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Easy Rider
Plot Summary for Easy Rider (1969)
Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some dope in Southern California, stash their money away in their gas-tank and set off for a trip across America, on their own personal odyssey looking for a way to lead their lives. On the journey they encounter bigotry and hatred from small-town communities who despise and fear their non-conformism. However Wyatt and Billy also discover people attempting 'alternative lifestyles' who are resisting this narrow-mindedness, there is always a question mark over the future survival of these drop-out groups. The gentle hippie community who thank God for 'a place to stand' are living their own unreal dream. The rancher they encounter and his Mexican wife are hard-pushed to make ends meet. Even LSD turns sour when the trip is a bad one. Death comes to seem the only freedom. When they arrive at a diner in a small town, they are insulted by the local rednecks as weirdo degenerates. They are arrested on some minor pretext by the local sheriff and thrown in jail where they meet George Hanson, a liberal alcoholic lawyer. He gets them out and decides to join them on their trip to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras. Written by alfiehitchie
With proceeds from a cocaine sale to nameless character (Phil Spector), leatherclad Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and groovy Bill (Dennis Hopper) buy a pair of stylish choppers and set off on road trip from Los Angeles,CA,United States to Mardi Gras in New Orleans,Louisiana,United States.
Along the way they meet hippies on a commune, befriend wild-eyed small town attorney played by Jack Nicholson, drop acid in a graveyard with hookers, smoke lots of dope, and surely use every phrase from the hipsters' anti-establishment handbook (dig-it, freak out, far out).
The movie was scored perfectly (Steppenwolf, The Band, Hendrix, The Byrds).
It featrues breakthrough cinematography. Not just the outdoor scenes of Arizona,United States but also the slip-motion shots that give impression of hallucination. (During the graveyard LSD scene, you can almost hear Fonda's pal, John Lennon, saying "number nine -- number nine").
Some of the extras on the dvd help to reinforce the importance of this movie. At a time when Hollywood was still representing the youth of America with (an aging bot-bellied) Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, and Doris Day was box-office queen , along came Easy Rider.
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