Easy Rider

Origin: U.S. (BBS, Columbia, Pando, Raybert) 1969
Length: 94 minutes
Format: Technicolor
Director: Dennis Hopper
Producer: Peter Fonda, William Hayward, Bert Schneider
Screenplay: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
Photography: Laszlo Kovacs
Music: Hoyt Axton, Mars Bonfire, Roger McGuinn, Jimi Hendrix
Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Antonio Mendoza, Jack Nicholson, Phil Spector, Mac Mashourian, Warren Finnerty, Tita Colorado, Luke Askew, Luana Anders, Sabrina Scharf, Robert Walker Jr., Sandy Wyeth, Robert Ball, Carmen Phillips, Ellie Wood Walker
Oscar Nomination: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern(screenplay), Jack Nicholson(actor in support role)
Cannes Film Festival: Dennis Hopper(best first work, Golden Palm nomination)
Links: Easy Rider Trailer, Easy Rider Wiki, Cannes Film Festival Wiki

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Easy Rider is one of those movies whose importance goes far beyond its status as a work of art. The story is slight. Two young men, nicknamed Captain America(Peter Fonda) and Billy(Dennis Hopper), make a lot of money on some drugs that they buy South of the Border. Feeling rich, they decide to realize a long-standing ambition to visit New Orleans during Mardi Gras. They buy a couple of motorbikes and set off across country. On the way, they pass by some celebrated icons of the American West, including Monument Valley and Taos Pueblo. They drop in on a commune, run into an engaging small town lawyer who helps them get out of jail, go on a drug trip with a couple of hookers in a New Orleans graveyard - all of which leads to the shock ending.