Easy Rider
1969 | Drama | USA | Directed by Dennis Hopper
Overview
Two bikers ride Mardi Gras money from Los Angeles to New Orleans and find America hostile to its dreams. Hopper directed, Peter Fonda produced, and Jack Nicholson got his breakout as a small town lawyer. Made for under half a million and grossed sixty, it proved the youth market: the old studio system collapsed within years. New Hollywood ignition.
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