The Road Resources
Websites
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Informative and a little weird. You know you want to join.
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Links to definitions of McCarthy's gnarliest words. It might even help you with the SAT.
Movie or TV Productions
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This film didn't get the best reviews. On the other hand, it does star the ruggedly handsome Viggo Mortensen.
Documents
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McCarthy talks about his novel and the movie.
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We guess this is more along the lines of a profile, but you still get plenty of quotes from the man himself.
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This a shorter interview compared to the two above. Plenty of info about McCarthy's home away from home, The Santa Fe Institute.
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Author Michael Chabon reviews The Road and talks about sci-fi and horror.
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Novelist and journalist Jennifer Egan talks about masculinity in The Road.
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The always perceptive James Wood reviews The Road.
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Chris Barsanti explains The Road's very simple formula: Apocalypse + Samuel Beckett = The Road.
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Ever wonder where those brook trout came from? Some critics think they're from this Ernest Hemingway short story.
Video
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This is only a small portion of a larger interview, which seems to have disappeared from the Worldwide Web.
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Here's the trailer for the 2009 film.
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Yahoo! Movies has seven clips from the 2009 film.
Audio
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Writer Alan Cheuse reviews The Road.
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The poet Meghan O'Rourke hosts a (long) discussion of the novel.
Images
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McCarthy cultivates "the mysterious look" on his book jackets for 30 years. Wow.
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The pairing McCarthy fans thought they'd never see.