Easy Rider | | Cast : | Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson | | Director : | Dennis Hopper | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 01, 1969 | | DVD Released Date : | March 16, 2004 | | Language : | English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Portuguese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 01, 2005 | | Summary | A symbol and a memoir of its time... | Content
 | Where Easy Rider is concerned, what can be said that hasn't already been said - it is both a metaphor and a history of its time... and of today, if you're still part vagabond and spend any real time in the saddle - poseurs need not apply, this movie isn't about them.
The superb music sounds like a replay of AM radio of that era, and the scenes still bring a hunger and longing of wanderlust and desire to crank up the bike. The acting is, of course, what it is - a tad contrived in spots, artful in others, but comes together in mildly appalling reminiscences of those smoky campfire scenes of yore - how did we ever survive those years!
Although the couch potatoes often think so, the movie ending hostility and brutality wasn't all that contrived, and I can vividly recall being bodily run out of a much needed gas-stop in rural Mississippi back then, just for the crime of showing up on a bike wearing leather (it was November...) -- and even today, not every motel looks kindly on bikes unless they're of the Tupperware barge variety. Never mind that Easy Rider starts with a drug buy, we were pretty naive back then, the general peaceful wandering of the two says as much about the era, and those of us who were too wiped out to truly remember the 60's, as, say, Star Trek says about the social issues we attempted to wrestle with...
Not real history, but well worth the time, even if it really isn't much of a motorcycle movie...
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| Rating | | | Date | July 14, 2005 | | Summary | A perfect movie for the 60's fans!!!!!!!!!!!! | Content
| The concept of this movie is simple! Is about this two homeless rebel riders that travel around USA to meet people and getting "high" with them.
There isn't to much naughty words but the drug use is FREQUENTLY and the 60's soundtrack like hard rock and country music is also frequently. This movie can be known as a hippie movie than a motorcycle movie.
The bad things were: NO action, NO high speed and a uncool ending.
P.S: If you are a 60's fan then you should also buy Midnight Cowboy and the Woodstock concert so you can have three movies including this one that represent it's time in a very COOL way!
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| Rating | | | Date | June 29, 2005 | | Summary | The original biker movie! | Content
| With a soundtrack featuring "If Six Was Nine" by Jimi Hendrix, "Weight" by The Band, "Born to Be Wild" and "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf, and excellent performances by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as well as Jack Nicholson, this film is a true masterpiece. Usually called "The original biker movie", Easy Rider is about two bikers from L.A. who take off on a cross-country trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. On the way, they make some new friends, one in particular named George Hansen played by Jack Nicholson, the "lawyer with the ACLU". Dennis Hopper won "Best New Director" at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival for his work on this movie. This movie also introduced the world to 3 time Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson. Also, this film was the first film that featured actors smoking REAL marijuana on screen. Yes, they were actually stoned, believe it or not. The 35th anniversary DVD is a re-release of the 30th anniversary edition. The only difference is that it features the Easy Rider soundtrack on CD and contains the 80-page British Film Institute Modern Classic book "Easy Rider". The transfer is flawless, especially for a 60's film. The 30th anniversary DVD contains a 1.85:1 widescreen presentation with Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Surround 2.0 soundtracks, and extras such as the documentary "Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage", and a commentary by Dennis Hopper. So, take it from me, a 16 year old film buff: This movie is a true classic, and a worthy addition for anyone's film collection. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 27, 2005 | | Summary | My All Time Favorite Biker Movie | Content
| Driven with an excellent sound track this is a film about two guys how throw their legs across their choppers and head out on the highway for adventure. What could be any more "biker" than that? As they wander with little direction they come across and leave, without recognizing it, the one thing they are searching for. Near the end of the film one braggs about reaching the American dream while the other finally realizes they were fools and missed their dreams. The film ends with audience pathos at the sadness of two high ideal losers who could have had it all. Perhaps this is a commentary on the counter culture of the period. We had high ideals and recognized the failures of the previous generation, but had trouble pulling it all together ourselves.
Now, everytime I throw my leg across my Harley and head out for a road trip I stick my Steppenwolf CD in and relive the adventure, in 21st century fashion of course.
TRIVIA:
My favorite song from the dvd, "Born To Be Wild" describes motorcycle engines as "Heavy Metal Thunder". This reference gave birth to a new name for hard, driving, rock music.
WARNING:
The movie is disturbing, hard to follow, and born of the counter culture, circa 1970.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 28, 2005 | | Summary | Dated piece of garbage | Content
| If Roger Corman produced it, you know it's junk....This 1969 movie might have been a hot hit then. But now it looks dated and the main charecters die at the end of the picture, although by then you do not care, because they were repulsive characters. |
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