Road to Perdition
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sam Mendes
Tom Hanks
Paul Newman
Daniel Craig
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jude Law
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Two fathers: Michael Sullivan, a hit man for the Irish mob in Depression-era Chicago; and Mr. John Rooney, Sullivan's boss and the man who raised him as a son. Two sons: Michael Sullivan, Jr. and Connor Rooney, each desperate to earn his father's favor. Jealousy and competition put them all on a collision course, ultimately bringing Sullivan's work into his private life and leading to the death of his beloved wife and youngest son, Peter. Now Michael Sullivan and his surviving son are set on a journey instigated by tragedy and fueled by revenge.
Director
Sam Mendes
Cast
Tom Hanks
Paul Newman
Daniel Craig
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jude Law
Timothy Hendrickson
Stephen Dunn
Lara Phillips
Jon Sattler
Craig Spidle
Duane Sharp
Dylan Baker
Keith Kupferer
Jackie Moran
David Darlow
Stanley Tucci
Lawrence Macgowan
Phil Ridarelli
Roderick Peeples
Juanita Wilson
Doug Spinuzza
Mina Badie
Kevin Chamberlin
Paul Turner
Michael Brockman
Lee Roy Rogers
John Sterchi
Brendan Mckinney
Nicholas Cade
Peggy Roeder
Rob Maxey
Jack Callahan
Tyler Hoechlin
Robert Jones
John Judd
Christian Stolte
Liam Aiken
James Greene
Daniel Clancy
Kurt Naebig
Heidi Jayne Netzley
Lance Baker
Ian Barford
Michael Sassone
Jobe Cerny
Marty Higginbotham
Kieran O'hare
John Sierros
Diane Dorsey
Harry Groener
Maureen Gallagher
Kathleen Keane
Ed Kross
Ciarßn Hinds
Crew
Matthew Adams
Stacey Adamski
Stephen Andrzejewski
Audrey Anzures
Paige Augustine
Steve Baer
Christopher Baker
Bill Banyai
Lynn Basas
Steve Battaglia
Benjamin Beardwood
Bob Beemer
Bud Belyeu
Bill Bernstein
Brenda Berrisford
Jill Bilcock
Kathryn Blondell
Kelly Borisy
Judith Bouley
Joey Box
Cortland Boyd
Joan Bradshaw
Julian Bratolyubov
Brady Breen
Thomas E Brown
Clyde E Bryan
George Budd
Lane Burch
Gary Burritt
Frank P Calzavara
Chris Castaldi
Patrick Caulfield
Tony Chance
Paul Clemente
Michael Clossin
Doug Coleman
Doug Coleman
Max Allan Collins
Tara B Cook
Vince E Cordero
John Crisman
Steve Cudzilo
Chris Cummings
Renee D. Czarapata
William D'ambra
James D'damery
Darrell Craig Davis
Jim M Davis
Orbert Davis
Guillaume Delouche
Matthew Dettmann
Maria Devane
Kyle Devriendt
Demetra Diamantopoulos
Jeff Dieter
Joe Dorn
Wileen Dragovan
Francois Duhamel
Robert W. Dulys
Rickley W Dumm
Ross Dunkerley
Jann Engel
Sven E M Fahlgren
John Paul Fasal
Leslee Feldman
Katherine Ferraro
James Fierro
Michael L. Fink
Nate Flansburg
Carmen Flores De Tanis
Adam Fogelson
Fred Folmer
Erica Frauman
Peter Friedlander
Laurel Frushour
Tom Gagnon
Gretchen Gain
Karen Garlich
Dennis Gassner
Scott Getzinger
Michael D. Gianneschi
Christopher Glasgow
Jack P Glenn
Chris Glomp
David John Golia
Joyce Green
Russell A Green
Kurt Greufe
Thomas Gustafson
Nancy Haigh
Ted Haigh
Celia Haining
Allen L Hall
Conrad Hall
Matthew Hall
Douglas Harlocker
Barbara Harris
George W Hartmann
Jim Hartnett
Matthew Haskins
Gary Hecker
Scott Hecker
Phil Hetos
Timothy Hillman
K.c. Hodenfield
James A Hogan
Aaron C Holden
Melanie Holloway
Mark Howard
Paul Howarth
Martin L. Hudson
Mauriece Jacks Jr.
