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Bookmark this pageEasy Rider (1969)
Director: Dennis Hopper
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From Time Out Film Guide
'Some day I'd like to see some of this country we're travelling through' says one of the fugitive couple in They Live By Night. Two decades later, their spiritual children had gone 'underground', discovered dope, rock and road... and a preference for male friendships. In this simplistic amalgam of travelogue and the zoom lens, a beatific Fonda and his mumbling St John go looking for America, financed courtesy of a coke deal with Phil Spector. The film was right about one thing at least: the advent of cocaine as the drug.Author: CPe
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- stephen jones said...
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Posted on Dec 24 2010 14:04
It's more an Aussie movie that an American one.
Kinda wanders, bit like the Oz personality, but always gets its message across. - Report as inappropriate
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- Sharon said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2010 09:27 A classic - esp for Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson - can't wait to watch it again (& again)
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- Rhoda Hedd said...
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Posted on Mar 21 2010 10:58
Unique movie. Way hip and in tune with the times. Experimental and daring, and they carried it off. Made on a shoestring, it was a critical and commercial success, launched one of the biggest movie careers {Nicholson was in some real B graders before this} and I believe the soundtrack was a hit also. No small achievement, for any movie!
I think it was Fonda said; "I'm gonna make the best motorcycle movie ever." and I think he succeded. - Report as inappropriate
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- Mike Patti said...
- Posted on Jun 26 2009 19:49 Superb film of it's day still love to watch it now plus the great music, fantastic
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- uyguyg said...
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Posted on Jan 05 2009 00:36
I think you forgot to actually watch the film.
Its one of the best films I've ever seen. - Report as inappropriate
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- Andy said...
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Posted on Jul 13 2007 10:53
One of the best films in the world, ever.
Watch it. - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Dennis Hopper
Producer: Peter Fonda
Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Antonio Mendoza, Phil Spector, Jack Nicholson, Warren Finnerty full cast
Rated: 15
Duration: 95 mins
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