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[Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files] Viggo Mortensen says The Road is the most faithful book adaptation ...: Directed by John Hillcoat, the film is based on Cormac McCarthy's bleak, post-apocalyptic novel and sees The Father (Mortensen) and his son (13-year-old Kodi Smit-McPhee) travelling across a barren landscape, fighting for survival among the remaining humans, many of whom have turned to violence and even cannibalism.

[Entertainment Daily] Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen top-earning Hollywood couple: LONDON - American actor Viggo Mortensen has revealed he was doubly disappointed when he did not win at the 2007 Academy Awards, as he had planned a tribute to his favourite soccer team if he was invited up to the podium. Mortensen, 51, who had starred in 'Lord of the Rings', was nominated in the Best Actor category at the prestigious Oscars ceremony, for his role in 'Eastern Promises'.

[Suite101: Film Dramas Based on Books Articles] The Road - A John Hillcoat Film: Viggo Mortensen Stars in An ...: Hillcoat’s debut movie Ghosts of the Civil Dead (1988) starring singer Nick Cave marked the arrival of a major new talent in world cinema. It would be almost a decade however before Hillcoat made another film, To Have and to Hold (1997), a romantic melodrama set in the jungle starring Tcheky Karyo and Rachel Griffiths as a couple involved in a turbulent relationship.

[Suite101: Independent Films Articles] The Road Movie Review: Adaptation Of Cormac McCarthy Novel With ...: Directed by John Hillcoat, The Road is the third major film to be based on a Cormac McCarthy novel, following 2000's All The Pretty Horses and 2007's Oscar-winning No Country For Old Men. Only the fourth feature film from Australian director Hillcoat, the source transposes McCarthy's familiar barren landscapes from the American west to a post-apocalyptic America.

[Cult Movie Forums | DVD + Blu-ray News + Discussion] UK: The Road from Icon in May - Cult Movie Forums | DVD + Blu-ray ...: After the Oscar-winning success of the adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, another of the author's works arrives on screen. Viggo Mortensen stars in THE ROAD, a thriller that is set in a bare, post-apocalyptic America, where a father and son struggle to survive.

[Flicks and Bits] Viggo Mortensen - The Road Interview | Flicks and Bits: I realised it was quite an honour to be offered this role, after reading the script I ran to the store to buy The Road and read it all and realised the scripts a very good adaptation which only became better and better and fine tuned before we went out to shoot it.  Including Lord Of The Rings and everything I know off or have been involved in or seen it’s not only the most faithful not just in spirit but in letter adaptation of any book, it really is very much like the book.

[Little White Lies] Viggo Mortensen Exclusive The Road Interview ”¹ Little White Lies ...: My thoughts on this interview are that Viggo Mortensen is a very lucky man. He is advantaged in his concept of thought by having a truly creative nature, he exudes gentleness and yet can still portray violence in his films to a remarkable degree of realism.

[TakePart Blog Network » Environment] Empire or Humanity? : Howard Zinn and Viggo Mortensen Spread the ...: What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire," is narrated by Viggo Mortensen and taken from an essay Zinn wrote that's available on Tomdispatch.com. (To read the unabridged essay "Empire or Humanity?

[The Dark Tower Blog] Dark Tower Comic Trailer | The Dark Tower Blog: Marvel has announced a graphic novel adaptation of the Gunslinger (Dark Tower Volume I) after the next installment, Battle of Jericho Hill. Mrblancnoir Says: February 18th, 2010 at 6:41 pm.

[Film Review Online] Film Review Online » Blog Archive » The Road - Viggo Mortensen: In two Oscar-worthy performances, Viggo Mortensen portrays the nameless father, and newcomer Kodi Smith-McPhee plays his son. I spoke with Mortensen about this grueling project which is so important to him.

[Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk] Brace yourself, more Cormac McCarthy adaptations are coming down ...: Although with good performances and the draw of Viggo Mortensen was enough to make me watch the film, it struggled after that, not because it was a woeful adaption, it just boiled down to another "one of them films" and without the now conventional special effects and dramatic scenes it in my opinion the film becomes dull.

[Inside Movies] Viggo Mortensen Talks 'The Road,' 'The Hobbit' and 'Eastern ...: He speaks no fewer than five languages, writes poetry, paints, plays music and was once a tr. Hence, this Thanksgiving, moviegoers won't see Viggo in '2012,' but rather in the haunting adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Road,' in select theaters Nov.

[eHarlequin.com Community blogs] Book people v Movie people aka Heathcliff v Hugh | eHarlequin.com ...: Hi Emily!  Great topic.  I agree that books are usually better than movies.  (I refused to see My Sister's Keeper because I heard about the ending change.)  The Horse Whisperer pulled a switcheroo on the ending, too, and I felt it was much more believable than the book ending.  To Kill a Mockingbird, the movie, was equally as good as the book.  And I thought the film version of A Time To Kill was as good as the book.  Rosemary's Baby was another good example of a movie equally as compelling as the book, but these are all the exceptions.  Loved The Notebook!  But preferred the book.

[davian3714255] Watch Alatriste Online « davian3714255: There is little character development and less coherency. A much better approach would have been to focus only on the first novel and produce a faithful adaptation.

[Inside Movies] Viggo Mortensen Was 'Afraid' of Taking on 'The Road' - Inside Movies: je ne doute pas de l'Efficacité de Viggo Mortensen, c'est pour moi le meilleur acteur pour assumer ce rôle , je l'admire depuis très longtemps TANT pour ses qualités sur écran que son attitude dans la vie,j'aspire de voir le film!

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