaguer carlton garrett justin timberlake takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player kyle garrett jeff bridges when carltons mother mary steenburgen becomes sick. Salary, married, wedding, spouse, family iyad hajjaj is a middle eastern actor. Discover road to moloch, an early horror short film from the. Started in 2011 by amc theaters amc and regal entertainment group regal, the two largest theatrical exhibition companies in the united states, open road films is an acquisitionbased domestic theatrical distribution company.
Tang media partners has acquired oscarwinning independent film distributor open road films, best known for releasing the arthouse hits spotlight and nightcrawler despite posting. The film stars viggo mortensen and kodi smitmcphee as a father and his son in a postapocalyptic wasteland. A man viggo mortensen and his young son kodi smitmcphee wander through this postapocalyptic world, trying to. Road to moloch 2009 where to watch it streaming online.
I should note that i havent read the book, but will definitely do so, having seen the film. Our list of movies in theaters in 2009 is even more accurate than the imdb database. Road to moloch 2010 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. It premiered at the 2009 toronto international film festival and opened the section generation 14plus at the 60th berlin international film festival in february 2010.