Film· 1969· Drama

Easy Rider

by Dennis Hopper

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  • 1960s counterculture
  • Hippie counterculture

Two bikers ride across America through communes, drugs and hostile small towns, a film made from and for the counterculture of the late 1960s, with a soundtrack of its rock music.

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Easy Rider

Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and the South, carrying money made from a cocaine deal. Other actors in the film include Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Toni Basil. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood era of filmmaking during the early 1970s.

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