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[Hollywood Outbreak] VIGGO MORTENSEN TAKES 'THE ROAD' WITH NO REGRETS - Hollywood ...: VIGGO MORTENSEN plays the father of a young boy whose only goal is to navigate the immense wasteland of a post-apocalyptic world. MORTENSEN tells us that, while a lot of actors were interested in the role, it fell to him and to not take it would have led to regret.

[CanMag at CanMag.Com] Interview: Viggo Mortensen Talks The Road - CanMag: Mortensen said. “Then because of the toll the movie just was taking on us physically anyway, and because I think there’s that thing that’s magical in movies which can’t be explained technically.

[BuzzSugar] Movie Review of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Starring Viggo ...: In terms of plot, there isn't a ton that happens, and most of the action involves bumping into new strangers, like an elderly man (Robert Duvall) and a threatening gang. Some may find the lack of events monotonous, but this is why father and son are so important.

[Viggo Mortensen Online] Viggo Mortensen Talks The Road: “What was interesting to me that happened was partly it’s what you prepare first,” Mortensen said. “Then because of the toll the movie just was taking on us physically anyway, and because I think there’s that thing that’s magical in movies which can’t be explained technically.

[Everything PR] Viggo Mortensen Hits It, The Road: Regardless of any metaphoric and ethereal psychology, the story is at the core of this type of intellectual entertainment, and Mortensen is the perfect conduit through which McCarthy’s wonderful story can be told. It is also important to note that The Road might be compared to Mel Gibson’s Road Warrior in theory, but in fact the latter is really really the antithesis of Mortensen’s journey.

[Rama's Screen] THE ROAD Review | Rama's Screen: Based on Cormac McCarthy’s beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen leads an all star cast in the big screen adaptation of “The Road” - the epic post apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee) across a barren landscape that was blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and most life on earth.

[Epoch Times | All headlines] Epoch Times - Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Winning Book Comes to Screens: He also has some heartrending scenes with Charlize Theron, appearing in flashbacks as his late wife. Unfortunately, though an apocalypse could certainly be expected to stunt most children’s social development, the boy shows zero personality throughout the film.

[The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Entertainment] Review: 'The Road' is bleak | road, son, one - Entertainment - The ...: Viggo Mortensen is The Man, trekking south across the wasteland of America. His simple goal: to keep his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) alive for another day.

[Hollywood Outbreak] CASTING WAS EVERYTHING AS VIGGO MORTENSEN PREPARED TO HIT “THE ...: In the big screen adaptation of CORMAC McCARTHY’S best selling novel THE ROAD, VIGGO MORTENSEN and KODI SMIT-McPHEE play a father and son trying to navigate the wasteland left after an apocalyptic event. During our recent interview with MORTENSEN, he talked about how much of the action in the film revolves around the boy and what an important role casting played in it’s making.

[The Schleicher Spin] The Road Often Taken « The Schleicher Spin: The good news is McCarthy’s visionary and grim ash-covered, earthquake riddled, tree-toppling, cannibal-ridden nightmare or words is translated to Hillcoat’s visual world fully in tact.  The set designers, special effects folks and cinematographer deserve all the credit in the world for making this barren wasteland look both dire and magnificent in scope.  Also like the book, the film is essentially a two person show depicting the relationship between The Man (Viggo Mortensen, growling and whispering his way through another solid performance) and The Boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee, fraught, sympathetic and believable).  They do expand a bit on the back-story involving The Man’s wife (and The Boy’s mother), where we learn that Viggo’s character was insanely smitten by Charlize Theron’s character because she was the type of gal that would lay in the grass instead of a perfectly good hammock.  Why she chooses to abandon her husband and little boy remains a mystery as does the cause of the apocalypse, which will frustrate some while entrance others.

[A Blog for Busy Moms - MOMania] Family Activities for Thanksgiving Break! | A Blog for Busy Moms ...: “The Road.” Viggo Mortensen navigates a post-apocalyptic wasteland in this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s celebrated novel. Charlize Theron and Robert Duvall co-star

[disneymoviehalloweentown] Parapaponzi ”” Blog ”” Viggo Mortensen Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel ...: Wired NewsViggo Mortensen Hits “The Road”NewsaramaNot only did it involve the actor’s now-patented extreme preparation and dedication – he lost a tremendous amount of weight to realistically portray his … Viggo Mortensen takes his act …

[Topsongs] Viggo Mortenson On 'The Road,' By Kurt Loder | Topsongs: Mortenson plays an unnamed man making his way with his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) across a country laid waste by an unspecified apocalypse. The land is prowled by bands of other men who’ve been reduced to barbarism in a never-ending quest for food and fuel.

[FirstShowing.net] Our Official 2009 Thanksgiving Movie Guide is Finally Here ...: The second trip to the theatre was obviously more relaxed and opened my eyes to director John Hillcoat's sad and lonely wasteland. Now before anyone asks, I have not read the novel the film is based on so I don't have a basis for comparison .

[disneymoviehalloweentown] Viggo Mortensen Chicago Sun Times Toronto International Film Festival: The film stars a skeletal Viggo Mortensen as a father (like in Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist,” his role is simply credited, Man) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (rolls right off the tongue) as Boy. The dynamic between the two: Mortensen as provider …

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