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Easy Rider (1969) More at IMDb Pro »

With proceeds from a cocaine sale to nameless character (Phil Spector), leatherclad Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and groovy Bill (Dennis Hopper) buy a pair of stylish choppers and set off on road trip from Los Angeles,CA,United States to Mardi Gras in New Orleans,Louisiana,United States.

Along the way they meet hippies on a commune, befriend wild-eyed small town attorney played by Jack Nicholson, drop acid in a graveyard with hookers, smoke lots of dope, and surely use every phrase from the hipsters' anti-establishment handbook (dig-it, freak out, far out).

The movie was scored perfectly (Steppenwolf, The Band, Hendrix, The Byrds).

It featrues breakthrough cinematography. Not just the outdoor scenes of Arizona,United States but also the slip-motion shots that give impression of hallucination. (During the graveyard LSD scene, you can almost hear Fonda's pal, John Lennon, saying "number nine -- number nine").

Some of the extras on the dvd help to reinforce the importance of this movie. At a time when Hollywood was still representing the youth of America with (an aging bot-bellied) Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, and Doris Day was box-office queen , along came Easy Rider.