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On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz , poetry, and drug use.
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.
In July 1957, Kerouac moved to a small house at 1418½ Clouser Avenue in the College Park section of Orlando, Florida, to await the release of On the Road. Weeks later, a review of the book by Gilbert Millstein appeared in The New York Times proclaiming Kerouac the voice of a new generation. [59] Kerouac was hailed as a major American writer.
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai; 12 Angry Men; The Spirit of St. Louis; The Rising of the Moon; Albert Schweitzer; Funny Face; The Bachelor Party; The Enemy Below; A Hatful of Rain; A Farewell to Arms; 1958: The Old Man and the Sea; Separate Tables; The Last Hurrah; The Long, Hot Summer; Windjammer; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Goddess; The ...
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On the Road (Count Basie album), 1980; On the Road (The Country Gentlemen album), 1963; On the Road (George Carlin album) or the title track, 1977; On the Road (Lee Roy Parnell album), or the title song (see below), 1993; On the Road (Miss Kittin album), 2002; On the Road (The String Cheese Incident), a series of live recordings; On the Road ...
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It was the first work of Kerouac’s to be released following the success of On the Road. The Subterraneans and its following novel,The Dharma Bums, both proved to be popular when released in 1958, and are now seen as important works of the Beat Literature. A Hollywood film adaptation would be released in 1960.