Easy Rider | Luana Anders, Luke Askew | Thanks for teaching me right, Dan...

Easy Rider | Luana Anders, Luke Askew | "We Need to Make More Movies Like Dr. Doolittle"

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Easy Rider

	Easy Rider Luana Anders, Luke Askew Sony Pictures, 1999 average customer review:based on 173 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Thanks for teaching me right, Dan...

This movie is not just about riding, it is about counter culture and love for freedom---the feelings of the 60s. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride on a wirlwind journey of America after making money on a drug deal. Along the way they meet a rather straight-laced (so to say) attorney played by Jack Nicholson. It is their story and a remarkable road trip on a bike. This movie brought us 3 great actors---Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. The sound track is incredible and this 35th anniversary DVD collection has a CD that includes the theme, "Born to be Wild" and many more. I watched this classic movie again tonight for a different reason.

For those Amazon friends that know me, I am a motorcycle enthusiast. I love and have a passion for all motorcycles from dirt, speed and street. I currently have a custom Harley (I had the photo of it on my profile, but had to remove it). I do ride it on the dangerous streets in the city where I live. If you never rode, as the driver, you cannot appreciate the feeling---being on the back is not the same. Motorcycle riding has given me plenty of confidence, and it has taught me to be a better driver in a car or a boat. When I have a bad day or week (which is currently happening), I hop on the bike and it's amazing---your problems disappear (for the moment). I was taught to ride by a guy I was supposed to marry who was a motorcross racer, but it didn't work out. I was a young stupid kid then and if I continued that way I would have surely been a statistic. My husband, Darrell, suggested I learn the right way all over again. I enrolled in a course. I had the most incredible teacher who did not make fun of me or get angry during class and was very patient. I am 5'3" and weigh about 100 pounds---pretty small to hold up a Harley. He saw I was determined and cheered me on. Long after, when I had my accident he went over with me on how it happened, never ridiculing, but still teaching. I wouldn't have been hurt had I had on my proper riding gear. This one person, my teacher, Daniel David Jorasz was killed on his bike this past week, riding the right way. A b@#ch lost control of her car trying to avoid a ladder, spun her car around on the freeway and hit Dan ("Double D") head on, he was killed instantly. Proper riding attire didn't matter, though. Please, if you drive a car avoid driving with a cell phone attached to your ear or under the influence or any other distractions, you never know what could happen and you could kill an innocent person. Also, respect and look out for motorcycles they share the road too...

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"We Need to Make More Movies Like Dr. Doolittle"

If you haven't seen Easy Rider... you should. It is a great movie. It is a bit dated now but it is still a legendary flick. I am a motorcyclist and I grew up with this movie. Most people that have seen it already will love this DVD version. But what I wanted to talk about is the added documentary Easy Rider: Shaking The Cage. This alone is worth the price of the DVD. I would have bought it and paid full price just to see Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Luke Askew and the rest of the people involved talk about the movie, how it was thought up and how it was done from beginning to end. I loved this documentary and have watched it about 10 times. Peter Fonda and Hopper alone are just great and it is cool watching these guys now in their 60's talking about making this movie.

Easy Rider: Shaking The Cage... make sure you watch this if you get this DVD. It is AWESOME.

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Woodstuck!

I have loved this film since it was first released and began playing at drive-ins all over America back in the 60s. The teaming of Peter Fonda (his top film), Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson was pure brillance in casting.

The story is about two free spirits who score a big dope/cash connection in Mexico and then head east, cross-country on their chopper motorcycles, for New Orleans where they intend to celebrate Mardi Gras with the masses. Along the way, they encounter all manner of people and societies including poor Mexican families, hippies in a commune, really mean rednecks, and many more.

The larger theme here is the perceived freedom of the sixties, which turns out at every intersection to be little more than a fantasy. But I need to say right here that the filmscore for this movie represents one of the top Classic Rock albums of the 20th Century. Jimi Hendrix, Steppenwolf.... need I say more?

The top performance in this film, no question, was by Jack Nicholson who plays a drunken, seedy, small-town lawyer who throws caution to the wind and permanently forsakes his small-town life to ride with the boys to Mardi Gras, his pilgrammage of sorts.

If you have any interest whatever in the 60s, in rock music, or in the sociology of the free-love society, you really cannot afford to miss this incredible art-film. It's just superb!

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Easy Rider

I bought it because my brother was coming to visit and it was a big hit when we were kids. I thought it would be a very pleasant "blast to the past" for the two of us.
The DVD was flawless and the movie is STILL and Classic.

30 something years later.....

the movie was just about as I remembered. I purchased it simply out of nostalgia, the extra music CD was a nice perk, and it was as entertaining as I expected it to be. I figure I got what I paid for.

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