I went to the movies this afternoon, something I RARELY do, but it was a crappy day out, I got everything done early, and I promised a friend we would go see Paranormal Activity. During the previews, which I generally try to avoid, the preview for "The Road" came on. The premise is that some disaster has wiped out most of the people on Earth; small bands try to exist on what they find. The plot appeared to be a man & his son, trying to make it down the east coast, some 10 or so years after the event. The preview clip was their encounter with a band of thugs. It looks interesting, I was wondering if anyone else had heard of this at all? When it comes out, I will likely go see it, if for nothing else than entertainment value (after all, it IS hollywood!). The previews certainly looked interesting!!!

I think redflare mentioned Cormac McCarthy's novel was being adapted for the screen:

http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.ph...true#Post152998

I'll be interested to hear how the film does. The book was a bestseller, and bleak.

Academy Award buzz already:

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/53107,people,news,oscar-talk-for-cormac-mccarthys-the-road-from-the-venice-film-festival

"Good news from the Venice Film Festival for fans of Cormac McCarthy, regarded by many as the finest living writer in the English language. The Australian director John Hillcoat, best known for his videos with fellow Aussie Nick Cave, has made a great movie of McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 novel The Road, sticking closely to the original which, given the bleakness of the plot, is quite something."

...shot the film in rural Pennsylvania and in post-Katrina Louisiana....



A not-so-complimentary review from Variety:

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940928.html?categoryid=3212&cs=1

New York Times article on the making of the film (in 2008)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/movies/27road.html

You mean the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by one of America's greatest writers?

Nope. Haven't heard of it. :-]

He also wrote No Country for Old Men, by the way.

I thought this movie had come out already, and was awaiting DVD release??? I guess not.

I read the book. Good book. That's my book review of the week!

It was supposed to be out last year but they ran into problems, a lot of the movie was shot here in Pennsylvania, Erie, Conneaut Lake and Pittsburgh, I read the book three times and am looking forward to the movie.

boy, I'll say.
I read it a few months ago on a transatlantic flight & was depressed for days.
It's a book that really stays in my mind.
Not sure it will make a good movie...
stars Viggo Mortenson, tho, so might be OK.

I read the book and found it depressing as well. There was never any mention of what actually caused the disaster/calamaty but it was not quite logical. Seems the only thing that survived was humans. No plants or animals anywhere. Not quite credible, in my opinion

After the animals ran out, the cannibals came out.

Don't know if I'll ever see that film.

Caused me to conclude that my PSK should include cyanide.

Interview with the director:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42781