On the Road

On the Road is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Viking Press in 1957. This largely autobiographical work, written as a stream of consciousness and based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America, is often considered the defining work of the postwar jazz-, poetry-, and drug-affected Beat Generation.

Film adaptation

A film adaptation of On the Road has been in the works for years, though production has not yet started. Russell Banks wrote the screenplay for producer Francis Ford Coppola, and Walter Salles is reportedly slated to direct.http://www.identitytheory.com/interviews/birnbaum156.php Previous names attached to the project that have since been dropped were Joel Schumacher as director, Billy Crudup as Sal Paradise, and Brad Pitt as Dean Moriarty.

Related Topics:
Russell Banks - Francis Ford Coppola - Walter Salles - Joel Schumacher - Billy Crudup - Brad Pitt

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