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Features: DVD, Anniversary Edition, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Bonus CD, Commentary, Documentary, Production Notes, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai Subtitled
Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 1975) stars with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper (who also directs) in this unconventional classic which Time Magazine hails as "one of the ten most important pictures of the decade." Experience the real, uncensored '60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. In the role that catapulted him to stardom, Jack Nicholson portrays an alcoholic attorney who hooks up with two part-time, drug-dealing motorcyclists (Fonda and Hopper) in search of their "American Dream." Heading from California to New Orleans, they sample the highs and lows of America the beautiful in a stoned-out quest for life's true meaning. Nominated for an Academy Award (1969) for Best Screenplay (written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern), Easy Rider continues to touch a chord with audiences of all ages.
"...every studio tried to duplicate its success..." Leonard Maltin
"An astonishing work of art and an overpowering motion picture experience." Los Angeles Times
Editor's Note
A landmark in film history, EASY RIDER blew the studio doors open for more young directors than any film before or since, helping to create the wide-open climate that would lead to the production of many outstanding films in the 1970s. As its director, Dennis Hopper is usually given the lion's share of credit for the film's success, but the revelations of time suggest that the contributions of the late Terry Southern and, to some degree, Jack Nicholson have endowed the film with much of its residual power. Starring Peter Fonda as Wyatt (alias Captain America) and Hopper as Billy, it traces the hippie duo's adventures as they mount their seriously chopped hogs on a journey to find the real America en route to Mardi Gras. In Arizona, they visit a commune whose members are having a tough time, and in a small Texas town they're jailed for joining a parade. But they're quickly sprung by an ACLU lawyer, the quirky, hard-drinking George Hanson (Jack Nicholson), who accepts their offer to join them on the trip to New Orleans, eager to visit the best whorehouse in the South. EASY RIDER accurately reflects the tensions and hostilities of the period, Laszlo Kovacs's photography is superb, Nicholson is exceptional in his breakthrough role--and the startling, stunning ending is a shocker.
Plot Summary
This landmark film stars Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as Wyatt (alias Captain America) and Billy, respectively. After closing a big-time coke deal in L.A., the two bikers head their hogs east, trying to discover the real America on the way to Mardi Gras. On the way, they cruise Monument Valley, spend some time at a commune, get thrown in jail, and try to deal with the negative vibes their hippie regalia provokes in most of the citizenry. Directed by Dennis Hopper at the age of 31 for a mere $340,000, this film went on to make multiple millions and change the pop culture landscape. This often-imitated-but-never-duplicated movie defined a generation and has a great soundtrack (featuring the Byrds, the Band, Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, the Electric Prunes, and more). Record producer Phil Spector is also featured in the film, and late novelist Terry Southern (THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN) collaborated with Hopper and Fonda on the script. The film also features a riotous turn by Jack Nicholson.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Bonus CD Songtrack With Classic '60s Rock | | British Film Institute Modern Classic Book "Easy Rider" With An In-Depth Look At The Film | | Commentary With Dennis Hopper | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Interactive Menus | | Making-Of Documentary "Easy Rider: Shaking The Cage" | | Production Notes | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai | | Talent Files |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 9/28/2004 |
| Running Time: 95 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1969 | | Catalog ID: 03937 | | UPC: 00043396039377 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1970) | | | Jack Nicholson, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | | | Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern, Nominee, Best Original Writing, Story, Screenplay | |
Cannes Film Festival (1969) | | | Dennis Hopper, Nominee, Best First Work | |
Golden Globe (1970) | | | Jack Nicholson, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor |
| Memorable Quotes| "You know, Billy, we blew it."----Wyatt (Peter Fonda) to Billy (Dennis Hopper) |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Marvelous outdoor photography..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars 11/24/1995 p.4DEntertainment Weekly
"...There's nothing safe about Hopper's directorial debut....A pointedly bad trip..." 08/05/1994 pp.56-7 Chicago Sun-Times
"...A period piece of special value, because it captures so surely the tone and look of a particular moment in time..." 06/01/1995 p.27 Premiere
"[A] major hit, launching an era of 'youth movies' in the '70s that became the most wildly creative, lunatics-running-the-asylum chapter in Hollywood history..." 12/01/2003 p.11 Uncut
"It looks as mythically beautiful as it did back in '69." 08/01/2004 p.134 The Motion Picture Guide 8 of 10
"Potent", "powerful" and "poignant" are some of the words used to describe this landmark film... It
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