Great American road novels/movies

I think "Little Miss Sunshine" is definitely up there now.

I'm thinking about starting a road novel, so any suggested reading from the learned, cultured masses here?

 

Grapes of Wrath

 

All the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby road movies......

Easy Rider would come to mind for me.

 

Wasn't there a documentary made about Ken Kezie (SP?) and the Merry Pranksters a while back?

 

Dumb & Dumber.

"Big Gulps huh? Well, see ya later."

 

Non fiction road books that I enjoyed:
Blue Highways -- Classic about traveling the back roads of America
Chasing Che: A Motorcycle Journey in Search of the Guevara Legend
One for The Road -- Tony Horwitz' book about driving across Australia

 

I had the Blue Highways author as a teacher in J-School. What an arrogant crumudgeon.

 

Don't say that. Blue Highways is probably my all time favourite travel books.

I think to be a good travel writer, you have to be a curmedugeon. Look at Paul Theroux. Great, great writer but by all accounts one of the biggest pricks in all of humankind

 

As long as we're moving into non-fiction, as I recall much of Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test takes place on Furthur's cross-country trip.

 

As far as road movies, Wim Wenders is the undisputed König.

 

Travels with Charlie is a good one by Steinbeck. Blue Highways was also a very good read.