Jason Jennings
Jennifer Jobst
Jason K Johnson
Joy Johnson
Kenneth L Johnson
Richard L Johnson
C David Jones
Billy Judkins
Kyoko Kageyama
Gary L Karas
John Karolous
Jerry King
Robert Krzeminski
Ross L Kulma
John Lacy
Kevin J Lanke
Kristine Lankenau
Adria Later
Larry Laurent
Larry Leahy
Rick Lefevour
Gary Lewis
David Lingenfelser
Tinker Linville
Howard London
Michael Louis
Tom Lowell
Brian Lunt
Joseph M Lyons
Kathryn A Madden
David Malley
Michael J Malone
Jim Mammoser
Robert Dale Marrocco
Cherylanne Martin
Cherylanne Martin
Robert Q Mathews
Blake E Matthys
Cyril H Matthys
Quentin Matthys
Michael J Mcalister
James R Mcallister
Larry Mccaffrey
Harrison Mceldowney
Amy Mckenzie
Sam Mendes
Carla Meyer
John D. Milinac
Scott Millan
Kathryn Mindala
Thomas Minton
Larry Misselhorn
Lea Morement
Leslie Morris
Robert Nelson
Thomas Newman
Jon Nicholson
Eric A Norris
Benjamin J. Nowicki
Rosemary Orlando
Troy O Osman
Armand Paoletti
Joseph Paoletti
Mark Pappas
Walter F. Parkes
Thomas Pasatieri
Mickie Paskal
Jeff Passanante
William Patterson
Christine Pawlowski
Fred W Peck
Bill Phillips
Walter Piers
Heather Pollock
Ruth Pollock
Eva L. Prappas
Joel Prihoda
Alicia Pritchett
John Patrick Pritchett
Glen Purdy
Dante Quintana
Richard Rayner
Aaron Richmond
John Rigden
Thomas J Rigden
Gabriela Rios
Dhana Rivera
Linda R Rizzuto
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Best Cinematography
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Best Score
Best Sound
Best Sound Editing
Best Supporting Actor
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TCM Remembers Paul Newman (1925-2008) - Important Schedule Change for Paul Newman Tribute
Sunday, October 12
Sunday, October 12 Program for TCM
6:00 AM The Rack
8:00 AM Until They Sail
10:00 AM Torn Curtain
12:15 PM Exodus
3:45 PM Sweet Bird of Youth
6:00 PM Hud
8:00 PM Somebody Up There Likes Me
10:00 PM Cool Hand Luke
12:15 AM Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2:15 AM Rachel, Rachel
4:00 AM The Outrage
TCM Remembers Paul Newman (1925-2008)
Paul Newman, with his electric blue eyes and gutsy willingness to play anti-heroes, established himself as one of the movies' great leading men before settling into his latter-day career of flinty character acting. Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in 1925, Newman studied at the Yale Drama School and New York's Actors Studio before making his Broadway debut in Picnic.
Newman's breakthrough in films came in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), in which he played boxer Rocky Graziano. He quickly reinforced his reputation in such vehicles as The Rack (1956) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), for which he won the first of nine Oscar® nominations as an actor.
In 1958, while shooting The Long Hot Summer (1958) - which earned him the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival - in Louisiana, he became re-acquainted with Joanne Woodward, who was the film's female lead. The two soon fell in love, and after divorcing Jackie, Newman and Woodward were married in Las Vegas in 1958. The couple appeared in numerous films together and had three daughters, which they raised far from Hollywood in the affluent neighborhood of Westport, CT.
The 1960s was a fruitful decade for Newman, who starred in such hits as Exodus (1960), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); and scored Oscar® nominations for The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963) and Cool Hand Luke (1967).
Newman's political activism also came to the forefront during the sixties, through tireless campaigning for Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign. His association with McCarthy led to his being named on future President Richard Nixon's infamous "Opponents List;" Newman, who ranked #19 out of 20, later commented that his inclusion was among the proudest achievements of his career.
Newman's superstar status - he was the top-ranking box office star in 1969 and 1970 - allowed him to experiment with film roles during the 1970s, which led to quirky choices like WUSA (1970), Sometimes a Great Notion (1971), Pocket Money (1972), and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) - all of which he also produced through First Artists, a company he established with fellow stars Sidney Poitier and Barbra Streisand.
After coming close to winning an Oscar® for Absence of Malice (1981), Newman finally won the award itself for The Color of Money (1986). He also received an honorary Oscar® in 1986 and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1994. A producer and director as well as an actor, Newman has directed his wife (and frequent costar) Joanne Woodward through some of her most effective screen performances [Rachel, Rachel (1968), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)].
He remained active as an actor in his later years, playing the Stage Manager in Our Town on both stage and television, lending his voice to the animated features Cars (2006) and Mater and the Ghostlight (2006). Off-screen, Newman set the standard for celebrity-driven charities with his Newman's Own brand of foods, which brought $200 million to causes, and the Hole in the Wall Gang camp for seriously ill children.
TCM Remembers Paul Newman (1925-2008) - Important Schedule Change for Paul Newman Tribute Sunday, October 12
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Nominated for four 2002 awards by the London Film Critics Circle, including Best Film of the Year, Best British Director (Sam Mendes), Best Screenwriter (David Self), and British Actor in a Supporting Role (Jude Law).
Nominated for two 2002 awards for by the Broadcast Film Critics Association including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor (Paul Newman).
Winner of the 2002 award for Best Picture by the Washington D.C. Film Critics.
Winner of the 2002 award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing by the Cinema Audio Society (CAS).
Winner of the 2002 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Domestic Feature - Sound Effects & Foley by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).
Released in United States Summer July 12, 2002
Released in United States on Video February 25, 2003
Released in United States 2002
Shown at Venice International Film Festival August 29 - September 8, 2002.
"Road to Perdition" is based on the serial graphic novel written by Max Allan Collins and illustrated by Richard Piers Rayner.
Released in United States Summer July 12, 2002
Released in United States on Video February 25, 2003
Released in United States 2002 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival August 29 - September 8, 2002.)
Co-winner of the 2002 award for Best Director (Sam Mendes), shared with Denzel Washington ("Antwone Fisher") and Spike Jonze ("Adaptation") by the Washington D.C. Film Critics.