Road to Nowhere (2010)

A young filmmaker gets wrapped up in a crime while shooting his new project on location.

Director:

Monte Hellman

Writer:

Steven Gaydos

Stars:

Tygh Runyan, Dominique Swain, Cliff De Young

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tygh Runyan	...	Mitchell Haven
Dominique Swain	...	Nathalie Post
Cliff De Young	...	Cary Stewart - Rafe Tachen
Shannyn Sossamon	...	Laurel Graham / Velma Duran
John Diehl	...	Bobby Billings
Waylon Payne	...	Bruno Brotherton
Rob Kolar	...	Steve Gales (as Robert Kolar)
Nic Paul	...	Johnny Laidlaw
Fabio Testi	...	Nestor Duran
Moxie	...	Herself
Peter Bart	...	Himself
Pete Manos	...	El Cholo Bartender
Mallory Culbert	...	Mallory
Beck Latimore	...	Doc Holliday Bartender
Thomas Nelson	...	Man in Bar

Storyline

There's a murky tenuous balance between reality and fiction; particularly when it involves a beautiful young woman, murder, a powerful politico, a missing fortune and suicide. 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, 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.

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Plot Keywords:

filmmaker | murder | passion | reality vs fiction

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Taglines:

Illusion is the first of all pleasures

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Genres:

Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language and brief violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 April 2011 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Caminho para o Nada

Filming Locations:

Garda, Verona, Veneto, Italy

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,418 (USA) (10 June 2011)

Gross:

$40,294 (USA) (16 September 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tigers Den Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Casablanca (1942)

User Reviews

Thank You, Monte!

Finally, after 21 years, we get a new Monte Hellman film, and, despite the negative reviews on this site, it is a winner, a magnificent piece of film art! Road to Nowhere is not the typical Hollywood entertainment fluff, and thank goodness. In a world where bad 70's television shows and comic book heroes are shoved down our throats on a weekly basis, a film like this is a lifesaver. Without spoiling anything, I can tell you that the themes of alienation, absurdity, and identity that are the hallmarks of Hellman's direction are present in spades, as well as meditations on the nature of art and the nature of film. If you are looking for intellectual stimulation and some relief from standard Hollywood fare, look no further. As films-about- films go, this one stands with Last Year at Marienbad and Persona. Not to be missed.