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On the Road

On the Road

"The best teacher is experience."

20125.62h 22mR

Overview

Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou. Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” -- the pure essence of experience.

Directed by Walter Salles
Written by Jose Rivera, Jack Kerouac
Produced by Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Alex Killian
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $8.8M

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Top Cast

Garrett Hedlund

Garrett Hedlund

Dean Moriarty / Neal Cassady

Sam Riley

Sam Riley

Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart

Marylou / LuAnne Henderson

Amy Adams

Amy Adams

Jane / Joan Vollmer

Tom Sturridge

Tom Sturridge

Carlo Marx / Allen Ginsberg

Danny Morgan

Danny Morgan

Ed Dunkle / Al Hinkle

Alice Braga

Alice Braga

Terry / Bea Franco

Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss

Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

Camille / Carolyn Cassady

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen

Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs

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Themes & Keywords

friendshipbased on novel or bookfuneralcemeterydenver, coloradoaffectationroad tripmarijuanasnowwriterphotographon the roadtypewritersuicide thoughtsgay themeinspirational

About On the Road

On the Road is a adventure, drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of friendship, based on novel or book, funeral, cemetery, denver, colorado, affectation. Directed by Walter Salles, it stars Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart. Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou. Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” -- the pure essence of experience.

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