| Release Date | 03 September 2009 |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $8,000,000 |
| Tagline | In a moment the world changed forever. |
| Genre | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Adventure |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Abandoned Turnpike Tunnels, Breezewood, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Dolby SR |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Road Movie, Sci-Fi Disaster Film |
| Themes | Cannibals, Fathers and Sons, Post-Apocalypse |
| Tags | Post Holocaust, Post War, Survivor |
The Road is a 2009 post-apocalyptic drama film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 novel of the same name by American author Cormac McCarthy, the film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Filming took place in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Oregon. The film received a limited release in North American cinemas from November 25, 2009, and was released in UK cinemas on January 4, 2010.