On the Road is a 2012 film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel of the same name directed by Walter Salles and starring Sam Riley as Sal Paradise and Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty. It is being executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola. Filming began on August 4, 2010, in Montreal, Canada, with a $25 million budget. The story is based on the years Kerouac spent traveling America in the 1940s with his friend Neal Cassady and several other figures who would go on to fame in their own right, including William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.

Director : Walter Salles

Producer : Rebecca Yeldham, Nathanael Karmitz, Charles Gillibert

Screenplay : Jose Rivera

Reference : On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Stars :  Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst, 

Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams

Music : Gustavo Santaolalla

Cinematography : Éric Gautier

Studio : American Zoetrope, MK2, Film4, France Télévisions, Canal+,

Distributed by Lionsgate (UK), MK2 (France).

Release date(s) : 23 May 2012

Country : France

Language : English

Budget $25 million