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Release Date: 1969

Cast: Mac Mashourian, Tita Colorado, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper, Toni Basil, Luke Askew, Jack Nicholson, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Warren Finnerty, Phil Spector, Robert Walker, Luana Anders ...MORE

Cast: Mac Mashourian, Tita Colorado, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper, Toni Basil, Luke Askew, Jack Nicholson, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Warren Finnerty, Phil Spector, Robert Walker, Luana Anders, Robert Walker Jr., Bridget Fonda, Peter Fonda ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Existentialism, Outlaw Biker Film, Indie, Adventure, Americana, Stoner Film, Action/Adventure, Biker Film, Road Movie, Crime Fiction, New Hollywood, Drama Film, Action

Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood phase of filmmaking during the late sixties. The film was added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 1998. A landmark counterculture film, and a "touchstone for a generation" that "captured the national imagination," Easy Rider explores... MORE

Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood phase of filmmaking during the late sixties. The film was added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 1998. A landmark counterculture film, and a "touchstone for a generation" that "captured the national imagination," Easy Rider explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise and fall of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. Easy Rider is famous for its use of real drugs in its portrayal of marijuana and other substances. The protagonists are two freewheeling hippies: Wyatt (Fonda), nicknamed "Captain America", and Billy (Hopper). Fonda and Hopper said that these characters' names refer to Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid. Wyatt dresses in American flag-adorned leather, while Billy dresses in Native American-style buckskin pants and shirts and a bushman LESS