The Road

The Road - 2nd Trailer

In Theaters: Nov 25th, 2009

The Road - 2nd Trailer

Release date: November 25th, 2009 (wide)
Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Running time:
MPAA Rating: Not Rated.
Director: John Hillcoat
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Garret Dillahunt
Plot:

Based on Cormac McCarthy’s best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “The Road” is the epic post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son across a barren landscape that was blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and most life on earth.

Comments

  1. Why the second, reworked trailer?

    My guess is, the first was deemed too negative, too hopeless, too bleak.

    This latter trailer emphasizes hope (”carrying the fire”, “angels”, etc). Notice too the soaring, triumph-of-the-human-spirit score.

    For my money, it’s much too too heavy-handed. They first trailer was leaner, harder, tougher, more powerful. Of the two, the first packed much the better punch.

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