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Easy Rider (1969)  link to Easy Rider on IMDb  

Number: 272

cover Easy Rider

IMDb Rating:
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7.4/10 (78700 votes)

Country: USA, 95 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Spanish

Genre(s): Drama, Adventure

Director(s): Dennis Hopper

Cast: Peter Fonda (as Wyatt), Dennis Hopper (as Billy), Phil Spector (as Connection), Luke Askew (as Stranger on Highway), Luana Anders (as Lisa)

Medium: VHS tape,

Storyline: Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some dope 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 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 ...

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1