What's the Difference between On the Road the Book and On the Road the Movie?
On the Road Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Sal says he first met Dean not long after he and his wife split up. |
He says it isn't long after his father died. |
Dean had been in a reform school in New Mexico. |
It was in Colorado.
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When Sal goes to meet Dean they also find Mary Lou jumping on the couch. |
Dean comes to the door naked as he is having sex with Mary Lou when they arrive. Mary Lou is naked in bed. |
Mary Lou was a pretty blond with immense ringlets. |
Kristen Stewart's hair is light brown and is not curly.
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Sal says that he was getting over a serious illness when he first met Dean. |
He never mentions being sick. |