Guide Note

Easy Rider is a 1969 film about two men (Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda) who, after completing a successful drug deal, set out on a cross country road trip to New Orleans in order to make it there before Mardi Gras. Written by Fonda, Hopper and Terry Southern, and featuring Jack Nicholson in one of his first starring roles, the movie has become a classic of American cinema and is usually considered to be one of the definitive statements of the 1960s counterculture.

Fast Facts

1. Released: July 14, 1969
2. Written By: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern
3. Directed By: Dennis Hopper
4. Produced By: Peter Fonda, Bill Hayward and Bert Schneider
5. Starring: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Luke Askew and Karen Black
6. Distributed By: Columbia Pictures
7. Running Time: 94 min.
8. Real marijuana was smoked in many of the scenes, but the white powered that Fonda snorted was powered sugar
9. Peter Fonda recently sold the American flag used in the film for nearly $90,000
10. Jimi Hendrix was so inspired after seeing the film that he wrote a song about the movie called "Ezy Ryder" (spelled different)