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Overview
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Writers:
Shari Springer Berman (writer)
Robert Pulcini (writer)
Release Date:
12 July 2006 (USA) more
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On the Road with American Road Movies
Plot:
A documentary on road movies and their effect on American culture. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Fascinating, Moving Documentary more (3 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Allison Anders | ... | Herself |
| Eszter Balint | ... | Eva (archive footage) |
| Jeanine Basinger | ... | Herself |
 | Robert Benton | ... | Himself |
| Laurie Bird | ... | The Girl (archive footage) |
| Karen Black | ... | Herself (also archive footage) |
 | Peter Bogdanovich | ... | Himself |
 | Albert Brooks | ... | David Howard (archive footage) |
| Jeff Brouws | ... | Himself |
| William S. Burroughs | ... | Tom the Priest (archive footage) |
 | Alfonso Cuarón | ... | Himself (as Alfonso Cuaron) |
 | Kat Dennings | ... | Lila |
 | Matt Dillon | ... | (voice) (also archive footage) |
| Richard Edson | ... | Eddie (archive footage) |
| Chris Eyre | ... | Himself |
 | Peter Fonda | ... | (archive footage) |
| Monte Hellman | ... | Himself |
| Arthur Hiller | ... | Himself |
 | Dennis Hopper | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Callie Khouri | ... | Herself |
| László Kovács | ... | Himself (as Laszlo Kovacs) |
| David Laderman | ... | Himself |
| Adriane Lenox | ... | Herself (voice) |
 | Barry Levinson | ... | Himself |
| Cleavon Little | ... | Super Soul (archive footage) |
| John Lurie | ... | Willie (archive footage) |
 | Garry Marshall | ... | Desert Inn Casino Manager (archive footage) |
| Thomas McCarthy | ... | Jim |
| Timothy McVeigh | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Erik Menendez | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Lyle Menendez | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Mira Nair | ... | Herself |
| Hal Needham | ... | Himself |
| Barry Newman | ... | Kowalski (archive footage) |
| Pat Nixon | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Richard Nixon | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Warren Oates | ... | G.T.O (archive footage) |
 | Alexander Payne | ... | Himself |
 | Ronald Reagan | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Paul Reubens | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
 | Peter Riegert | ... | Himself (voice) |
 | Paul Rudd | ... | Calvin |
| David O. Russell | ... | Himself |
| Walter Salles | ... | Himself |
| Richard C. Sarafian | ... | Himself (as Richard Sarafian) |
| Jerry Schatzberg | ... | Himself |
 | Sam Shepard | ... | Himself |
| Stephen Shore | ... | Himself |
| O.J. Simpson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Gary Sinise | ... | Himself (voice) |
 | Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Himself |
| James Taylor | ... | The Driver (archive footage) |
| Lili Taylor | ... | Herself (voice) |
 | James Urbaniak | ... | Himself (voice) |
 | Gus Van Sant | ... | Himself |
 | Wim Wenders | ... | Himself |
| Dennis Wilson | ... | The Mechanic (archive footage) |
| Rudy Wurlitzer | ... | Himself |
| Vilmos Zsigmond | ... | Himself |
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84 min
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The endings of many films featured in the documentary are shown, which may act as spoilers for some viewers. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Several films are shown with an incorrect year of release, such as Detour (listed as 1946), Easy Rider (listed as 1968), Badlands (listed as 1974), Rain Man (listed as 1987), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (listed as 1986) and Y tu mamá también (listed as 2002). more
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Features Something Wild (1986) more
Soundtrack:
Music Poetica more
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The road film is the subject of the fantastic documentary "Wanderlust" by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. They had previously made the semi-documentary "American Splendor" which starred Paul Giamatti. Given these two examples, they are certainly filmmakers to watch. With "Wanderlust" they focus their attention on the seemingly American fascination with the open road and by association the road film. Using innumerable clips from nearly seventy years of film, excerpts from the likes of Jack Kerouac and Robert Pirsig, and interviews from filmmakers and cultural historians, the documentary presents an effective case for the road film as an echo of the social or political situation of their given time. It's a very watchable, interesting piece of film-making that succeeds at evoking an emotional response at unexpected points, mainly because this is more than just a clip show. It's a well-made film that leaves the viewer longing for the freedom of the open road with no particular destination in mind.