Easy rider

Author

Dennis Hopper

Call Number

• BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (95 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 17 cm)

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

"This is the definitive counterculture blockbuster. Former clean-cut teen star Dennis Hopper's down-and-dirty directorial debut, Easy Rider heralded the arrival of a new voice in film, one pitched angrily against the mainstream. After Easy Rider's cross-country journey--with its radical, New Wave-style editing, outsider-rock soundtrack, revelatory performance by a young Jack Nicholson, and explosive ending--the American road trip would never be the same."--Container.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.

Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack and alternate DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo and 5.1 surround soundtracks ; two audio commentaries, one from 2009, featuring actor-director-writer Dennis Hopper, the other Hopper, actor-writer Peter Fonda, and production manager Paul Lewis ; Born to be wild (1995) and "Easy rider": shaking the cage (1999), documentaries about the making and history of the film ; television excerpts showing Hopper and Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival ; new video interview with BBS cofounder Steve Blauner ; theatrical trailers.