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The Road

2009 film directed by John Hillcoat
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Summary

The Road is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,939 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: John Hillcoat[3]
  • Screenwriter: Joe Penhall[4], Cormac McCarthy[5]
  • Composer: Nick Cave[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7], post-apocalyptic film[8]
  • Based on: The Road[9]
  • Cast member: Kodi Smit-McPhee[10], Robert Duvall[11], Charlize Theron[12], Guy Pearce[13], Viggo Mortensen[14], Molly Parker[15], Michael K. Williams[16], Garret Dillahunt[17]
  • Producer: Nick Wechsler[18]
  • Production company: 2929 Entertainment[19]
  • Director of photography: Javier Aguirresarobe[20]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[21]
  • Commons category: The Road (2009 film)[22]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[23]
  • Review score: 6.9/10[24], 74%[25], 64/100[26]
  • Color: color[27]
  • Country of origin: United States[28]
  • Publication date: November 25, 2009[29], January 22, 2010[30], September 3, 2009[31], September 13, 2009[32], May 6, 2010[33]
  • Has edition or translation: Q113559916[34]
  • Distributed by: The Weinstein Company[35], Budapest Film[36]
  • Narrative location: United States[37]
  • Filming location: Pittsburgh[38]
  • Film editor: Jon Gregory[39]
  • Executive producer: Mark Cuban[40], Marc Butan[41], Todd Wagner[42]
  • Title: The Road[43]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[44]
  • MPA film rating: R[45]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[46]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[47]

  • First release date: 2010-01-04[48]

  • Genre(s): ambient, electronic[49]

  • Community tags: ambient, electronic, score, soundtrack[50]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 408ff3d2-5089-4fe6-8b57-77bf32856467[51]

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Adaptations and Inspiration

The Road's after a work by is recorded as Cormac McCarthy[52].

Why It Matters

The Road has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Related Entities

Charlize Theron Cormac McCarthy film Garret Dillahunt Guy Pearce Mark Cuban Michael K. Williams Nick Cave Robert Duvall The Road United States

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Publication date → +2009-11-25T00:00:00Z, +2010-01-22T00:00:00Z, +2009-09-03T00:00:00Z +2
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