Easy Rider (1969)

Réalisateur:

Dennis Hopper

Writers:

Peter Fonda (written by) &
Dennis Hopper (written by) ...

Release Date:

26 juin 1969 (Sweden)

Genre:

Aventure | Crime | Drame

Accroche:

This Years It's Easy Rider

Plot:

Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America.

Plot Keywords:

Shot From The Motorbike | Female Nudity | Redneck | Jail Cell | Drifter

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 10 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

My favorite movie of all time...

Ensemble

Peter Fonda	...	Wyatt
Dennis Hopper	...	Billy
Antonio Mendoza	...	Jesus
Phil Spector	...	Connection
Mac Mashourian	...	Bodyguard
Warren Finnerty	...	Rancher
Tita Colorado	...	Rancher's Wife
Luke Askew	...	Stranger on Highway
Luana Anders	...	Lisa
Sabrina Scharf	...	Sarah
Robert Walker Jr.	...	Jack (as Robert Walker)
Sandy Brown Wyeth	...	Joanne (as Sandy Wyeth)
Robert Ball	...	Mime #1
Carmen Phillips	...	Mime #2
Ellie Wood Walker	...	Mime #3 (as Ellie Walker)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

The Loners (USA) (working title)
Easy Rider (France) [fr]

Durée:

95 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur | Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Classification:

Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Iceland:16 | Brazil:16 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

157 Bridge Street, Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Anecdotes:

Peter Fonda got the idea for this movie after seeing a picture of himself and Bruce Dern on their motorcycles. He got Dennis Hopper (who was planning to get out of the acting business and become a teacher at the time) involved when he promised him he could direct the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: While the hitch-hiker is guiding Wyat & Billy down the dirt road to the commune, Wyatt's helmet jumps back and forth on the back of the bike between shots.

Guillemet:

George Hanson: What's "dude"? Is that like "dude ranch"?
Captain America: Dude means nice guy. Dude means a regular sort of person.

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in "Just Shoot Me!: With Thee I Swing (#4.17)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

I WASN'T BORN TO FOLLOW

My favorite movie of all time...

Too often this film is relegated to retro documentaries and cheap nostalgia for an era too often reduced to its superficial artifacts (flower power, popular music).

I was born in 1972, three years after this film was made, but the themes in it are still relevant and important to me. Maybe I'm the last of a certain kind of American; someone wondering about what's still possible in the USA, and searching for the realized potential of the American Dream. Perhaps what has changed since this film was released is that freedom - that is, real freedom, just doesn't matter as much to people as it once did. Self-enslavement is a popular past-time for today's numb middle class; a group of people who, I am convinced, do not dream when they sleep.

This movie defined the road film genre, even though it was not the first of its kind. I owe a debt of gratitude to Fonda, Nicholson, and Hopper for pointing out a very real truth about America and its often twisted approach to "freedom." By any standard, this is a film which should not be missed. It is a film I wish I had written myself.