Easy Rider

July. 14,1969      R
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.

Peter Fonda as  Wyatt
Dennis Hopper as  Billy
Jack Nicholson as  George Hanson
Phil Spector as  Connection
Luke Askew as  Stranger on Highway
Luana Anders as  Lisa
Sabrina Scharf as  Sarah
Robert Walker Jr. as  Jack
Carmen Phillips as  Mime #2
Ellie Wood Walker as  Mime #3

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Reviews

Listonixio
1969/07/14

Fresh and Exciting

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Kidskycom
1969/07/15

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

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Kailansorac
1969/07/16

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

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BeSummers
1969/07/17

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

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jonmg-46549
1969/07/18

What's ironic is that Luke Askew "starred" as SSG Provo in The Green Berets about two years ahead of Easy Rider ...!Talk about culture clash ...He was great in both flicks and I always enjoyed him as an actor.I do have a bias on his role in the Green Berets as I eventually became a Green Beret myself serving 16 years in SF, although I modeled myself more towards Jim Hutton's role As the "Scrounger" in that movie.

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copesteven
1969/07/19

Watch america on a trip to grab her freedom through quick riches she finds out that slavery is void but safe while freedom is fulfilling but dangerous

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ibrarsiddiqi
1969/07/20

The dictionary meaning for the word 'cult'can be best described as "an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, especially as manifested by a body of admirers." The film centres around two bikers, Wyatt and Billy who travel across America on the highways and byways of sixties America with an open mind. They meet hostility, attract admiration, love and ignorance but above all the memories of a road trip in what was a truly amazing time across the world when young people dropped out, tuned in to a different vibe, transforming art, music, love, cinema and indeed society. 'Easy Rider'arguably captures the spirit of the Sixties, you have to watch the film with a few friends with the lights low and the sound up, revel in the drugs, the music and the great story line which will blow your mind and preconceptions away.

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Gregory Porter
1969/07/21

The premise of Easy Rider is rather quite basic; two friends, Wyatt (Fonda) and Billy (Hopper), ride their motorcycles from LA to Louisiana for Mardi Gras. Their drug fueled journey becomes a spiritual journey as the pair learns about themselves and America. The movie opens with the pair of guys parking cheap motorcycles outside a run down cantina. They are there to meet a cocaine dealer. The pair sample and approve of the powder. The camera cuts to the pair waiting near an airport runway. A Rolls-Royce rolls up and a well dressed man steps out. He, too, samples and approves of the powder before buying it for a large sum of money. The pair has made a fortune and plans to spend the money on a trip to Mardi Gras. They buy new motorcycles and set off into the desert roads.The acting in Easy Rider is solid. Dennis Hopper's performance as Billy is great. Initially, I labeled his character as "hippy": he has long hair and a bushy mustache and uses "man" as punctuation. At one point the two pick up a hitchhiker who is traveling back to a commune in the middle of the desert. The hitchhiker made me realize that there is a complexity to the characters that I missed. Billy is a hippy-like character in appearance but his temper and focus on worldly pleasures differentiate him from the others. Wyatt is a "cool" or relaxed type of guy and is the one that really grows through the journey. Unlike Billy or George or the hitchhiker, Wyatt is not a representative of a 1960's demographic. As George (Nicholson) explains, "You are change and people don't like change."As Easy Rider is something of a road trip movie, a common artifact is the super long, scenery shots. Denisoff and Romanowski note, the music played during these riding montages, forms a sort of "musical commentary". The soundtrack, beginning with "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf, continues with the iconic "Born to be Wild" also by Steppenwolf. You can see the progression of the story and tone throughout the rest of the soundtrack. Easy Rider is a perfect example of how music can be utilized to complement the images on the screen. Sure, we might have a great orchestration that provides emotional support but, here, the music provides a political (as well as emotional) support.Have you ever watched a movie where a particular scene is burned into your memory? Maybe it strikes a chord with you but as you see the shot you know that it is going to stick with you. I'd bet that it usually happens with scary movies. For example, you're in the shower and the Psycho shower scene flashes through your mind or if you are in a narrow, creepy hotel hallway, you might imagine The Shining's the twins. Easy Rider had one of those moments for me. Wyatt rolls the money they earned by selling cocaine into a rubber tube. He hides that rubber tube in his motorcycle's American flag painted, teardrop gas tank. It is a beautifully succinct yet complex statement about the US. One of the best parts is that the movie lets the image speak for itself.The cutting used at times in the movie is jarring. Instead of a Star Wars-like swipe cut or a fade to black transition, the movie alternates between the two scenes. We are watching scene A, then the movie cuts scene B but after a second cuts back to scene A. The movie alternates between the two scenes a couple times until resting on scene B. It is the type of cutting you might expect in an action movie. A character has a gun and points it at his or her target. The camera focuses on the gun, then the target, then the gun, 'bang,' then on the target. This rapid cutting is exciting so we are used to seeing it in an action but in Easy Rider the transitions between scenes aren't exciting. One jump, for example, takes us from the pair sitting around a campfire to Wyatt walking through a dilapidated Church. It felt jarring and don't quite know how to feel about it. I like the idea of using film techniques in unconventional ways but it feels awkward. Yeah, I can dig it. The idea that it is disruptive fits in with the rest of the movie which is socially disruptive.My only major qualm about the movie is that sometimes it moves away from visual messages to just sitting around a campfire telling us something. Consider the image of the gas tank and money. I know you can show some good stuff, movie, keep going; don't just regress into telling me something. This isn't a deal breaker by any means but it is noteworthy.If, for no other reason, to function as a time capsule, I recommend you see Easy Rider. It is clear depiction of a definitive time in American history. It also illustrates how film can resonate socially and politically. I think for a discussion post I will think about the responsibility of art, if there is such a thing. On a superficial level, or if you saw Easy Rider without actually watching it, it might appear like this film is glorifying a wayward and drug filled lifestyle. From what I hear, that's the message a majority of the original audience left with. In reality, Easy Rider is criticizing this lifestyle. If people misinterpreted its meaning, should it have been more overt?

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