Goofs for
Easy Rider (1969) More at IMDbPro »

• Boom mic visible: In the diner scene, a shadow on the wood panel between the booths.
  
  
• Continuity: The watch shown thrown on the ground is a cheap Timex, yet Wyatt wears a Rolex.
  
  
• Continuity: Wyatt's bike stops too quickly at the end of the film.
  
  

• Continuity: In the last helicopter shot, you should be able to see the pickup truck driving away on the road, as Wyatt has just been shot, but there is no car on the road.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: In the commune Billy walks in front of one of the tents and the bright sunlight of the reflector moves with him on the tent. As he walks back the it follows him back.
  
  
• Continuity: The scene just before he throws away his watch is a mirror image. The bike appears to be leaning to the right on the kickstand (instead of the left) and his jacket has stripes down the right side but in the rest of the movie they're down the left side.
  
  
• Continuity: While the hitch-hiker is guiding Wyat & Billy down the dirt road to the commune, Wyatt's helmet jumps back and forth on the back of the bike between shots.
  
  
• Continuity: In the diner, George Hanson enters wearing his football helmet. When he begins to sit down, his reflection in the mirror shows him rubbing his eyes. The next shot shows him just sitting and the helmet is already on the table.
  
  
• Continuity: Flipped shot: in the first shot of Wyatt with the motorcycle, the "Captain America" jacket is seen in reverse - the vertical strip is on the left side of the chest and in the last second when he departs, the flag is reversed too.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Factual errors: Wyatt and Billy are going to the Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans. This indicates that they are traveling in either late January or early February, given that Mardi Gras usually takes place in mid February. Despite this, and despite the number of states they drive through, the men never drive through an area of cold weather. Many of the characters they meet are wearing summer style clothes, and the weather is most obvious in New Mexico, where the winters can be extremely hard with lots of snow.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: In the scene when the main characters are with George outside the police station, as Billy hands over the bottle of liquor and drinks it, the boom mic is reflected in his sun glasses.
  
  
• Boom mic visible: In the jail scene where they first meet George, you can see the shadow of the boom mic on the wall as George and Billy walk across the jail cell after Billy is given a cigarette by the guard.
  
  

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