On the Road
Walter Salles ("The Motorcycle Diaries") helms this adaptation of the iconic novel by Jack Kerouac that defined the Beat Generation. Sam Riley stars as Kerouac's self-styled protagonist, down-and-out intellectual Sal Paradise, who takes to the backroads of America with his free-spirited friend Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) in a frantic odyssey fuelled by jazz, poetry and drugs in search of the 'it' at the heart of life. Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen co-star.
Year: 2012
Genre: Art House Cinema, Drama, Film Festivals 2012
Country: Brazil, Canada, France, USA, UK
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund, Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Alice Braga, Sam Riley, Elisabeth Moss, Danny Morgan
Duration: 137 Minutes
Rating: R18 - Drug use, sex scenes and offensive language
6.1/10
Location in store: Art House Cinema
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