On The Road

– Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced,..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 4 Minutes
Release Year:
2012
On the Road (2012)

Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.

On the Road (2012) - Trailer

Release Date:

23 May 2012

Language:

English, French

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Walter Salles

Writer:

Jack Kerouac (based on the novel by), Jose Rivera (screenplay by)

Main Actors:

Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams

Plot:

Shaken by the death of his father and discouraged by his stalled career, writer Sal Paradise goes on a road trip hoping for inspiration. While traveling, he is befriended by charismatic and fearless Dean Moriarty and Moriarty's free-spirited and seductive young wife, Marylou. Traveling across the American southwest together, they strive to break from conformity and and search the unknown, and their decisions change the very course of their lives.

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Gross profit:

$665,094

Production:

IFC Films/Sundance Selects

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
Metacritic:
56%