Press Release: AFI Fest Premiere of ‘On The Road’

Official PRESS RELEASE from AFI Fest for Sat., Nov 3rd.

WHAT:

ON THE ROAD Gala Screening

WHO:

Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Elisabeth Moss, director Walter Salles, screenwriter Jose Rivera and AFI FEST director Jacqueline Lyanga. Additional guests to be announced.

WHERE:

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028

WHEN:

Saturday, November 3, 2012
Red carpet arrivals: 7:15 p.m.
Screening: 8:00 p.m.

Walter Salles gives Jack Kerouac’s coming of age classic new life with a screen adaptation that burns bright and boldly captures the spirit of the novel. The ensemble cast brings Kerouac’s characters to life with an intensity that overflows from the start. Garret Hedlund gives a standout performance as a kinetic Dean Moriarity, the beautiful star who draws everyone in his vicinity into the vortex of his boundary-pushing paths to self-discovery. Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) narrates as he builds up an archive of boozing, sexing and drugging to reference in his future life as a writer and everyone falls for Marylou (Kirsten Stewart), who challenges the societal constraints placed on her sexuality because of her gender whenever the opportunity arises. Fuelled by post-war Beat Generation disillusionment, Dean, Sal and Marylou hit the road against a backdrop of jazzy ‘50s cool, to discover, find and challenge the definition of freedom.

Source: AFI Fest | via