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Like most of McCarthy's books, it was optioned for a film, and [[The Film of the Book]] ''[[The Road]]'' was released on November 25, 2009. It was directed by John Hillcoat, the director of ''[[The Proposition]]'', and scored by [[Nick Cave]] and Warren Ellis (no, not ''that'' [[Warren Ellis]]), who had previously collaborated on the score for ''[[The Proposition]]''.

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=== The original novel [[The Road]] contains examples of: ===

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* [[After the End]]: One of the best and most harrowing post-apocalyptic novels ever written. One of the great things about this book is that it is one of the few such novels to actually have the stones to make it look like mankind is on its way out. Not just scraping by, but dying.

* [[Apocalypse How]]: Category 4. Biosphere extinction has already occurred and the world is in the final stages of dying.

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* [[No Name Given]]: No characters are named throughout the novel.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: The father.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: A couple from {{spoiler|the scavengers who pick up the boy at the end of the book}}, showing that they're safe and trustworthy people to be around. {{spoiler|They [[Due to the Dead|cover the father with a blanket]] like they'd promised, and insist the boy ~~keeps~~ his gun when he tries to give it to them.}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: A couple from {{spoiler|the scavengers who pick up the boy at the end of the book}}, showing that they're safe and trustworthy people to be around. {{spoiler|They [[Due to the Dead|cover the father with a blanket]] like they'd promised, and insist the boy keep his gun when he tries to give it to them.}}

* [[Rape as Drama]]: Alluded to as one of the many perils on the road - not least because it's often the precursor to [[I'm a Humanitarian|something worse]].

* [[Scenery Gorn]]: So very much. In this world, ashes fall like snow.

* [[Shrug of God]]: [[Word of God|The author]] has offered a few possible explanations for the world-ending disaster, and said that he himself has no opinion on the subject. See also [[The Un-Reveal]].

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: There's a whole cottage industry that's sprung up around debating this question. As noted in the description, there's a group that believes the book is mind-shatteringly depressing. There's another group that believes [[The Road]] is, through all the death and misery, a chronicle of the strength and beauty of the human spirit.

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: There's a whole cottage industry that's sprung up around debating this question. As noted in the description, there's a group that believes the book is mind-shatteringly depressing. There's another group that believes ''[[The Road]]'' is, through all the death and misery, a chronicle of the strength and beauty of the human spirit.

* [[Survivalist Stash]]: Our heroes benefit from several of these. The most spectacular example is detailed in [[Hope Spot]], above.

* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: The boy {{spoiler|loses his father, his only source of joy, comfort, peace of mind, and protection. Just as the story sets him up to travel the world as [[The Aloner]], the scavengers who'd shot at them earlier come to pick him up... and by [[Pet the Dog|all the available evidence]], they're trustworthy}}.