The Road --DVDSCR--GOLDEN MONKEY

General

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Complete name: The Road.DVDSCR-GOLDEN.MONKEY.avi

Format : AVI

Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave

File size : 1.89 GiB

Duration : 1h 49mn

Overall bit rate : 2 473 Kbps Video

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ID : 0

Format : MPEG-4 Visual

Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5

Format settings, BVOP : No

Format settings, QPel : No

Format settings, GMC : No warppoints

Format settings, Matrix : Default (MPEG)

Codec ID : XVID

Codec ID/Hint : XviD

Duration : 1h 49mn

Bit rate : 2 013 Kbps

Width : 720 pixels

Height : 320 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 2.25:1

Frame rate : 29.970 fps

Resolution : 8 bits

Colorimetry : 4:2:0

Scan type : Progressive

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.292

Stream size : 1.54 GiB (81%)

Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)



Audio

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ID : 1

Format : AC-3

Format/Info : Audio Coding 3

Codec ID : 2000

Duration : 1h 49mn

Bit rate mode : Constant

Bit rate : 448 Kbps

Channel(s) : 6 channels

Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE

Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Video delay : 33ms

Stream size : 351 MiB (18%)

Alignment : Split accross interleaves

Interleave, duration : 33 ms (1.00 video frame)

Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms



CAST

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Viggo Mortensen ... Man

Kodi Smit-McPhee... Boy

Robert Duvall ... Old Man

Guy Pearce ... Veteran

Molly Parker ... Motherly Woman

Michael K. Williams... The Thief (as Michael Kenneth Williams)

Garret Dillahunt... Gang Member

Charlize Theron ... Woman

Bob Jennings ... Bearded Man

Agnes Herrmann ... Archer's Woman

Buddy Sosthand ... Archer

Kirk Brown ... Bearded Face

Jack Erdie ... Bearded Man #2

David August Lindauer...Man On Mattress

Gina Preciado ... Well Fed Woman



PLOT

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The world is in ruins after some apocalyptic event. A father and his son are walking towards the coast in an attempt to head south to escape the increasingly cold, endless winter. Along the way they have to avoid gangs forced into cannibalism. Their only weapon is a pistol with 2 shots. The father has dreams about his wife, who committed suicide before the story begins. At one point they find an intact bomb shelter filled with food and supplies. Rather than remain in this sanctuary, they continue on because they have not yet reached the coast. The only named character they encounter in the entire book is an old man who says his name is Ely. Ely is harmless and alone and they share a meal and talk for a bit. They find out Ely is not his real name and he created this false name in order to keep from being found by other refugees. They eventually part ways. The whole journey is a struggle to survive in a world no longer capable of sustaining life. They almost lose this struggle when a thief makes off with all their worldly possessions, and the Father nearly loses his struggle to hold on to his humanity in taking those possessions back. The boy is all that keeps him barely human. The boy is his warrant, in his own words. In the end, they reach the coast but find it is no different, no better than the place they left behind. The father finally succumbs to the illness that has plagued him from the beginning, dying and leaving the boy alone. But he is not alone for long before another finds him, another man holding on to his humanity -- only he's been a little more successful because he had help. Now the boy has a family.