Antonio Mendoza, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Luana Anders ...( see more  see more... ) , Luke Askew , Mac Mashourian , Peter Fonda , Phil Spector , Robert Walker , Sabrina Scharf , Sandy Brown Wyeth , Tita Colorado , Warren Finnerty , William Nickolson

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  read more... ) for a way to lead their lives. On the journey they encounter bigotry and hatred from small-town communities who despise and fear their non-conformism. However Wyatt and Billy also discover people attempting 'alternative lifestyles' who are resisting this narrow-mindedness, there is always a question mark over the future survival of these drop-out groups. The gentle hippie community who thank God for 'a place to stand' are living their own unreal dream. The rancher they encounter and his Mexican wife are hard-pushed to make ends meet. Even LSD turns sour when the trip is a bad one. Death comes to seem the only freedom. When they arrive at a diner in a small town, they are insulted by the local rednecks as weirdo degenerates. They are arrested on some minor pretext by the local sheriff and thrown in jail where they meet George Hanson, a liberal alcoholic lawyer. He gets them out and decides to join them on their trip to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras.

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Dennis Hopper

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DVD Release Date: December 7, 1999

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March 25, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It plays today more as a period piece than as living cinema, but it captures so surely the tone and look of that moment in time. full review

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  • broadwaymo
    June 26, 2008
    George 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."


    Wild Hogs... Please!
  • tannerbjj
    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..."
  • madcat612
    October 13, 2007
    "I'm hip about time, man...I just gotta go."
  • Lloydlicious
    February 12, 2007
    Ride or High!
  • peek89
    June 30, 2006
    This 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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