A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing: just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless cannibalistic bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a rusting shopping cart of scavenged food--and each other.
Written by Sean Pollock
The old man's line about having a son was not in the script and was ad-libbed by Robert Duvall after they were all tired from many takes.
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Goofs
Continuity:
Midway through the movie the Man finds an unopened Coca-Cola can in a machine. When it falls out it has a dented top. When they drink from the can, there is no dent.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Wife:
What's happening? Why are you taking a bath? The Man:
I'm not. See more »
Crazy Credits
Over the end credits, we hear the sounds of children playing. What the world must have been like in happier times.
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