Hopper and Fonda's first collaboration was in The Trip (1967), written by Jack Nicholson, which had themes and characters similar to those of Easy Rider. Peter Fonda had become "an icon of the counterculture" in The Wild Angels (1966), where he established "a persona he would develop further in The Trip and Easy Rider." The Trip also popularized LSD, while Easy Rider went on to "celebrate '60s counterculture" but does so "stripped of its innocence." Author Katie Mills wrote that The Trip is a way point along the "metamorphosis of the rebel road story from a Beat relic into its hippie reincarnation as Easy Rider", and connected Peter Fonda's characters in those two films, along with his character in The Wild Angels, deviating from the "formulaic biker" persona and critiquing "commodity-oriented filmmakers appropriating avant-garde film techniques." It was also a step in the transition from independent film into Hollywood's mainstream, and while The Trip was criticized as a faux, popularized underground film made by Hollywood insiders, Easy Rider "interrogates" the attitude that underground film must "remain strictly segregated from Hollywood." Mills also wrote that the famous acid trip scene in Easy Rider "clearly derives from their first tentative explorations as filmmakers in The Trip." The Trip and The Wild Angels had been low-budget films released by American International Pictures and were both successful. When Fonda took Easy Rider to AIP, however, as it was Hopper's first film as director, they wanted to be able to replace him if the film went overbudget, so Fonda took the film to Bert Schneider of Raybert Productions and Columbia Pictures instead.

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Easy Rider (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Deluxe Edition)
Different stars
- 1 The SeedsPushin' Too Hard 2:35
- 2 SteppenwolfThe Pusher 5:52
- 3 SteppenwolfBorn To Be Wild 3:37
- 4 The Electric PrunesI Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) 2:58
- 5 SmithThe Weight 4:36
- 6 The Blues Magoos(We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet 2:16
- 7 The ByrdsWasn't Born To Follow 2:03
- 8 Eric Burdon & The AnimalsSan Franciscan Nights 3:22
- 9 The Holy Modal RoundersIf You Want To Be a Bird (Bird Song) 2:40
- 10 Jefferson AirplaneWhite Rabbit 2:30
- 11 The Fraternity of ManDon't Bogart Me (aka Don't Bogart That Joint) 3:07
- 12 The WhoI Can See For Miles 4:06
- 13 The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceIf 6 Was 9 5:33
- 14 Procol HarumA Whiter Shade of Pale 4:05
- 15 The Electric PrunesKyrie Ellison Mardi Gras 4:02
- 16 The Young RascalsGroovin' 2:29
- 17 Richie HavensHigh Flyin' Bird 3:35
- 18 Roger McGuinnIt's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 3:05
- 19 The BandThe Weight 4:34
- 20 Roger McGuinnBallad of Easy Rider 2:15
- 21 The ByrdsYou Ain't Going Nowhere 2:34
- 22 The Chambers BrothersTime Has Come Today 4:56
- 23 Joe CockerWith a Little Help From My Friends 5:12
- 24 Blue CheerSummertime Blues 3:47
- 25 The Moody BluesNights In White Satin (Single Version) 4:25
Easy Rider
(1969)3
" This Year It’s Easy Rider"
Country | |
Spoken Language | english, spanish |
Runtime | 1 hr 35 min |
Budget | $360 000 |
Premiere: World | $124 600 June 26, 1969 |
USA | $123 276 |
Other countries | $1324 |
Box Office – Budget | – $235 400 |
Premiere: USA | $123 276 July 14, 1969 |
first day | $74 448 |
theaters | 252 |
rollout | 171 days |
Digital: World | April 4, 2006 |
Parental Advisory | Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking, Violence & Gore, ... |
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Production Companies | |
Also Known As | The Loners United States |
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