On the Road (2012 film)

On the Road
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWalter Salles
Screenplay byJose Rivera
Based onOn the Road
by Jack Kerouac
Produced byFrancis Ford Coppola[2]
Nathanael Karmitz
Charles Gillibert
Rebecca Yeldham
StarringGarrett Hedlund
Sam Riley
Kristen Stewart
Amy Adams
Tom Sturridge
Danny Morgan
Alice Braga
Elisabeth Moss
Kirsten Dunst
Viggo Mortensen
CinematographyÉric Gautier
Edited byFrançois Gédigier
Music byGustavo Santaolalla
Production
companies
Distributed bymk2 Diffusion (France)[3]
Lionsgate[4]
Icon Film Distribution[5] (United Kingdom)
PlayArte Filmes (Brazil)[4]
IFC Films
Sundance Selects[6] (United States)
Alliance Films (Canada)[5]
Release dates
  • 23 May 2012 (2012-05-23) (Cannes)[1]
  • 12 October 2012 (2012-10-12) (United Kingdom)
  • 21 December 2012 (2012-12-21) (United States)
Running time
137 minutes (Cannes)
124 minutes (Toronto)[7][8]
CountriesFrance
United Kingdom
Mexico
Brazil
United States
Canada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million
Box office$8.8 million[4]

On The Road (French: Sur la route) is a 2012 adventure drama film directed by Walter Salles. It is an adaptation of Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road and stars an ensemble cast featuring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart, Alice Braga, Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Danny Morgan, Elisabeth Moss, Kirsten Dunst, and Viggo Mortensen. The executive producers were Francis Ford Coppola, Patrick Batteux, Jerry Leider, and Tessa Ross. Filming began on August 4, 2010, in Montreal, Quebec, with a $25 million budget. The story is based on the years Kerouac spent travelling the United States in the late 1940s with his friend Neal Cassady and several other Beat Generation figures who would go on to fame in their own right, including William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. On May 23, 2012, the film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film received mixed early reviews after it premiered at the film festival. The film also premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in September.[9][10][11]

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  3. ^ "Film #40187: On The Road". Lumiere. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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  8. ^ "On the Road (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  9. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  10. ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". Time Out. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  11. ^ "On the Road". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-05-24.