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.

Aliases (2)

Billy in Easy Rider ×1
Easy Rider (uncredited, as child) ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → counterculture film → film → road movie →
award	Cannes Film Festival First Film Award →
boxOfficeUSD	60000000 →
budgetUSD	400000 →
character	Billy → George Hanson → Wyatt →
cinematographyBy	László Kovács →
countryOfOrigin	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 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	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 (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dennis Hopper → Jack Nicholson → Karen Black →	notableWork
Dennis Hopper →	coWrote
Dennis Hopper →	directed
Bridget Fonda ("Easy Rider (uncredited, as child)") →	filmDebut
New Hollywood →	notableFilm
Dennis Hopper ("Billy in Easy Rider") →	portrayedCharacter
Dennis Hopper →	starredIn