Easy rider

Easy rider

DVD - 2016

Two motorcyclists travel across the U.S. in search of the real America.

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Subjects
Motorcyclists > Drama.
Hippies > Drama.
Drug traffic > Drama.
Hallucinogenic drugs > Drama.
Violence > Drama.
Conflict of generations > Drama.
Social history > 1960-1970 > Drama.
Road films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2016]
Language
English
Other Authors
Dennis Hopper, 1936-2010 (film director), Peter Fonda, 1939- (actor), Terry Southern (-)
Edition
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition, widescreen
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Widescreen (1.85:1).
Special features: Two audio commentaries; Born to be wild (1995) and Easy Rider: Shaking the cage (1999); television excerpts showing Hopper and Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969; interview from 2010 with BBS Productions co-founder Steve Blauner; theatrical trailers; essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1); monaural.
Audience
Rating: R.
Production Credits
Photography, László Kovács ; editor, Donn Cambern ; consultant, Henry Jaglom.
ISBN
9781681431451
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

A quartet of films from Columbia Pictures-two from Hollywood's Golden Age and two from the postglory era of the studio system-get the Criterion treatment. A small-time airline operator (Cary Grant) excels with brave fliers but plays hard to get with a spirited woman (Jean Arthur) smitten with him in Only Angels Have Wings (1939). Columbia's biggest star in the 1940s, Rita Hayworth shines in Gilda (1946), as a femme fatale in a love triangle with a rough-and-tumble gambler (Glenn Ford) and a jealous casino operator (George Macready). A superb adaptation of Truman Capote's "nonfiction novel," In Cold Blood (1967) vividly traces the murder spree of a pair of ex-convicts (Robert Blake, Scott Wilson) and their subsequent capture and execution. Easy Rider (1969) follows the road trip of two doper bikers (Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper) and the folks, including a civil liberties attorney (Jack Nicholson), they meet along the way. In a clear break from Columbia's past, Rider rode a wave of low-budget, counterculture films catering to younger audiences. VERDICT Digitally restored in high definition and supplemented by special features, all four movies offer substantial upgrades over their previous versions.-Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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