 30th Anniversary Special Edition "An astonishing work of art and an overpowering motion picture experience." -Los Angeles Times Experience the real, uncensored '60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. Academy Award - winner Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975; Best Supporting Actor, Terms of Endearment, 1983; Best Actor, As Good As It Gets, 1997) stars with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper (Who also directs) in this unconventional classic which Time magazine hails as one of the ten most important pictures of the decade. Nominated for an Academy Award (1969) for Best Screenplay (written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern) Easy Rider continues to touch a chord with audiences of all ages. Cast Notes: Peter Fonda (Wyatt [Captain America]), Dennis Hopper (Billy), Antonio Mendoza [II] (Jesus), Phil Spector (Connection), Mac Mashourian (Bodyguard), Warren Finnerty (Rancher), Tita Colorado (Rancher's Wife), Luke Askew (Stranger on Highway), Luana Anders (Lisa), Sabrina Scharf (Sarah), Robert Walker Jr. (Jack), Sandy Wyeth (Joanne), Robert Ball [I] (Mime#1), Carmen Phillips [I] (Mime#2), Ellie Wood Walker (Mime#3). User Comment: Rex Iscariot (acidrain@home.net) Scotch Plains - NJ, USA • Too often this film is relegated to retro documentaries and cheap nostalgia for an era too often reduced to its superficial artifacts (flower power, popular music). I was born in 1972, three years after this film was made, but the themes in it are still relevant and important to me. Maybe I'm the last of a certain kind of American; someone wondering about what's still possible in the USA, and searching for the realized potential of the American Dream. Perhaps what has changed since this film was released is that freedom - that is, real freedom, just doesn't matter as much to people as it once did. Self-enslavement is a popular past-time for today's numb middle class; a group of people who, I am convinced, do not dream when they sleep. This movie defined the road film genre, even though it was not the first of its kind. I owe a debt of gratitude to Fonda, Nicholson, and Hopper for pointing out a very real truth about America and its often twisted approach to "freedom." By any standard, this is a film which should not be missed. It is a film I wish I had written myself. Summary: My favorite movie of all time... IMDb Rating (03/14/15): 7.4/10 from 66,876 users IMDb Rating (08/20/01): 7.1/10 from 4,086 users
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