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Synopsis: Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some dope in Southern California, stash their money away in their gas-tank and set off for a trip across America, on their own personal odyssey looking for a way to lead their lives. On the journey they encounter bigotry and hatred from small-town communities who despise and fear their non-conformism. However Wyatt and Billy also discover people attempting 'alternative lifestyles' who are resisting this narrow-mindedness, there is always a question mark over the future survival of these drop-out groups. The gentle hippie community who thank God for 'a place to stand' are living their own unreal dream. The rancher they encounter and his Mexican wife are hard-pushed to make ends meet. Even LSD turns sour when the trip is a bad one. Death comes to seem the only freedom. When they arrive at a diner in a small town, they are insulted by the local rednecks as weirdo degenerates. They are arrested on some minor pretext by the local sheriff and t
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Director(s): Dennis Hopper
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
86
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
1969
95 min
3,370 Views


Where you from, man?

Hard to say.

"Hard to say"?

Where you from, man?

It's hard to say because

it's a very long word, you know.

I just wanna know

where you're from, man.

A city.

What city?

Doesn't make any difference what city.

All cities are alike.

That's why I'm out here now.

Why you're out here now?

Why?

'Cause I'm a long way from the city,

and that's where I wanna be right now.

They know you in this place?

This place we're coming to?

Or the place we're at now?

This place.

You're right on top of 'em.

- I'm right on top of 'em?

- Yeah.

The people this place belongs to

are buried right under you.

You could be a trifle polite.

"A trifle polite"?

A small thing to ask.

You ever want to be somebody else?

I'd like to try Porky Pig.

I never wanted to be anybody else.

You can't hit me!

I'm invisible! I'm invisible!

Hey, Sarah.

How's it going?

Rudolph, what are you eating?

- Thanks for the stuff you brought.

- How's it going?

We just can't take any more strangers.

Just too many people dropping in.

I'm not talking about you

and your friends... you know that.

The week before, Susan dropped in

with 12 people from Easter City.

She wanted to take

ten pounds of rice with her.

Naturally we had to say no...

so she gets all uptight, breaks out

some hash and won't give us any.

That's not all. The next morning

they couldn't get their bus started.

Sarah, I bet you haven't had anybody

like me around to rap to, have you?

I don't have to tell you

how it is, Sarah.

I love you,

and I want you to rap.

- Oh, God, I want you to rap, rap, rap.

- Cut that out!

I guess nobody else here is interested,

but I'd sure like to meet your friend.

I bet you'd like

to do more than that.

I think he's beautiful.

He's beautiful.

What is that weird thing

up there on the hill, man?

It looks like a stage. You got

light opera coming here or something?

That's the mime troupe's stage.

They've gone down

to the hot springs to bathe.

Mime troupe?

Hey, Lisa.

What does this mean?

"Starting brings misfortune.

Perseverance brings danger.

Not every demand for change

in the existing order should be heeded.

On the other hand,

repeated and well-founded complaints...

should not fail to a hearing."

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!

We've come to play for our dinner.

Or should I say,

stay for our dinner?

Or even...

slay for our dinner!

Oh! Men at war.

How ghastly.

We've come to drink your wine...

taste your food

and take pleasure in your women.

The water in that river

is about 80 degrees.

You put your hand in about a foot away,

it's below freezing.

- Come on! I've got to get dinner on!

- What's this I hear?

Who said "out" to me?

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Peter Fonda

Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, younger brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda (by first wife Susan Brewer, stepdaughter of Noah Dietrich). Fonda was a part of the counterculture of the 1960s.He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Easy Rider (1969), and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ulee's Gold (1997). For the latter, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Fonda also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999). more…

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