The story
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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Garrett HedlundDean Moriarty / Neal Cassady
Sam RileySal Paradise / Jack Kerouac
Kristen StewartMarylou / LuAnne Henderson
Amy AdamsJane / Joan Vollmer
Tom SturridgeCarlo Marx / Allen Ginsberg
Danny MorganEd Dunkle / Al Hinkle
Alice BragaTerry / Bea Franco
Elisabeth MossGalatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle
Kirsten DunstCamille / Carolyn Cassady
Viggo MortensenOld Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs
Steve BuscemiTall thin salesman
Terrence HowardWalterExplore the crew
- Director
- Walter Salles
- Screenplay
- Jose Rivera
- Producer
- Nathanaël Karmitz
- Producer
- Charles Gillibert
- Original Music Composer
- Gustavo Santaolalla
- Director of Photography
- Éric Gautier
- Editor
- François Gédigier
- Producer
- Roman Coppola
- Producer
- Alex Killian
- Producer
- Mauricio Andrade Ramos
- Producer
- Rebecca Yeldham