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Easy Rider is a 1969 American independent [3] [4] road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South, carrying the proceeds from a cocaine deal.
Easy Rider: Directed by Dennis Hopper. With Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Antonio Mendoza, Phil Spector. Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.
Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy, sell some dope in Southern California, stash their money away in their gas-tank, and set off for a trip across America on their own personal odyssey looking for a way to lead their lives.
Aug 12, 2024 · Peter Fonda was an American actor, writer, and director who was a counterculture icon, best known for the cult classic film Easy Rider (1969). He was also a member of a legendary acting family that included his father, sister, and daughter—Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, and Bridget Fonda, respectively.
Oct 11, 2014 · Peter Fonda, who played Wyatt in the Dennis Hopper-directed film, rode the so-called "Captain America" bike, named for its distinctive American flag color scheme and known for its...
Oct 24, 2004 · BORN TO BE WILD: Two disaffected bikers (Dennis Hopper, left, and Peter Fonda) head off in search of America in the buddy/road movie "Easy Rider" (1969), which made Jack Nicholson (playing straitlaced lawyer George Hanson, far right) a star.
Sep 4, 2019 · In 1969, Fonda and his filmmaking partner Dennis Hopper set off a riot all their own with Easy Rider, a film about the colors and the chaos and the head-trips of a new generation, a film that would seismically shift the commercial bedrock on which Hollywood was built.
Jul 12, 2019 · Peter Fonda, editor Henry Jaglom, actress Toni Basil and veteran filmmaker Henry Jaglom and filmmaker Roger Corman reflect on the making of 'Easy Rider' 50 years later.
Aug 17, 2019 · As it happened, Peter Fonda had based the two central characters of Easy Rider — Billy, played by Dennis Hopper, and Captain America, the role he would inhabit — on Roger McGuinn and David Crosby, both founding members of The Byrds. In the hands of McGuinn the song became The Ballad of Easy Rider.
Death’s Angel: Peter Fonda in Easy Rider The late actor became an icon of his generation with this moody, brilliant non-performance, informed by his intimate knowledge of chaos and death. By Chuck Stephens