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Release Date:
26 June 1969 (Sweden)
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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
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Biker
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Mardi Gras
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Jail Cell
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Hitchhiker
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Motorcycle
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 10 wins
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10 nominations
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(92 articles)
"This Is Spinal Tap" Scores 11 Out Of 10 In Cult Movie Poll; Free Screening Of Film In London On December 3
(From CinemaRetro. 1 December 2009, 6:26 AM, PST)
'70s behind-the-camera greats: How Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond put the cinema in cinematography
(From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 18 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
(From CinemaRetro. 1 December 2009, 6:26 AM, PST)
'70s behind-the-camera greats: How Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond put the cinema in cinematography
(From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 18 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
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An American Classic
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Peter Fonda | ... | Wyatt | |
| Dennis Hopper | ... | Billy | |
| Antonio Mendoza | ... | Jesus | |
| Phil Spector | ... | Connection | |
| Mac Mashourian | ... | Bodyguard | |
| Warren Finnerty | ... | Rancher | |
| Tita Colorado | ... | Rancher's Wife | |
| Luke Askew | ... | Stranger on Highway | |
| Luana Anders | ... | Lisa | |
| Sabrina Scharf | ... | Sarah | |
| Sandy Brown Wyeth | ... | Joanne (as Sandy Wyeth) | |
| Robert Walker Jr. | ... | Jack (as Robert Walker) | |
| Robert Ball | ... | Mime #1 | |
| Carmen Phillips | ... | Mime #2 | |
| Ellie Wood Walker | ... | Mime #3 (as Ellie Walker) |
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Also Known As:
The Loners (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
95 min
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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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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.
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Captain America:
[reading inscription] If god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Office: Phyllis' Wedding (#3.15)" (2007)
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Soundtrack:
Kyrie Eleison
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Over time, this rough diamond of a film has become a real gem in my collection. When I first saw it at the theater, I remember liking the anti-establishment attitude and the rock music soundtrack. Later, on T.V., I remember thinking what a great actor Jack Nicholson was...and how terribly low-budget the rest of the film appeared.
And now, over 30 years later....it's one of my favorite movies of all time. Peter Fonda tries to be Everyman....but he's really the most insecure individual of the group. His cathartic trip at the cemetary in New Orleans is embarrassingly honest to watch. His search is not for individual freedom...his search is for a family. And yet, he is always the outsider, the observer.
Dennis Hopper is the sidekick, the fool. And like a fool, he cannot hide his thoughts behind a socially acceptable demeanor. He constantly says exactly what he thinks. He has little patience for flower children, pretentious intellectuals, coy women, law officers, drunks in jail, or rednecks passing him on the road. Like a fool, he is doomed. Jack Nicholson is the core of the film. He does not appear until halfway through the bikers' odyssey, but the trip will not make sense until his face rises up from the jailhouse cot to peer bleary-eyed at his surroundings. He is the innocent man of this group....he is the AMERICAN. This movie is just another road picture, the way ON THE ROAD by Kerouac was just another travel book. This little counterculture movie is an American Classic.