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TBR: 40 years after 'Easy Rider'
Motorcycles did not always look like hornets with scoliosis-stricken drivers making sweet love to the gas tank.
40 years later, 'Easy Rider' offers a timeless theme
It's been 40 years since Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper took to the open road in the seminal classic 'Easy Rider' , and, despite its age, the film still has resonance today.
Former Lake County youth scores in L.A.
When Baby Boomers hear the name Peter Fonda, one thing comes to mind: "Easy Rider." But for Gurnee native Brandon Tyler Russell, who was born more than a quarter century after Captain America and Billy entered the pop-culture world, a more recent motorcycle movie connection had to be made when he was cast with Fonda in the film "Smitty." Brandon ...
Hopper reflects on a remarkable life
Hollywood's consummate anti-hero Dennis Hopper, probably most famous for his role as a Harley Davidson-riding bikie in the seminal road movie Easy Rider, learned to ride on a motor scooter.
Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint - Terry Southern
Inspired American black-humorist, beat-era social rebel. Still from Easy Rider , co-written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern.
Jack Nicholson - Fonda: 'We Smoked Real Pot on Easy Rider'
Caption: Jack Nicholson and Paul Rudd on the film set of an untitled James L. Brooks Project at the Widener Office Building Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .... FONDA: 'WE SMOKED REAL POT ON EASY RIDER' JACK NICHOLSON, PETER FONDA and DENNIS HOPPER smoked real cannabis during a scene for movie classic EASY RIDER.
Dennis Hopper diagnosed with prostate cancer
The 73-year-old, who directed and acted in 1969's Easy Rider with Peter Fonda, has cancelled all forthcoming appointments, including a trip to Melbourne, Australia, for an exhibition titled Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood .
DVD picks: 'Z,' 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' and 'Easy Rider'
Two cutting-edge movies from the late 1960s and enough rock and roll for six parties constitute the home viewing week's platinum picks: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live * * * * out of four , 1986 forward, www.RockHallDvds.com/www.timelife.com, unrated, $120 Try 125 performances over a quarter-century on nine DVDs, including the rare concert that ...
'Spirits of the Dead' at Off-Center Theatre
Special to The Union Three of the most obscure but bone-chilling tales from the Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, are showcased in the acclaimed European fantasy-chiller "Spirits of the Dead," having its local premiere this Halloween weekend at the Off-Center Theatre at The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley.
Star Shots | Missouri State softball, Puerto Rico explosion, Easy...
Missouri State High School Softball semi-finals between Platte County and Notre Dame on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 in St.
Peter Fonda motors on 40 years after "Easy Rider"
Forty years ago, actor Peter Fonda flew down America's highways on a motorcycle in counterculture classic "Easy Rider." So what better way to celebrate the film's anniversary than with a bunch of bikers? On Friday, Fonda motored into the Southern California city of Glendale for an annual motorbike event called "Love Ride" where "Easy Rider" would ...
'Easy Rider' among new releases
A landmark independent production from 40 years ago gets a high-definition buff and leads off this look at movies that have arrived on DVD this week.
Hopper's Easy Rider' roars across the Blu-ray highway
An iconic film from the 1960s, "Easy Rider" , leads this week's list of new Blu-ray releases.
Delta Dental CEO gears up and travels the continent by motorcycle
In the 1969 film "Easy Rider," two motorcyclists go looking for America, and can't find it anywhere.
'Easy Rider' turns 40 with Blu-ray release
Here are highlights from the DVD release calendar. NEW ON DVD All release dates are subject to change.
The Craft Get primed for Halloween with The Craft on Blu-ray. This smart, satisfying horror favorite from 1996 stars Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True and Robin Tunney as nonconformist teenagers who form a witcha s coven to deal with their bullying classmates.
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, An Epilogue Makes History
A month after Matthew Shepard was murdered in Laramie, Wyoming in 1998, New York's Tectonic Theater Project trekked down there and conducted interviews with hundreds of locals - including those close to the family of the victim and perpetrators - to try and understand why such a horrific hate crime could have occurred.
Swiss parliamentarians back Polanski arrest
Swiss parliamentarians say the government acted correctly in ordering the arrest of Roman Polanski on a U.S. warrant for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Remembering a little film that rumbled into Hollywood and shook the town up
On the Road -- There are certain moments in history that are said to define a generation.
Some films captivate the zeitgeist of the American imagination so completely that they become instant cult favorites.
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