Easy rider [videorecording] / Columbia ; Pando Company in association with Raybert Productions presents ; written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern ; produced by Peter Fonda ; directed by Dennis Hopper.
Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Luke Askew, Phil Spector, Karen Black, Toni Basil, Antonio Mendoza, Luana Anders, Sabrina Scharf, Robert Walker Jr. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. Box set includes accompanying guide, America lost and found : the BBS story (111 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.). Issued as part of a 9-DVD boxed set with: Head; Five easy pieces; Drive, he said; A safe place; The last picture show (2 discs: feature film and supplemental material); The king of Marvin Gardens. DVD special ed. features: Disc 1. audio commentary featuring the Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Paul Lewis; theatrical trailers. Disc 2. Two "making-of" documentaries: "Born to be wild" (1995) and "Easy Rider : shaking the cage" (1999); television excerpts showing Hopper and Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival; new video interview with BBS cofounder Steve Blauner.
Summary:
As Billy and "Captain America", Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda motored down the highway on their Harley Davidsons to the roaring strains of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild", and the definitive counterculture blockbuster was born.
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