Road to Perdition

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Road to Perdition
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R,1hr 56min
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July 12, 2002
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DreamWorks SKG
Synopsis: The acclaimed graphic novel from crime writer Max Allan Collins becomes this big budget Dreamworks drama from director Sam Mendes and screenwriter David Self. Tom Hanks stars as Michael Sullivan, a morally conflicted Depression-era hit man committing murder in the name of his employer, John Rooney (Paul Newman). A kindly, aging Irish crime boss who raised Sullivan as his surrogate son, Rooney is affiliated with Al Capone in Chicago and thus wields great power in the "Tri-Cities" of Moline, IL; Rock ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Mendes, in only his second feature (following the Oscar-winning "American Beauty"), has told this surprisingly resonant story with the potent, unrelenting fatalism of a previously unknown Greek myth. Full Review
Metascore
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72
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Michael O'Sullivan, Michael Sullivan
John Rooney
Maguire
Annie Sullivan
Photos
Colin Hanks and Tom Hanks attend the New York premiere of "Road to Perdition" at the Ziegfeld...
Paul Newman, Tom Hanks and Jude Law attend the New York premiere of "Road to Perdition" at the...
Daniel Craig atttends the London premiere of "Road to Perdition" on Sept. 18, 2002.
Paul Newman in "Road to Perdition" (2002) (CAMERA PRESS/Retna Ltd.)
Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks at the New York premiere of Road to Perdition, July 9, 2002
Paul Newman, Best Supporting Actor nominee for Road to Perdition
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