On the Road

On the Road

"The best teacher is experience."

2012•2h 22m•5.6/10

AdventureDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(906)

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

MK2 Films, Film4 Productions, France 2 Cinéma, VideoFilmes, American Zoetrope, The Jerry Leider Company, Vanguard Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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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

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

Tall thin salesman

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

Walter

Joe Chrest

Joe Chrest

Virginia Cop

Sarah Allen

Sarah Allen

Vicki

Kim Bubbs

Kim Bubbs

Laura

Eric Davis

Eric Davis

Paul

Giselle Itié

Giselle Itié

Tonia

Giovanna Zacarías

Giovanna Zacarías

Puta Loca Roja

Coati Mundi

Coati Mundi

Slim Gaillard

Kaniehtiio Horn

Kaniehtiio Horn

Rita Bettancourt

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