Oct 29, 2012 in this revisionist drama, the film delves into the family lineage of wyatt williams, the character made famous by peter fonda in the original easy rider movie. Apr 14, 20 nominated for an academy award 1969 for best original screenplay written by peter fonda, dennis hopper and terry southern, easy rider continues to touch a chord with fans everywhere. An account of rodeo riders on a south dakota reservation, it is so factbased that it almost qualifies as a documentary. The movie was a big hit at the box office, screened at the venice film festival, launched the biker movie genre, and established peter fonda as a movie name. A sweeping portrait of the american landscape through the eyes of two 60s counterculturists, dennis hoppers easy rider is a gorgeous ode to the open freedom of the american way. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Apr, 2018 the best american movie this critic has seen in the past year, chloe zhaos the rider, is the kind of rare work that seems to attain greatness through an almost alchemical fusion of nominal opposites. If you want to answer the questions, who starred in the movie easy. No members of the original cast or crew were involved with the film, which was produced and written by amateur filmmaker phil pitzer, who had. Oct 24, 2004 hells angels on wheels is a greatlooking movie, but it took easy rider to link two symbols of rebellion motorcycles and the hippie counterculture and catch the spirit of the time. The ride back delves into the family lineage of wyatt captain america williams played in the original by peter fonda and the families trials and tribulations throughout the decades of the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s to present day. Easy rider is a 1969 american independent road drama film written by peter fonda, dennis.
If you follow the story closely in easy rider, you find out it isnt there. Henry fonda is said to have come out of easy rider a confused and puzzled man. A tale of two men searching for a freedom they can never attain, the film features fonda and hopper as wyatt and billy, a pair of hippie bikers who journey to new orleans. Restored in 4k by sony pictures entertainment, easy rider returns to cinemas for a special 50th anniversary event. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Behind the motorcycles in easy rider, a longobscured.
Walker studied tai chi chuan under marshall hoo, a skill which he later exhibited in his role in the movie easy rider. I would be the duke and dennis hopper would be my ward bond. Anyone who has seen that scene surely wouldnt be able to resist inhaling. Easy rider is a 1969 american road movie written by peter fonda, dennis hopper, and terry southern, produced by fonda and directed by hopper. Find all 29 songs in easy rider soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Full cast of easy rider actors actresses 1 jack nicholson batman, the shining, the departed. Easy rider 1969 cast and crew wyatt peter fonda and billy dennis hopper, two harleyriding hippies, complete a drug deal in southern california and decide to travel crosscountry in search. The ride back is a 2012 drama film and a prequel to the 1969 film easy rider. The film stars brady jandreau, lilly jandreau, tim jandreau, lane scott, and cat clifford and was shot in the badlands of south dakota. Easy rider was added to the library of congress national film registry in 1998. Easy rider 1969 dennis hopper cast and crew allmovie.
Easy rider takes the gang leader fonda and condenses his gang into one uptight archetype played by director hopper. A movie with dennis hopper and jack nicholson in it is hard to disappoint. Easy rider nude scenes 12 images and 6 videos including appearances from toni basil karen black luana anders. Oct 11, 2014 behind the motorcycles in easy rider, a longobscured story the alleged last authentic motorcycle used in the 1969 film easy rider is going up for auction. Its the ultimate road trip film, simultaneously developing its two protagonists and the characters they meet while intermittent segments of folk rock play backstage. Easy rider starring peter fonda, dennis hopper, and jack nicholson release date. Dennis hopper interview easy rider the last movie merv griffin show 1971.
Behind the motorcycles in easy rider, a longobscured story. Find movie and film cast and crew information for easy rider 1969 dennis hopper on allmovie. Walker was born in queens, new york and was the elder son of actors robert walker and jennifer jones. You know ive smoked a lot of grass o lord, ive popped a lot of pills but i never touched nothin that my spirit could kill. Dennis hopper and peter fonda in easy rider directed by dennis hopper, 1969 see more. In this revisionist drama, the film delves into the family lineage of wyatt williams, the character made famous by peter fonda in the original easy rider movie. Easy rider was playing in theaters at about the time woodstock nation was gathering in upstate new york.
Bravotvs james lipton tells his favorite inside the actors moments. Oct 07, 2012 produced and directed by two hollywood iconoclasts with under a halfmillion nonstudio dollars, easy rider shook up the languishing movie industry when it grossed over 19 million dollars in 1969. Although throughout the movie it has been shown how society dislikes and avoids hippies like wyatt and billy, the end seemed unusual. Easy rider cast list, listed alphabetically with photos when available. Easy rider is a classic film, it has to be everyones film collection. See the full list of easy rider cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. It takes the aimless rebellion of the bike gangs and channels it into specific rejection of the establishment by which is meant everything from rednecks to the pentagon to hippies on communes.
