New American Cinema: "Easy Rider," Dennis Hopper

Easy Rideris a 1969 American independent road drama film; written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, andTerry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikerswho travel through the American Southwest and South, carrying the proceeds from a cocaine deal. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood era of filmmaking during the early 1970s.

 A landmark counterculture film, and a "touchstone for a generation" that "captured the national imagination,"Easy Rider" explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions towards adolescents in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise of the; hippie;movement,drug use, and communal lifestyle.  Real drugs were used in scenes showing the use of marijuana and other substances.

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