Easy Rider

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American film counterculture film film road movie

Easy Rider is a landmark 1969 counterculture road movie that helped launch the New Hollywood era with its low-budget, anti-establishment style and iconic performances by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Easy Rider canonical	38
Billy (Easy Rider)	1
Billy in Easy Rider	1
Easy Rider (uncredited, as child)	1
Easy Rider soundtrack	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ counterculture film ⓘ film ⓘ road movie ⓘ
award	Cannes Golden Camera Special Mention ⓘ surface form: Cannes Film Festival First Film Award
boxOfficeUSD	60000000 ⓘ
budgetUSD	400000 ⓘ
character	Billy ⓘ George Hanson ⓘ Wyatt ⓘ
cinematographyBy	László Kovács ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	motorcycle journey across the United States ⓘ
director	Dennis Hopper ⓘ
distributor	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Donn Cambern ⓘ Henry Jaglom ⓘ
featuresSong	Born to Be Wild ⓘ The Pusher ⓘ
genre	adventure film ⓘ drama film ⓘ independent film ⓘ road movie ⓘ
movement	New Hollywood ⓘ
musicBy	Roger McGuinn ⓘ various rock artists ⓘ
nominatedActor	Jack Nicholson ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	Dennis Hopper ⓘ surface form: Dennis Hopper as Billy Jack Nicholson as George Hanson ⓘ Peter Fonda as Wyatt ⓘ
premiereEvent	Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
producer	Bert Schneider ⓘ Peter Fonda ⓘ
recognizedAs	cult film ⓘ landmark of the New Hollywood era ⓘ
releaseDate	1969-07-14 ⓘ
releaseYear	1969 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	95 ⓘ
setIn	southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: American Southwest New Orleans ⓘ
starring	Dennis Hopper ⓘ Jack Nicholson ⓘ Peter Fonda ⓘ
theme	American Dream ⓘ counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ drug culture ⓘ freedom ⓘ
writer	Dennis Hopper ⓘ Peter Fonda ⓘ Terry Southern ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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New Hollywood → notableFilm → Easy Rider ⓘ

Karen Black → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

Dennis Hopper → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

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Dennis Hopper → directed → Easy Rider ⓘ

Dennis Hopper → starredIn → Easy Rider ⓘ

Dennis Hopper → portrayedCharacter → Easy Rider ⓘ

this entity surface form: Billy in Easy Rider

Jack Nicholson → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

Bridget Fonda → filmDebut → Easy Rider ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easy Rider (uncredited, as child)

Peter Fonda → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

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Peter Fonda → producerOf → Easy Rider ⓘ

Peter Fonda → starredIn → Easy Rider ⓘ

Terry Southern → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

Terry Southern → screenwriterOf → Easy Rider ⓘ

Wyatt → appearsIn → Easy Rider ⓘ

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Peter Fonda as Wyatt → appearsIn → Easy Rider ⓘ

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Jack Nicholson as George Hanson → appearsIn → Easy Rider ⓘ

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Jack Nicholson as George Hanson → diesIn → Easy Rider ⓘ

Born to Be Wild → usedInFilm → Easy Rider ⓘ

The Pusher → featuredInFilm → Easy Rider ⓘ

The Pusher → usedInSoundtrackOf → Easy Rider ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Easy Rider soundtrack

Bob Rafelson → produced → Easy Rider ⓘ

Laszlo Kovacs → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

subject surface form: László Kovács

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subject surface form: László Kovács

Bert Schneider → produced → Easy Rider ⓘ

Bert Schneider → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

Donn Cambern → editedFilm → Easy Rider ⓘ

László Kovács → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

Karen Blanche Ziegler → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

Wasn’t Born to Follow → featuredInFilm → Easy Rider ⓘ

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George Hanson → appearsIn → Easy Rider ⓘ

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John → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

subject surface form: John Joseph Nicholson

John Joseph Nicholson → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

Fonda family → notableWork → Easy Rider ⓘ

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