Easy Rider
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (1969) 95 mins R

7.3 (24,569 votes)
"An astonishing work of art and an overpowering motion picture experience." -Los Angeles Times

Experience the real, uncensored '60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. Academy Award - winner Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975; Best Supporting Actor, Terms of Endearment, 1983; Best Actor, As Good As It Gets, 1997) 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.

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....

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Cast and Crew
Peter Fonda  ......  Wyatt
Dennis Hopper  ......  Billy
Jack Nicholson  ...... 
Antonio Mendoza  ......  Jesus
Phil Spector  ......  Connection
Mac Mashourian  ......  Bodyguard
Director  .....  Dennis Hopper
Producer  .....  Peter Fonda
Writer  .....  Peter Fonda; Dennis Hopper; Terry Southern
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: In the diner, George Hanson enters wearing his football helmet. When he begins to sit down, his reflection in the mirror shows him rubbing his eyes. The next shot shows him just sitting and the helmet is already on the table. (more)

Trivia:
The final campfire scene was left out of the original shooting schedule and was shot after both motorcycles had been stolen. (more)

Filming Locations:
157 Bridge Street, Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA (more)

Quotes:
George Hanson: They'll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em. (more)

Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 10 nominations (more)