Young writer Sal Paradise meets traveller Dean Moriarty and his girlfriend Marylou in New York in 1948. They have a great time in New York, but restless Dean returns to Denver. Sal follows him romanced by tales of the road. Via New York and Louisiana Sal, Dean and Marylou head for San Francisco. Back in 1950, Sal is accosted by Dean, asking him to write down his experiences in the past two years.

Based on the book in which Jack Kerouac describes his travels through the United States with his friend Neal Cassidy.



Articles on On the Road

Charles Gant, On the road, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 9 (September), 2012 pp. 16-17

Road runners, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 5 (May), 2012 pp. 7

Kerouac: Legacy, in: Empire, nr. 278 (August), 2012 pp. 30

Demetrios Matheou, The beat goes on, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 11 (November), 2012 pp. 44-47

Margret Köhler, Hunger nach Leben, Walter Salles zu "On the road", in: Filmdienst, nr. 20 (27. September 2012), 2012 pp. 17

Reviews

Sophie Mayer, On the Road, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 11 (November), 2012 pp. 97-98

Damon Wise, On the road, in: Empire, nr. 281 (November), 2012 pp. 50

Ulrich Kriest, On the Road - Unterwegs, in: Filmdienst, nr. 20 (27. September 2012), 2012 pp. 43


Year: 2012
Country: France
United Kingdom
Brazil
United States
Canada
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0337692