No.6’s Greatest Films of All Time: Easy Rider

United States, 1969 / 91 Mins

Director: Dennis Hopper

Starring: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson.

Two motorcyclists embark on a coast-to-coast odyssey in search of the real America, encountering along the way the many faces of its big cities and small towns, a hippy commune, drugs and sex in a New Orleans bawdy house.

The Film also marks the magnificent performance by Jack Nicholson which brought him to national attention. Easy Rider was the official US entry in the Cannes Film Festival in1969 where it came away with the award for Best Film by a New Director.

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