A revolutionary roadtrip film that heralded a new era of filmmaking every period of american history and culture has at least one quintessential movie that represents everything about that specific zeitgeist. Movie scenes, actors, film stills, peter fonda easy rider, classic hollywood, biker movies, cinema, henry fonda, rock and roll. Hopper, fonda and their friends went out into america looking for a movie and found instead a. Peter fonda, easy rider actor and screenwriter, is dead at. He and two cowriters, terry southern and the actor and director dennis hopper, were nominated for an oscar for the screenplay. Dennis hopper easy rider, easy rider bikes, peter fonda easy rider, vintage motorcycle posters, biker movies, harley, motorcycle, easy rider, old school chopper this isnt happiness. Although none of the cast or production team of the original film were involved in its production, the director dustin rikert did secure the legal rights to the name. The music score is brilliant and it gives you a sense of the atmosphere in the world at the time it was made, a film like this can never be made again. Easy rider cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Easy rider 50th anniversary cast and crew cast photos and.
Walker was born in queens, new york and was the elder son of actors robert. How to watch every movie hitting ondemand early due to coronavirus. Dennis hopper interview easy riderthe last movie merv. Edgy and seminal, easy rider encapsulates the dreams, hopes, and.
Critics have praised the performances, directing, writing, soundtrack, visuals, and atmosphere. Fonda said t would be about the duke and jeffrey hunter looking for natalie wood. On july 14, 1969, columbia brought peter fondas easy rider to the big screen at the beekman in new york. On their journey, they experience bigotry and hatred from the inhabitants of smalltown america and also meet with other travelers. Fonda and hopper played two bikers who travel through the american southwest and south, carrying the proceeds from a cocaine deal. Fondas most highprofile acting assignment in the 1970s was his.
Sep 05, 20 riots, choppers, actors peter fonda talks us through the process of building the captain america bike. You can view additional information about each easy rider actor on this list, such as when and where they were born. Peter fonda, dennis hopper and jack nicholson star in a restored 4k version of easy rider. He attended the lawrenceville school near princeton before beginning his acting career. Easy rider chronicles the search for freedom by two motorcycleriding drifters who meet up with alcoholic lawyer in a southern jail. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. The clock strikes noon again, filmed in december 1965. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing easy rider near you. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
It was based on the film high noon 1952, starring gary cooper, with fonda in the cooper. Quentin tarantino introduces and discusses easy rider. That scene with nicholson talking ufos at the camp fire represents the great actor at his pinnacle. Easy rider is a 1969 american independent road drama film written by peter fonda, dennis hopper, and terry southern, produced by fonda, and directed by hopper. The ride back cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Easy rider soundtrack music complete song list tunefind. He certainly stands out on this panel which includes fellow actors james brolin and diane baker as well as baseball. Actors like peter fonda and adam roarke played gang leaders in the. The official cause of death is said to be respiratory failure due to lung cancer. Centering around the williams family, and their internal family struggles throughout the eras of the 40s to present day, as they struggle to. The 1956 movie, the searchers provided the inspiration for peter fonda in writing easy rider. Aug 16, 2019 peter fonda in the counterculture classic easy rider, from 1969.
It helped spark the new hollywood of the late 1960s and early 70s, in which a style of. More notable as a document of its times than as a piece of cinema, easy rider is slack but powerful, sentimental yet scathing, experimental but predictable. Behind the motorcycles in easy rider, a longobscured story the alleged last authentic motorcycle used in the 1969 film easy rider is going up for auction. Peter fonda in 2020 easy rider, the trip 1967, american actors. A crosscountry trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with smalltown prejudices. Actors and actresses in scene of easy riderphoto measures 10 x 8. Examples of actors on this list include jack nicholson and dennis hopper. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of easy rider with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. And in 1998, easy rider was added to the national film registry, having. The roughcut of the movie reportedly ran over three hours, and hopper edited it to a reasonable length by throwing out the story details and keeping the rest. The fact that easy rider s peter fonda plays mephistopholes the devil in the movie makes ghost rider an even. It was a landmark counterculture film that helped shape the films in hollywood in the. Aug 20, 2019 peter fonda, the actor best known for easy rider, passed away at the age of 79 on august 16th, 2019.
Easy rider, says corman, was a culmination of a trend that started in the late 50s in which independent pictures proliferated and became increasingly successful at the box office. Before easy rider, hopper had starred in a biker movie called the glory stompers, fonda did the corman movie the wild angels, and nicholson acted in hells angels on wheels. Easy rider 1969 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing easy rider 50th anniversary near you.