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Motorcycles did not always look like hornets with scoliosis-stricken drivers making sweet love to the gas tank.

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.

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 ...

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.

Inspired American black-humorist, beat-era social rebel. Still from Easy Rider , co-written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern.

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.

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 .

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 ...

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.

Missouri State High School Softball semi-finals between Platte County and Notre Dame on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 in St.

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 ...

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.

An iconic film from the 1960s, "Easy Rider" , leads this week's list of new Blu-ray releases.

In the 1969 film "Easy Rider," two motorcyclists go looking for America, and can't find it anywhere.

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.

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 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.

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.