EASY RIDER (1969) - [35mm]

Name: EASY RIDER (1969) - [35mm]
Start: 2025-05-17T19:30:00+01:00
Location: The Regent

Sat, 17 May, 2025 at 07:30 pm UTC+01:00

The Regent | Christchurch

Publisher/HostDirt In The Gate Movies

share

One of the first films of its kind, a ritualistic experience and viewed (often repeatedly) by youthful audiences in the late 1960s as a reflection of their realistic hopes of liberation and fears of the establishment.
The film's tagline of "A man went looking for America and couldn't find it anywhere" transcended moviedom. Once called The Loners, Dennis Hopper co-wrote, directed, and starred in the Oscar-nominated biker flick about two men riding motorcycles from Los Angeles to New Orleans to Florida during the tumult of the Vietnam-era '60s. Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson also starred, and Fonda co-wrote the script with Terry Southern and Hopper, and produced it.
With a budget of well under $1 million, the 1969 guerrilla film went on to gross more than $60 million worldwide; it has been referred to as "the definitive counterculture blockbuster."
After filming finished in 1968, it took Hopper a year to edit 80 hours of footage, which included scenes of real drug use, and a jaw-dropping conclusion. Despite a difficult shoot, it launched the prosperous New Hollywood period of moviemaking and ignited a revolution in cinema.
Dirt In The Gate Movies are delighted to bring EASY RIDER to The Regent on 35mm Film.