

On the Road
2012-05-22 · 142 min · ★ 5.6
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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Production details
- Directors
- Walter Salles
- Production companies
- Film4 Productions, France 2 Cinéma, VideoFilmes, American Zoetrope, The Jerry Leider Company, Vanguard Films, MK2 Productions, Vanguard Films (III), Nomadic Pictures, SPAD Films
- Countries
- Brazil, France, United Kingdom, United States of America, Mexico, Canada, Argentina
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 25,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 8,784,318
Top Cast
Garrett HedlundDean Moriarty / Neal Cassady
Sam RileySal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Kristen StewartMarylou / LuAnne Henderson
Amy AdamsJane / Joan Vollmer
Tom SturridgeCarlo Marx / Allen Ginsberg
Danny MorganEd Dunkle / Al Hinkle
Alice BragaTerry / Bea Franco
Elisabeth MossGalatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle
Kirsten DunstCamille / Carolyn Cassady
Viggo MortensenOld Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
Steve BuscemiTall thin salesman
Terrence HowardWalter
Joe ChrestVirginia Cop
Sarah AllenVicki
Kim BubbsLaura
Eric DavisPaul
Giselle ItiéTonia
Giovanna ZacaríasPuta Loca Roja
Coati MundiSlim Gaillard
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