Sunday 20 March 2016

13 Fast Facts About 'Easy Rider'

image credit: Ian Burt

Once called The Loners, Dennis Hopper co-wrote, directed, and starred in the Oscar-nominated biker flick about two men riding motorcycles from Los Angeles to New Orleans to Florida during the tumult of the Vietnam-era '60s.

With a budget of well under $1 million, the 1969 guerilla film went on to gross more than $60 million worldwide. After filming finished in 1968, it took Hopper a year to edit 80 hours of footage. Here are 13 far out facts about 'Easy Rider.'

0 comment(s):