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The Road moves to the big screen

A film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer winning novel The Road, which is currently in production, is already being considered as a possible Oscar contender. Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones talks about why the novel is set to capture the public imagination.

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