Easy Rider
Antonio Mendoza, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some drugs 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...( read more
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DVD Released: December 7, 1999
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January 23, 20091969 will forever be seen as a watershed year in history. You have Woodstock, the first time protests were very vocal in an American war, the almost certain election of Robert F. Kennedy who was making an Obama-like run to the Presidency before his assassination. And in films y... ...( read more )
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November 9, 2008"Born to be wild" great defining song. The definitive counter-cultural road movie. With the motorcycle-riding duo (Hopper and Fonda) across America to find the true hippie loving America. Nicholson steals the show as a drugo lawyer, leading to stardom in the 1970s. It could almo... ...( read more )
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July 21, 2008While it's not a great movie. It is an important movie. This movie is responsible for the the New Hollywood of the 70's.
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June 29, 2009So Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda were very likely on another plane of consciousness when they decided to write and film "The Trip", and were probably even more so (post the success of this super low-budget independant project which actually managed to rake in some cash) when they... ...( read more )
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March 25, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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June 26, 2008George Hanson: "You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it."
Billy: "What the hell is wrong with freedom? That's what it's all about."
George Hanson: "Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what's it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different things. I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em."
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February 2, 2008"No, man, like hey, man. Wow. I was watching this object man, li-like the satellite that we saw the other night, right? And, like, it was going right across the sky, man, and then... I mean it just suddenly, uh, it just changed direction and went whizzin right off, man. It flashed..."
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June 30, 2006This film was amazing. It's from people who were really part of the 60's drug scene so you know it's truthful. This is a truly timeless movie. I love it!
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