Easy Rider
Easy Rider
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1h 35m
Directed by Dennis Hopper • 1969 • United States
Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
This is the definitive counterculture blockbuster. The down-and-dirty directorial debut of former clean-cut teen star Dennis Hopper, EASY RIDER heralded the arrival of a new voice in film, one pitched angrily against the mainstream. After the film’s cross-country journey—with its radical, New Wave–style editing, outsider-rock soundtrack, revelatory performance by a young Jack Nicholson, and explosive ending—the American road trip would never be the same.
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EASY RIDER Commentary 1
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EASY RIDER Commentary 2
This commentary, featuring actor-director-writer Dennis Hopper, actor-writer Peter Fonda, and production manager Paul Lewis, was recorded in 1995.
