First The Road, now he goes On the Road. We got the first trailer last week and today Viggo Mortensen gets his own poster treatment for Walter Salles‘ adaptation of Jack Kerouac‘s classic novel. In the film Mortensen plays Old Bull Lee, a character directly inspired by William S. Burroughs. I assume we’ll get more character posters down the road, but for now one can see it below via the official Facebook page for the film also starring Amy Adams, Kirsten Dunst, Alice Braga, Elizabeth Moss and our main trio of Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley and Kristen Stewart.
Synopsis:
After the death of his father, Sal Paradise, an aspiring New York writer, meets Dean Moriarty, a wild and infectiously charismatic ex-con. They hit it off immediately. Determined to avoid the pitfalls of a narrow, prescribed life, Sal hits the road, joining Dean on what evolves into a life-changing physical and emotional odyssey. Thirsting for freedom, they discover the world, the ecstasy of experience, the connectedness of humanity and ultimately themselves.
On the Road doesn’t have a US release date yet, but could likely bow at Cannes.