Production Year: 1969 - Action/Adventure - Director: Dennis Hopper - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Robert Walker, Luke Askew, Sabrina Scharf, Warren Finnerty, Phil Spector more
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... more
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Easy Rider [1969]
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movement, and a generational touchstone to boot. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper play hippie motorcyclists crossing the Southwest and encountering a crazy quilt of good and bad people. Jack Nicholson turns up in a significant role as an attorney who joins their quest for awhile and articulates society's problem with freedom as Fonda's and Hopper's characters embody it. Hopper directed, essentially bringing the no-frills filmmaking methods of legendary, drive-in movie producer Roger Corman (The Little Shop of Horrors) to a serious feature for the mainstream. The film can't help but look a bit dated now (a psychedelic sequence toward the end particularly doesn't hold up well) but it retains its original power, sense of daring and epochal impact. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Production Year: 1975 - Action/Adventure - Director: John Frankenheimer - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt
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Production Year: 1994 - Action/Adventure - Director: Jan De Bont - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Alan Ruck, Carlos Carrasco, Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock
Advantages: Brilliant soundtrack. Disadvantages: Not for the faint hearted.
...Nicholson wasn't well known when easy rider was 1st released and partly got into the film by accident when the previous actor had an argument with the firey Dennis Hopper. Although accidental he is perfectly cast as a boozed-up lawyer they meet in prison. With his huge grin, and hilarious helmet he is taken on a ride with the two. Its one of the best scenes in the film seeing them "riding down the highway" with George Hanson (Nicholson) perched on ... ...as Martin Scorsese and how Easy Rider opened the door for them. The DVD also contains deleted scenes and extra footage.
The box also contains a book analyzing the circumstances surrounding the film by Lee Hill. I haven't actually read the book, but my brother tells me it's interesting. 4 postcards picturing scenes from the film are also included, which are said to be limited edition for collectors.
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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 seem to be 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. Although parts of the film now seem dated and some of the language seems quaint, the tensions and hostilities of the period are accurately reflected, Laszlo Kovacs's photography is superb, and Nicholson is exceptional in his breakthrough role.
Technical information
Special Features: Easy Rider Features Commentary And Filmographies, Easy Rider Raging Bulls Features Deleted Scenes And Extra Footage, Limited Edition Postcards
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Mono
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital Mono French German Italian Spanish
Professional reviews
Review: "...There's nothing safe about Hopper's directorial debut....A pointedly bad trip..." (Entertainment Weekly, pp.56-7, 05/08/1994)
"...Marvelous outdoor photography..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars..." (USA Today, p.4D, 24/11/1995)
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