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Cast
Denzel Washington as Eli, the main character of the film, Eli was led to a copy of the Bible by a voice and was told to take it westward and that he would be protected on his journey. Eli is blind. Gary Oldman as Carnegie, the antagonist of the story, Carnegie is the leader of the town and is trying to destroy the last copy of the Bible Mila Kunis as Solara, she is the daughter of Claudia, helps Eli carry the book west Jennifer Beals as Claudia, Carnegie's mistress and Solara's mother, she is also blind Ray Stevens as Redridge, Carnegie's number one henchman, he lusts over Solara Tom Waits as the Engineer, runs a store in the town, recharges Eli's battery Frances de la Tour as Martha, the wife of George, she and her husband are cannibals and are killed by Carnegie and his men when Eli and Solara are at their house Michael Gambon as George, Martha's husband, a canibal, dies in shoot out when Eli and Solara are caught hiding in his house Malcolm McDowell as Lombardi, the leader of the group at Alcatraz, records the Bible from Eli

Soundtrack
The Book of Eli soundtrack was composed by Atticus Ross specifically for the film, and was released on January 12, 2010. Ross has worked with the Hugh Brothers on two previous occasions. Ross worked with his wife, Claudia Sarne, and brother, Leopold Ross, at his home studio in Los Angeles before going to London’s Abbey Road Studio to finish with an 80-piece orchestra. The album has seventeen tracks, with a total duration of 46:46. The film also had a four other songs that were not included in the soundtrack. The first was "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb, and performed by Al Green; Courtesy of HI Records by arrangement with Fat Possum Records.The second one was "Once Upon A Time In America" written by Ennio Morricone. Third was "Greystone Chapel" (1968) written by Glen Sherley; and the last song was "Ring My Bell", written by Frederick Knight, performed by Anita Ward, courtesy of Malaco Music.

Accolades
The Book of Eli received many nominations and got a few awards. In the Saturn Awards, in 2010, the film was nominated the Best Science Fiction Film, Denzel Washington was nominated for Best Actor, and Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger were nominated for Best Make-Up. This year Mila Kunis was nominated for Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure in the Teen Choice Awards; also Atticus Ross was nominated for Discovery of the Year for the World Soundtrack Award. In 2011, Albert and Allen Hughes won Best Director in the Black Reel Awards; the movie was also nominated for Best Film and the soundtrack was nominated for Best Score in the Black Reel Awards. In the 2011 Image Awards, Denzel Washington won Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture. Also in the Image Awards, Albert and Allen Hughes were nominated for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture, and the film was nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture. in 2011 in the Movie Guide Awards, Denzel Washington was nominated for a Grace Award for Most Inspiring Movie Actor.