‘Easy Rider’ rides again on TCM
Several pictures are cited as having changed the face of film in the late 1960s, and one of them surely is “Easy Rider.” Turner Classic Movies presents the largely motorcycle-based 1969 drama Friday, Jan. 21, with Peter Fonda and director, co-writer (along with Fonda and Terry Southern) and co-star Dennis Hopper playing bikers and drug smugglers who set out on an odyssey from California to New Orleans after scoring a very profitable deal.
En route, they encounter a lawyer (Jack Nicholson, who was elevated from supporting roles to stardom by his work here) who decides to accompany them to Mardi Gras — but trouble lies ahead for them, even if they manage to reach their destination.