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On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. It is a largely autobiographical work based on the spontaneous cross-country adventures of Kerouac and his friends during the middle of the 20th century. It is often considered a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences. While many of the names and details of Kerouac's experiences are changed for the novel, hundreds of references in On the Road have real-world counterparts.
When the book was originally released, The New York Times hailed it as "the most beautifully executed, the clearest and the most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named years ago as "beat," and whose principal avatar he is." In 1998, the Modern Library ranked On the Road 55th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.
The Road is a 2006 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. It is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months, across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed most of civilization and, in the intervening years, almost all life on Earth. The novel was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 2006.
The book was adapted to a film by the same name in 2009, directed by John Hillcoat, starring Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
An unnamed father and his young son journey across a grim post-apocalyptic landscape, some years after a major unexplained cataclysm has destroyed civilization and most life on Earth. The land is filled with ash and devoid of living animals and vegetation. Many of the remaining human survivors have resorted to cannibalism, scavenging the detritus of city and country alike for flesh. The boy's mother, pregnant with him at the time of the disaster, gave up hope and committed suicide some time before the story begins, despite the father's pleas. Much of the book is written in the third person, with references to "the father" and "the son" or to "the man" and "the boy".
Actors: Johnny Mandel (composer), Joyce King (actress), Joyce King (miscellaneous crew), Robert Cornthwaite (actor), Robert Forster (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Kristoffer Tabori (actor), Larry Pennell (actor), Tom Gries (director), Eddie Little Sky (actor), Wright King (actor), Victoria Racimo (actress), Albert Ruben (writer), Byrd Holland (actor), David Gil (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Johnny Mandel (composer), Joyce King (actress), Joyce King (miscellaneous crew), Robert Cornthwaite (actor), Robert Forster (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Kristoffer Tabori (actor), Larry Pennell (actor), Tom Gries (director), Eddie Little Sky (actor), Wright King (actor), Victoria Racimo (actress), Albert Ruben (writer), Byrd Holland (actor), David Gil (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Johnny Mandel (composer), Joyce King (actress), Joyce King (miscellaneous crew), Robert Cornthwaite (actor), Robert Forster (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Kristoffer Tabori (actor), Larry Pennell (actor), Tom Gries (director), Eddie Little Sky (actor), Wright King (actor), Victoria Racimo (actress), Albert Ruben (writer), Byrd Holland (actor), David Gil (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: D.W. Griffith (director), Edward Dillon (actor), John T. Dillon (actor), Frank Evans (actor), Harry Hyde (actor), Walter P. Lewis (actor), Joseph McDermott (actor), W. Chrystie Miller (actor), Alfred Paget (actor), W.C. Robinson (actor), Hector Sarno (actor), Charles West (actor), William J. Butler (actor), Blanche Sweet (actress), Kate Toncray (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: D.W. Griffith (director), Jack Pickford (actor), Mack Sennett (actor), Henry B. Walthall (actor), Linda Arvidson (actress), Kate Bruce (actress), Adele DeGarde (actress), Gladys Egan (actress), Robert Harron (actor), Grace Henderson (actress), Jeanie Macpherson (actress), Dorothy West (actress), D.W. Griffith (writer), Ruth Hart (actress),
Plot: A woman decides to drown the family cat which has become a nuisance. She ties it in a hempen bag and gives it to the deaf gardener to throw in the river. However, the children discover the cat and set if free. Meanwhile a maid who has been fired decides to take revenge and hides the baby in the same sack. The deaf gardener takes the sack, but doesn't notice the change in contents and is unable to hear the baby. The mother discovers her baby missing and, suspecting what has happened, rushes to the river to stop the gardener.
Genres: Drama, Short,