The Road (Screen and Cinema) - Softcover

'John Hillcoat's superb adaptation of the prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy leads its audience on a road to nowhere' : 'haunting, harrowing, powerful' Xan Brooks, The Guardian, 03.09.09 'Hillcoat's movie is a resounding triumph' Tom Huddleston, Time Out, 05.01.10 'The Road might just be one of the most heartfelt end-of-the-world movies yet made' : 'shockingly good at depicting that certain unspoken sadness that is the baseline of all parent-child relationships' Kevin Maher, The Times, 08.01.10 --Various Reviews

'On reading the Penhall version it quickly becomes apparent that the desperate, post-apocalyptic emptiness of the original is unnervingly preserved while the sparse beauty of the dialogue does provide an uncluttered, ready-made script. The intense, almost unspoken love between the unnamed father and son= at the core of both novel and playscript- continues to act as a gently realised counterpoint to the cruelty and devastation of the surrounding countryside and the well-timed flashbacks enhance the sense of loss that runs through both texts...the emotional intensity of the novel shines through in this script which would be an excellent addition to any KS4 or KS5 curriculum.' --John Hickman, NATE Classroom

Joe Penhall is the author of the multi-award-winning play Blue/Orange (National Theatre, 2000). Other recent work includes Dumb Show (Royal Court Theatre, 2004), the screenplay Enduring Love, based on the Ian McEwan novel, and Landscape With Weapon (National Theatre, 2007).