Easy Rider details

Easy Rider
Formats: 18 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
Director: Dennis Hopper
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama
Studio: COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO
Collections: American Film Institute's top 100, Classics
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Easy Rider
18 Feature

DVD Information

Run time: 1 hour 31 minutes
Rental release: 10 Jan 2000
Main languages: English
Dubbed: German, French, Spanish, Italian
Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
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  • A sad way for cinema to end a great decade.....I was there !

    Rated - 2.5 stars  
    By roncoach (369 reviews) from suffolk , 27 Oct 2011

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    I would love to love this film. I would love it to sum up the Swingin' 60s. I love the 60s.

    But Americans had to come along and spoil it ........first musically; and then in their movies. This movie may have broken new ground at the time but I watched it then and I watch it again sometimes........hoping for some glorious nostalgia of a great decade-----and never finding it in this mediocre film which is so pretentious. It's in the same category as Zabriskie Point-----and that means : 'groan '.

    I single out Dennis Hopper as an actor and director who never fails to disappoint, with his awful lack of talent.

    If any youngsters want to get a feel for the Swingin'60s scene in an enjoyable way which portrays the real 'feel' of the time........go to 'Help' or 'Hard Days Night' or 'Blow-Up' or 'Georgy Girl' or 'Darling' or 'Alfie'..........go to a British film instead of Easy Rider's foretaste of America's descent into the sorry place it went on to become.....and its drug-ridden violent society of the present day.
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  • Born To Be Wild.

    Rated - 3.5 stars  
    By Richie77777 (255 reviews) from Essex , 03 Jun 2013

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    If you like 60s music, then you will like this film, at the very least based on the numerous rock songs played. This film is basically an adventure and it shows how adventures can turn bad unfortunately. For me, Jack Nicholson, in the short segment that he appears in steals the show. That said Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda, (aka Captain America), put in great performances too.
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  • Easy watching but dated.

    Rated - 2.5 stars  
    By Bobsview (559 reviews) from Gloucestershire , 04 Mar 2013
    Watched this again recently. Not the classic I remember . Has not really stood the test of time . Dated predictable 60s drugs , sex, intended to shock. Watchable though ,and with a great soundtrack.
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  • disappointing oldie

    Rated - 1.0 star  
    By a customer , 13 Apr 2012
    I was looking forward to watch this movie, but I was pretty disappointed. It must have been a great movie back in the '60s and early '70, but in my opinion it simply didn't stand the test of time. I wouldn't call it a cult movie anymore, it should pass this title on to other-more memorable-road movies.

    The central characters' marijuana smoking, pill-popping, pacifist hippy dude antics must have been a cool and novelty idea to put on celluloid back in '69, but seem pretty tame compared to today's standards.

    I just found it outdated and uninspiring.
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  • The Future of Cinema

    Rated - 5.0 stars  
    By a customer , 06 Nov 2011
    Stupendous it shakes you out of your comfort zone and inspires you in ways you never thought possible.

    This is a different type of movie; along the likes of cinemas most bizarre films; Black Biscuit (Fabrizio Federico), Tarnation (Jonathan Caouette), and Performance (Donald Cammell).

    Both Beautiful and spellbinding - A must see.
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  • A sad way for cinema to end a great decade.....I was there !

    Rated - 2.5 stars  
    By roncoach (369 reviews) from suffolk , 27 Oct 2011
    I would love to love this film. I would love it to sum up the Swingin' 60s. I love the 60s.

    But Americans had to come along and spoil it ........first musically; and then in their movies. This movie may have broken new ground at the time but I watched it then and I watch it again sometimes........hoping for some glorious nostalgia of a great decade-----and never finding it in this mediocre film which is so pretentious. It's in the same category as Zabriskie Point-----and that means : 'groan '.

    I single out Dennis Hopper as an actor and director who never fails to disappoint, with his awful lack of talent.

    If any youngsters want to get a feel for the Swingin'60s scene in an enjoyable way which portrays the real 'feel' of the time........go to 'Help' or 'Hard Days Night' or 'Blow-Up' or 'Georgy Girl' or 'Darling' or 'Alfie'..........go to a British film instead of Easy Rider's foretaste of America's descent into the sorry place it went on to become.....and its drug-ridden violent society of the present day.
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