Editing Easy Rider (section)

{{Short description|1969 film by Dennis Hopper}}
{{About|the film|other uses|Easy Rider (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use American English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Easy Rider
| image          = EasyRider.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Dennis Hopper]]
| writer         = {{plainlist|
* [[Peter Fonda]]
* Dennis Hopper
* [[Terry Southern]]
}}
| producer       = Peter Fonda
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* Peter Fonda
* Dennis Hopper
* [[Jack Nicholson]]
}}
| cinematography = [[László Kovács (cinematographer)|László Kovács]]
| editing        = {{plainlist|
* [[Donn Cambern]]
* [[Henry Jaglom]]{{efn|Credited as "Editorial Consultant".<ref name=biskind/>}}
}}
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* The Pando Company
* [[Raybert Productions]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1969|05|12|[[1969 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|1969|07|14|New York City}}
| runtime        = 96 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $360,000–$400,000<ref name=BudgetCitations/>
| gross          = $60 million<ref name="box office"/>
}}
'''''Easy Rider''''' is a 1969 American [[Road movie|road]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written by [[Peter Fonda]], [[Dennis Hopper]], and [[Terry Southern]]. It was produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two [[motorcycling|biker]]s who travel through the [[Southwest United States|American Southwest]] and the [[Southern United States|South]], carrying money made from a [[cocaine]] deal. Other actors in the film include [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Karen Black]], and [[Toni Basil]]. The success of ''Easy Rider'' helped spark the [[New Hollywood]] era of filmmaking during the early 1970s.

A landmark [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] film, and a "touchstone for a generation" which "captured the national imagination," ''Easy Rider'' explores the [[societal]] landscape, issues, and tensions towards [[adolescents]] in the United States during the 1960s including the rise of the [[hippie]] movement, [[recreational drug use|drug use]], and [[Intentional community|communal]] lifestyle.<ref name="boingboing">{{cite news|title = Peter Fonda's Easy Rider auction |last=Pescovitz |first=David |website = Boing Boing| date = 2007-09-16| url = http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/16/peter-fondas-easy-ri.html| access-date = 2008-10-18 }}</ref><ref name="post-dispatch">{{cite news| title = Born to be a classic: "Easy Rider" was a touchstone for a generation and for American filmmaking | newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]| date = 2001-07-29| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED904BFDE2A32EA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D| access-date = 2008-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003101059/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED904BFDE2A32EA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |archive-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref> Real drugs were used in scenes showing the use of marijuana and other substances.<ref name="Kiselyak" />

An [[Independent film|independent]] production,<ref name="cineflixindies">{{cite web |last=Gage |first=Clint |date=June 26, 2022 |title=The Top 10 Indie Movies of All Time: A Cinefix Movie List |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/best-independent-indie-movies-cinefix-list |website=IGN}}</ref><ref name="poppulp">{{cite magazine |date=July 3, 2014 |title=Great U.S. Indie Films: 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' to 'Pulp Fiction' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/declaration-of-independents-the-30-greatest-american-indie-films-19373/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> the film was released by [[Columbia Pictures]] on July 14, 1969, and earned $60 million worldwide compared to a modest filming budget of $400,000.<ref name=BudgetCitations/><ref name="box office"/> Critics have praised the performances, directing, writing, soundtrack, and visuals. It received two [[Academy Awards]] nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] (Jack Nicholson). In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "[[cultural]]ly, historically, or [[aesthetic]]ally significant".<ref name="Registry">{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |website=Library of Congress|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref>