| On the Road | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walter Salles |
| Written by | Screenplay: Jose Rivera Novel: Jack Kerouac |
| Produced by | Francis Ford Coppola Rebecca Yeldham Nathanael Karmitz Charles Gillibert |
| Starring | Garrett Hedlund Sam Riley Kristen Stewart Kirsten Dunst |
| Cinematography | Eric Gautier |
| Music by | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25,000,000 |
On the Road is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel of the same name directed by Walter Salles. Filming set to begin on August 2 in Montreal with a $25 million budget.
Cast edit
- Sam Riley as Sal Paradise
- Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty
- Kristen Stewart as Mary Lou
- Kirsten Dunst
Development edit
Previous attempts edit
A film adaptation of On the Road has been in the works for years. Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola bought the rights in 1979.[1] Over the years, he hired several screenwriters to adapt the book into a film, including Michael Herr and Barry Gifford only for Coppola to write his own draft with son Roman. In 1995, the filmmaker planned to shoot on black-and-white 16mm film and held auditions with poet Allen Ginsberg in attendance but the project fell through. Coppola said, "I tried to write a script, but I never knew how to do it. It's hard – it's a period piece. It's very important that it be period. Anything involving period costs a lot of money".[1] Several years later, he tried again with Ethan Hawke and Brad Pitt to play Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty respectively but this project also failed to work. In 2001, Coppola hired novelist Russell Banks to write the script and planned to make the film with Joel Schumacher directing and starring Brad Pitt as Dean Moriarty and Billy Crudup replacing Hawke as Sal Paradise.[1][2] Reportedly, Schumacher wanted Colin Farrell to play Moriarty and the project was shelved.[1]
Pre-production edit
Coppola saw the The Motorcycle Diaries and hired Brazilian director Walter Salles to direct the film.[1] Salles was drawn to the novel because, according to him, it is about people "trying to break into a society that’s impermeable", and that he wants "to deal with a generation that collides with its society".[3] In preparation for the film, he made a documentary entitled, Searching for On the Road in which he takes the same road trip as the lead character in novel, Sal Paradise, and talks to Beat poets who knew Kerouac.[4] Coppola's American Zoetrope is producing the film, in association with MK2, Film4 in the U.K. and Videofilmes in Brazil.[5]
Before filming begins on August 2 in Montreal with a $25 million budget,[5][6] the entire cast will undergo a four-week "beatnik boot camp," according to Stewart, which will involve reading literature pertaing to the Beat Generation.[7] After a month of shooting Montreal, the production will move to New Orleans where it will shoot for a month before moving to Mexico for several weeks before returning to Montreal to wrap the final scenes.[8]
Casting edit
Sam Riley will star as Kerouac's alter ego Sal Paradise. Garrett Hedlund has been cast as Dean Moriarty.[5] Kristen Stewart has confirmed that she will play Mary Lou.[9] Reports have also stated that Kirsten Dunst has joined the cast as well.[10]
Salles has reunited with some of the crew members that he worked with on The Motorcycle Diaries, including producer Rebecca Yeldham, screenwriter Jose Rivera, director of photography Eric Gautier, production designer Carlos Conti, and composer Gustavo Santaolalla.[11]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Mottram, James (September 12, 2008). "The long and grinding story of On The Road". The Independent. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
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{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b c Kemp, Stuart (May 6, 2010). "Kristen Stewart goes On the Road". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Sperling, Nicole (May 6, 2010). "Kristen Stewart squeezes Walter Salles On the Road in between Twilight duties". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Vena, Jocelyn (June 17, 2010). "Kristen Stewart 'Genuinely Nervous' To Film On The Road". MTV News. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Kelly, Brendan (May 24, 2010). "On the Road to Montreal". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Kristen Stewart to star in Jack Kerouac story". USA Today. May 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Hopewell, John (May 12, 2010). "Dunst joins Stewart On the Road". Variety. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
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