History Film / EasyRider

* RoadMovie: A quintessential example. The characters are on their way from Los Angeles to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.

* [[spoiler: DiabolusExMachina[=/=]DownerEnding[=/=]ShootTheShaggyDog: A most triumphant example as our heroes are about to embark to Florida to start their life of luxury, and then, some hillbillies shoot them.]]

* [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Hard Drinking Party Boy]]: George
* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: Both Wyatt and Billy themselves at the end.]]

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: By the end of the film, George, Billy and Wyatt himself were dead.]]

* GenreDeconstruction - Being a biker sucks.

* StandardMovieSong: This [[http://www.alluc.com/stream/Easy+Rider movie]]'s iconic opening credit sequence is the very reason that "Born to Be Wild" has become one of these.

* WalkingTheEarth

* StandardMovieSong: This movie's iconic opening credit sequence is the very reason that "Born to Be Wild" has become one of these.

* TheCameo: Captain America and Billy sell their cocaine to no one less than Creator/PhilSpector.

* CultSoundtrack: One of the first rock-based soundtracks, including songs by Music/{{Steppenwolf}} ("Born to Be Wild", "The Pusher), Music/TheBand ("The Weight"), Music/TheByrds ("Wasn't Born to Follow"), and Music/JimiHendrix ("If 6 Was 9").

* CultSoundtrack: One of the first rock-based soundtracks, including songs by Music/{{Steppenwolf}} ("Born to Be Wild", "The Pusher), Music/TheBand ("The Weight"), Music/TheByrds ("Wasn't Born to Follow"), and Music/JimiHenrdix ("If 6 Was 9").

* TheBand: "Take a load off Fanny..."

--->'''George''': [...] they see a free individual, it's gonna scare them.
--->'''Billy''': Well, it don't make them running scared.
--->'''George''': No, it makes them dangerous.

* StandardMovieSong: This movie's iconic opening credit sequence is the very reason that Born To Be Wild has become one of these

A 1969 film directed and co-written by Creator/DennisHopper, '''''Easy Rider''''' starred Hopper, co-writer Peter Fonda and Creator/JackNicholson in his first Oscar-nominated role. Since its release, it's been identified as ''the'' counterculture film of TheSixties.

A 1969 film directed and co-written by Creator/DennisHopper, ''Easy Rider'' starred Hopper, co-writer Peter Fonda and Creator/JackNicholson in his first Oscar-nominated role. Since its release, it's been identified as ''the'' counterculture film.

A 1969 film directed and co-written by Dennis Hopper, ''Easy Rider'' starred Hopper, co-writer Peter Fonda and Creator/JackNicholson in his first Oscar-nominated role. Since its release, it's been identified as ''the'' counterculture film.

* TheCameo: Captain America and Billy sell their cocaine to no one less than PhilSpector.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Apparently, to get the right reactions from the rednecks in the diner, they were told that Fonda, Nicholson, and Hopper had raped and killed a girl just outside of town.
** And they smoked ''real'' marijuana, too.

* TroubledProduction: Hopper went [[PrimaDonnaDirector really over his head]], and problems such as the bikes being stolen made it all worse.

---> ''George''': [...] they see a free individual, it's gonna scare them.
---> ''Billy''': Well, it don't make them running scared.
---> ''George''': No, it makes them dangerous.

* Foreshadowing: Around a campfire at night, George explains that people are scared by the heroes' sense of freedom, and that it makes them dangerous. [[spoiler:He will die from it, that same night.]]

---> ''Billy''': [...] Well, it don't make them running scared.
---> ''George''': [...] No, it makes them dangerous.

It follows the tale of two dope-dealing bikers, Wyatt aka "Captain America" (Fonda) and Billy (Hopper), who decide to take their bikes across the country. They have no aim other than pure freedom, which is not appreciated by the locals they encounter. Only one man, liberal lawyer George Hanson (Nicholson), shares their sense of freedom. As they ride along, they wonder what ever happened to America.

-->--'''Steppenwolf''',"Born to Be Wild"

A 1969 film directed and co-written by Dennis Hopper, ''Easy Rider'' starred Hopper, co-writer Peter Fonda and JackNicholson in his first Oscar-nominated role. Since its release, it's been identified as ''the'' counterculture film.

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* JerkAss: Billy. Then again, he was played by Dennis Hopper.

-->Get your motor runnin'
-->Head out on the highway
-->Lookin' for adventure
-->And whatever comes our way

* TheCameo: Captain America and Billy sell their cocaine to no one less than Phil Spector

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A 1969 film directed and co-written by Dennis Hopper, EasyRider starred Hopper, co-writer Peter Fonda and JackNicholson in his first Oscar-nominated role. Since its release, it's been identified as ''the'' counterculture film.