Easy Rider

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1 hr. 34 min.

Drama

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Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper), two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth. On their journey, they experience bigotry and hatred from the inhabitants of small-town America and also meet with other travelers seeking alternative lifestyles. After a terrifying drug experience in New Orleans, the two travelers wonder if they will ever find a way to live peacefully in America.

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Edgy and seminal, Easy Rider encapsulates the dreams, hopes, and hopelessness of 1960s counterculture.

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Aender S

Boring. Only good aspects are Jack Nicholson and the title tune.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/24

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Alec C

Just sit back and enjoy the ride, because you never know when that journey might end! Wyatt and Billy are two grifters who manage to score a huge chunk of cash from a drug deal, so they begin a cross-country journey to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, while running into some trouble along the way. An insightful look into the lifestyle of the American dream and how life on the road is not as straight-forward as it seems!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Will M

Hallucinogenic ride on the wild side, set in the 60s rural America functions as a mirror of the times and a cult classic. We join Peter Fonda (Wyatt) and Dennis Hopper (Billy) after a profitable drug deal; they trade up to shiny new choppers and embark on an epic journey across America. The viewer is treated to a visual feast as this rolling montage goes from LA to New Orleans. Jack Nicholson makes his screen debut as an alcoholic attorney who joins in and grounds the trio in reality for a short while. The dialogue is powerful for its sparseness and directness when Wyatt states: "We blew it". The dramatic unities collide in a big way at a New Orleans cemetery when a double date takes on a new cinematic twist. This is a must see cult classic. Rated R 1969 The film that almost destroyed Hollywood

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/24

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Guillermo P

I feel alone in not liking this film, to me Easy Rider is a boring film that is nothing more than two guys riding motorcycles across the country. There is no plot, no character development, and nothing happens. The film is just a series of loosely connected vignettes that are more tedious than entertaining. The film is visually great and it captures the look and feeling of overland travel on motorbikes. The cinematography is great too, but the story is not. Overall, Easy Rider is worth watching simply because it is such a famous film, but I don't plan to watch it more than once.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/09/23

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Jeff V

Overrated hippie persecution porn. Dennis Hopper is great as always though.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/07/23

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Michael M

I am 50 years old. I am a veteran print journalist a historian and have teaching certificates in US and World History. My takeaway from this film is this: It provides the most accurate and succinct description of the prevailing and continuous American zeitgeist that has ever been portrayed on screen. The twentieth-century technology of motorcycles (and motion pictures) aside, Americans at the dawn of America would have felt that this story resonated with them as much as it does with anyone in 2023 who would take the time to watch it. The entire movie, as well of all American history, is summarized in one scene where Jack Nicholson's lawyer character George explains Americans to Peter Fonda's biker character Billy: George: 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: 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: 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: 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: No, it makes 'em dangerous.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/01/23

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Dennis Hopper

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Peter Fonda

Wyatt

Dennis Hopper

Billy

Jack Nicholson

George Hanson

Antonio Mendoza

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Phil Spector

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Penelope Gilliatt

New Yorker

Ninety-four minutes of what it is to swing, to watch, to be fond, to hold opinions, and to get killed in America at this moment.

Jul 6, 2022

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Joe Morgenstern

Newsweek

Easy Rider is not consistently well made, but it’s purposefully made, and the purpose pays off.

Jun 21, 2022

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

That it still crackles with countercultural energy is down mainly to a soundtrack featuring Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds and Steppenwolf and a cast stuffed with anti-establishment icons.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 30, 2021

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

“Easy Rider” is a socially conscious film and a great debut for actor-writer-director Dennis Hopper, but it is extremely slow and really lacks a stable plot.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 4, 2023

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

The little road movie of hippy bikers was an odyssey for the era of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, of Vietnam and protest marches, of idealism and cynicism stirred by the volatile culture clash of the late sixties.

Aug 19, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Despite the engaging look, themes, and editing, the story is largely lacking and drastically unhurried.

Rated: 4/10

Aug 24, 2020

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Synopsis

Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper), two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth. On their journey, they experience bigotry and hatred from the inhabitants of small-town America and also meet with other travelers seeking alternative lifestyles. After a terrifying drug experience in New Orleans, the two travelers wonder if they will ever find a way to live peacefully in America.

Director: Dennis Hopper
Executive Producer: Bert Schneider
Screenwriter: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
Distributor: RCA/Columbia, Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 14, 1969, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, 16mm, Flat (1.85:1)

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