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Easy Rider

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Easy Rider

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Summary

Cult road movie starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. Two motorcyclists, Billy and Wyatt, decide to drop out and, with the money from a drug deal, travel across the States to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras. Among the characters they encounter is George Hanson, an alcoholic lawyer, who decides to join them on their odyssey.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

Road movies were never the same after this. As laid-back as the machines straddled by Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in their search for "the real America", and as hip as a whole drop-out generation, this magical mystery tour of the USA has a casual conviction that outstrips Hopper's own on-the-run direction to touch a mythic nerve. Jack Nicholson's boozy lawyer successfully articulates the yearning of the alienated young. That the film ends in sullen and sudden death raises it to the power of allegory, and its success proved there was an audience and a need that the box-office pundits didn't even know existed. As a result, the studios tried desperately to repeat its low-budget magic, but failed. It just didn't equate with the usual Hollywood formula; it had created its own.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameWyatt / "Captain America"Peter FondaBillyDennis HopperGeorge HansonJack NicholsonConnectionPhil SpectorJesusAntonio MendozaRancherWarren FinnertyRancher's wifeTita ColoradoJackRobert Walker JrSheriffKeith GreenMaryToni BasilKarenKaren BlackLisaLuana AndersSarahSabrina ScharfJoanneSandy WyethStrangerLuke AskewWoman in communeCarrie Snodgress

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rolenameDirectorDennis Hopper

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Theatrical distributor

Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd

Released on

1969-09-04

Languages

English | Spanish

Guidance

Contains violence, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse and brief nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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