Easy Rider (1969)


Easy Rider
Release Date08 May 1969
TaglineThis Year It's Easy Rider
GenreAdventure, Crime, Drama
CountryUSA
Filming Locations157 Bridge Street, Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor, Black and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRoad Movie, Biker Film, Americana
ThemesWanderlust, Dropping Out, Dangerous Friends
TonesHumorous, Quirky, Deliberate, Reflective, Gritty
TagsAmerica, Drug Dealer, Freedom, Lawyer, Lsd, Motorcycle, Prostitute/prostitution, Redneck, Road Trip

Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood phase of filmmaking during the late sixties. The film was added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 1998.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Wyatt

Antonio Mendoza
Jesus

Connection

Mac Mashourian
Bodyguard

Warren Finnerty
Rancher

Tita Colorado
Rancher's Wife

Stranger on Highway

Sabrina Scharf
Sarah

Sandy Brown Wyeth
Joanne

Robert Ball
Mime #1

Mime #2

Ellie Wood Walker
Mime #3

Michael Pataki
Mime #4

George Hanson

George Fowler Jr.
Guard

Keith Green
Sheriff

Hayward Robillard
Cat Man

Arnold Hess Jr.
Deputy

Buddy Causey Jr.
Customer #1

Duffy Lafont
Customer #2

Blase M. Dawson
Customer #3

Paul Guedry Jr.
Customer #4

Suzie Ramagos
Girl #1

Elida Ann Hebert
Girl #2

Rose LeBlanc
Girl #3

Mary Kaye Hebert
Girl #4

Cynthia Grezaffi
Girl #5

Colette Purpera
Girl #6

Mary

Karen

Lea Marmer
Madame

Cathé Cozzi
Dancing Girl

Thea Salerno
Hooker #1

Anne McClain
Hooker #2

Beatriz Monteil
Hooker #3

Marcia Bowman
Hooker #4

David C. Billodeau
Pickup Truck

Johnny David
Pickup Truck

Woman in Commune

Child in Commune

Justin Fonda
Child in Commune

Virgil Frye
Biker

Man in Commune

Randee Lynne Jensen
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Woman in Commune

Director

Writer

Terry Southern

Producer

producer

William Hayward
associate producer

Bert Schneider
executive producer

Cinematographer

László Kovács

Baird Bryant
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Editor

Donn Cambern
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Art Director

Jeremy Kay

Makeup Department

Virgil Frye
makeup artist

Production Manager

Paul Lewis
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Len Marsal
second assistant director

Art Department

Robert Vincent O'Neill
property master

Sound Department

James Contrares
boom operator

Le Roy Robbins
sound mixer

Special Effects

Steve Karkus
special effects

Stunts

Tex Hall
stunt gaffer

Gary Littlejohn
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Richmond L. Aguilar
gaffer

Guy Badger
generator operator

Foster K. Denker
electrician

Peter Heiser
assistant camera

Melton Maxwell
best boy

Tom Ramsey
key grip

Peter Sorel
still photographer

Les Blank
second camera operator

Larry Lapointe
electrician

Editorial Department

editorial consultant

Marilyn Schlossberg
post-production

Stan Siegel
assistant editor

Music Department

Mike Deasy
musician

Transportation Department

Lee Pierpont
transportation

Other Crew

Joyce King
script supervisor

Tony Vorno
location manager

motorcycle builder

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Pando Company Inc.
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Raybert Productions
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures

Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina

Columbia TriStar Home Video
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Columbia TriStar
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Falcon

LK-TEL
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RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Miscellaneous

Cinefx
titles

Edit-Rite
sound effects

Producers' Sound Services
re-recording

Ryder Sound Services
sound recording

Sunset Gower Studios
sound stages

Synchrofilm Inc.
music editing






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