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Easy Rider
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Overview

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Director:
Dennis Hopper
Writers:
Peter Fonda (written by) &
Dennis Hopper (written by) ...
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Release Date:
26 June 1969 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Adventure | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
This Year It's Easy Rider more
Plot:
Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(82 articles)
The Blu-Ray Review: Easy Rider
 (From The Hollywood News. 4 November 2009, 8:59 AM, PST)

Dennis Hopper -- Cancer Treatment 'No Big Deal'
 (From TMZ. 4 November 2009, 7:30 AM, PST)

User Comments:
A generation-defining counter-culture classic! more (229 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Loners (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Argentina:18 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) | Brazil:16 | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2009) | Australia:MA (2009 DVD rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003)

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Trivia:
For the famous soliloquy that Peter Fonda does in the cemetery while tripped on acid, Director Dennis Hopper asked Peter to talk to the statue as if he were talking to his mother, who died a suicide when Peter was 10 years old. Peter didn't want to do it, as he had never confronted his feelings about his mother. But Hopper insisted, which is why you hear Peter call the statue "Mother", and he states that he both loves her and hates her, which expresses his conflicted emotions. This scene persuaded Bob Dylan to allow the use of his song "It's Alright Ma" in one of the final scenes, which contains lyrics referencing suicide. Peter told Dylan, "I need to hear those words", and he agreed to its use. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Wyatt asks the farmer permission to repair the motorcycle tire in the barn, the cowboy who is shoeing a horse puts his left arm on the horse's back. Between shots he appears with his both arms by his sides. more
Quotes:
George Hanson: What's "dude"? Is that like "dude ranch"?
Captain America: Dude means nice guy. Dude means a regular sort of person.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000) (V) more
Soundtrack:
If You Want to Be a Bird more

FAQ

What did Wyatt mean when he said to Billy: "We blew it."
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32 out of 40 people found the following comment useful.
A generation-defining counter-culture classic!, 4 November 2002
Author: Infofreak from Perth, Australia

'Easy Rider' is much more than a 60s relic - it's still a great movie even today. I find it fascinating that Hopper and Fonda took Roger Corman material and gave it an arthouse approach influenced by Godard and the French New Wave. Combined with breathtaking visuals, a well chosen rock soundtrack and some classic, stoned, improvised dialogue this is still an impressive movie all these years later. Fonda had recently made 'The Wild Angels', Hopper the less remembered 'The Glory Stompers', and Jack Nicholson 'Hells Angels On Wheels', but 'Easy Rider' reinvented the biker movie, and things were never quite the same in Hollywood for the rest of the Seventies. The supporting cast is interesting and includes a great role for the fantastically underrated Luke Askew as the "Stranger on Highway", and cameos from the stars buddies Luana Anders ('Dementia 13') and Sabrina Scharf (Nicholson's love interest in 'Hells Angels On Wheels'), as well Karen Black and Toni Basil's New Orleans hookers, Phil Spector's coke snorting bit part, and a fleeting glimpse of a young Grizzly Adams. You either love this movie or you don't, and I'm most definitely in the former camp. A 1960s generation-defining counter-culture classic!

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