Easy Rider

Easy Rider1969

Stars: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Antonio Mendoza, Phil Spector
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 95 minutes

This box-office hit from 1969 is an important pioneer of the American independent cinema movement, and a generational touchstone to boot. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper play hippie motorcyclists crossing the Southwest and encountering a crazy quilt o… more »



George:
You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it.

Billy:
Huh. Man, everybody got chicken, that's what happened, man. Hey, we can't even get into like, uh, second-rate hotel, I mean, a second-rate motel. You dig? They think we're gonna cut their throat or something, man. They're scared, man.

George:
Oh, they're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em.

Billy:
Hey man. All we represent to them, man, is somebody needs a haircut.

George:
Oh no. What you represent to them is freedom.

Billy:
What the hell's wrong with freedom, man? That's what it's all about.

George:
Oh yeah, that's right, that's what it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it - that's two different things. I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. 'Course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom, but they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.

Billy:
Mmmm, well, that don't make 'em runnin' scared.

George:
No, it makes 'em dangerous. Nik, nik, nik, nik, nik, nik, nik, nik - Swamp.

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