Synopsis
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
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Cast
- Peter FondaWyatt
- Dennis HopperBilly
- Jack NicholsonGeorge Hanson
- Antonio MendozaJesus
- Phil SpectorConnection
- Mac MashourianBodyguard
- Warren FinnertyRancher
- Tita ColoradoRancher's Wife
- Luke AskewStranger on Highway
- Luana AndersLisa
Recommendations
- 100
Austin Chronicle
Fonda and Hopper’s now-classic film hit the old guard with the force of a rifle shot to the head. [Review of re-release] - 100
Chicago Sun-Times
Someday it was inevitable that a great film would come along, utilizing the motorcycle genre, the same way the great Westerns suddenly made everyone realize they were a legitimate American art form, Easy Rider is the picture. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
A finely observed film but insufficiently developed as a satire of middle America. [Review of re-release] - 100
CineVue
Not only emblematic of independent American cinema, but, released in 1969, is the definitive statement on the death of the 60s. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
Biker classic, with memorable counterculture monologues. - 90
Variety
Fonda himself has given this a fine production dress, with associate Bert Schneider, and the brilliant lensing, excellent music background ballads, especially Bob Dylan's "Easy Rider," are fine counterpoints to this poetic trip along Southwest America. - 90
Time
The film has refurbished the classic romantic gospel of the outcast wanderer. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Easy Rider is very likely the clearest and most disturbing presentation of the angry estrangement of American youth to be brought to the screen.
