Road to Nowhere

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

2010 2h 1m EN

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5.8

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76%

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METACRITIC

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5.4

IMDB

★5.8TMDB · 47🍅76%Rotten Tomatoes●59Metacritic★5.4IMDB · 1,925

MysteryThrillerRomance

Synopsis

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A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. Unsuspectingly, he finds himself drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue: he becomes obsessed with the woman, the crime, her possibly notorious past, and the disturbing complexity between art and truth. From the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina to Verona, Rome, and London, new truths are revealed and clues to other crimes and passions, darker and even more complex, are uncovered.

“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”

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Cast

Tygh Runyan
Mitchell Haven
Shannyn Sossamon
Laurel Graham / Velma Duran
Dominique Swain
Nathalie Post
Cliff DeYoung
Cary Stewart / Rafe Taschen
John Diehl
Bobby Billings
Waylon Payne
Bruno Brotherton
Rob Kolar
Steve Gales (as Robert Kolar)
Nic Paul
Johnny Laidlaw

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Monte Hellman
Writers: Steven Gaydos
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 1% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tom Russell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Céline Ameslon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Tygh Runyan and Shannyn Sossamon and Dominique Swain carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Illusion is the first of all pleasures.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1504319 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Monte Hellman directs. Tom Russell scores. Céline Ameslon cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 1% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Tom Russell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Céline Ameslon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tygh Runyan and Shannyn Sossamon and Dominique Swain carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Illusion is the first of all pleasures.".
8IMDB entry: tt1504319 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 47 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.