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Easy Rider

  • 19691969
  • RR
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Peter Fonda in Easy Rider (1969)
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Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
112K
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POPULARITY
2,353
436
    • Dennis Hopper
    • Peter Fonda
    • Dennis Hopper
    • Terry Southern
  • Stars
    • Peter Fonda
    • Dennis Hopper
    • Jack Nicholson
    • Dennis Hopper
    • Peter Fonda
    • Dennis Hopper
    • Terry Southern
  • Stars
    • Peter Fonda
    • Dennis Hopper
    • Jack Nicholson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 469User reviews
    • 132Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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    Peter Fonda and Luke Askew in Easy Rider (1969)

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    Peter Fonda
    Peter Fonda
    • Wyatt
    Dennis Hopper
    Dennis Hopper
    • Billy
    Jack Nicholson
    Jack Nicholson
    • George Hanson
    Antonio Mendoza
    • Jesus
    Phil Spector
    Phil Spector
    • Connection
    Mac Mashourian
    • Bodyguard
    Warren Finnerty
    Warren Finnerty
    • Rancher
    Tita Colorado
    • Rancher's Wife
    Luke Askew
    Luke Askew
    • Stranger on Highway
    Luana Anders
    Luana Anders
    • Lisa
    Sabrina Scharf
    Sabrina Scharf
    • Sarah
    Sandy Brown Wyeth
    Sandy Brown Wyeth
    • Joanne
    • (as Sandy Wyeth)
    Robert Walker Jr.
    Robert Walker Jr.
    • Jack
    • (as Robert Walker)
    Robert Ball
    Robert Ball
    • Mime #1
    Carmen Phillips
    Carmen Phillips
    • Mime #2
    Ellie Wood Walker
    • Mime #3
    • (as Ellie Walker)
    Michael Pataki
    Michael Pataki
    • Mime #4
    George Fowler Jr.
    • Guard
      • Dennis Hopper
      • Peter Fonda
      • Dennis Hopper
      • Terry Southern
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda did not write a full script for the movie, and made most of it up as they went along. They didn't hire a crew, but instead picked up hippies at communes across the country, and used friends and passers-by to hold the cameras, and were drunk and stoned most of the time.
    • Goofs
      Flipped shot: in the first shot of Wyatt with the motorcycle, the "Captain America" jacket is seen in reverse - the vertical strip and badge is on the left side of the chest and in the last second when he departs, the flag is reversed too.
    • Quotes

      George Hanson: You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it.

      Billy: Man, everybody got chicken, that's what happened. Hey, we can't even get into like, a second-rate hotel, I mean, a second-rate motel, you dig? They think we're gonna cut their throat or somethin'. They're scared, man.

      George Hanson: They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em.

      Billy: Hey, man. All we represent to them, man, is somebody who needs a haircut.

      George Hanson: Oh, no. What you represent to them is freedom.

      Billy: What the hell is wrong with freedom? That's what it's all about.

      George Hanson: Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what's it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different thangs. I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.

      Billy: Well, it don't make 'em runnin' scared.

      George Hanson: No, it makes 'em dangerous. Buhhhh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Neh! Swamp!

    • Connections
      Featured in NBC Experiment in Television: This Is Al Capp (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      The Pusher
      Performed by Steppenwolf

      Composed by Hoyt Axton

    User reviews469

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    9/10
    An American Classic
    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.
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    • Jill-68
    • Feb 20, 2001

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    • Release date
      • June 26, 1969 (Sweden)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
      • Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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    • Filming locations
      • Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Pando Company Inc.
      • Raybert Productions
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
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      • Mono
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Digital

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