What's the Difference between On the Road the Book and On the Road the Movie?

Drama

On the Road

86%
Released: 1957
Author: Jack Kerouac

On the Road

14%
Released: 2012
Director: Walter Salles
Characters
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In the Book In the Movie
Sal Paradise
Sal Paradise
Portrayed by: Sam Riley
Dean Moriarity
Dean Moriarity
Portrayed by: Garrett Hedlund
Mary Lou
Mary Lou
Portrayed by: Kristen Stewart
Carlo Marx
Carlo Marx
Portrayed by: Tom Sturridge
On the Road Book vs Movie
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In the Book In the Movie
   Sal lives in New Jersey. He lives in Ozone Park in Queens.
   Dean badly injures his thumb when attempting to hit Mary-Lou. He keeps it heavily wrapped. He never hurts his thumb.
   Sal and Dean share a car ride with a homosexual salesman and a young couple. Dean tries to get money from the "fag" in many ways. He doesn't have sex with him. The "fag" comes to Sal and Dean's room and Sal watches through the bathroom door as Dean forcefully sodomizes the man. He doesn't give him any money.
   Dean has another relationship with Inez who he impregnates. He plans to marry her, but leaves her to go back to Camile. She doesn't appear.
   Sal and Stan Shephard plan to go to Mexico. Dean hears about the plan and gets a car and they all drive there together. Sal and Dean go to Mexico alone.
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