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Two bikers set off in search of the 'real' America. Originally released in 1969, Easy Rider is widely regarded as the original 'road movie' and, based on the cult following it developed, it was soon copied by other hollywood studios. Read more

Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
Director Dennis Hopper
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama

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Easy Rider

Two bikers set off in search of the 'real' America. Originally released in 1969, Easy Rider is widely regarded as the original 'road movie' and, based on the cult following it developed, it was soon copied by other hollywood studios.

Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
Director Dennis Hopper
Studio COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 31 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 35 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama
Language English
Dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 10 Jan 2000
Blu-ray: 21 Sep 2009
Production year: 1969
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (5) of Easy Rider

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  • 5 stars out of 5

    Road movies were never the same after this. As laid-back as the machines straddled by Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in their search for “the real America”, and as hip as a whole drop-out generation, this magical mystery tour of the USA has a casual conviction that outstrips Hopper's own on-the-run direction to touch a mythic nerve. Jack Nicholson's boozy lawyer successfully articulates the yearning of the alienated young. That the film ends in sullen and sudden death raises it to the power of allegory, and its success proved there was an audience and a need that the box-office pundits didn't even know existed. As a result, the studios tried desperately to repeat its low-budget magic, but failed. It just didn't equate with the usual Hollywood formula; it had created its own.

    • Radio Times
  • 4 stars out of 4

    Happening to please hippies and motor-cycle enthusiasts as well as amateur politicians, this oddball melodrama drew freakishly large audiences throughout the world and was much imitated though never equalled in its casual effectiveness.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 15 out of 18 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    and the point is

    what was this all about

    i had heard how great this 'cult' movie was and was looking forward to watching it, but what a pile of rubbish.

    There was no point to it and absolutely bugger all happens....boring

      • A customer from Preston
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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    The King's New Clothes

    Having waited nearly 40 years to see this movie and living with its reputation as an iconic statement of its generation I'm afraid it's a case of the 'King's New Clothes'

    There's a great soundtrack and the old Steppenwolf number is still stirring and I guess the film is worth it for Jack Nicholson's perfomance alone.

    In fact Jack is the only one on screen that's acting and bringing quirky life to a stereotype (and a stereotype even then). Peter Fonda sleepwalks through the movie looking cool and for the rest character development etc is nil.

    The plot is flimsy and direction relies on set piece statements to deliver the message - this is wooden and unfortunately most of the dialogue is delivered as a mumble.

    When the film ends I get more of an impression that the writers, director and crew just plain ran out of ideas and glued in a drug/dream sequence in New Orleans followed by the big (or rather small) bang ending.

    Nice to see Phil Spector and Toni Basil (remember 'Hey Mickey')in cameo roles but like I said great soundtrack pity about the rest.

      • David Pollard from London, England
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    Easy Rider

    Fonda: 'We smoked real pot on Easy Rider'

    • 01 Nov 2009

    Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper smoked real cannabis during a scene for movie classic Easy Rider. Fonda has confessed the trio used "real pot" to capture the moment Nicholson's character tries the drug for the first time. But he refutes longstanding rumours they took LSD on the set of the 1969 movie. Fonda tells Extra, "We did not take LSD, no matter what the rumours say. You can't make a movie when you're ripped like that." Read more

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11,596 Member ratings
  • 100
1,139
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1,082
  • 80
1,999
  • 70
2,006
  • 60
2,059
  • 50
1,238
  • 40
836
  • 30
556
  • 20
458
  • 10
223

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