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EASY RIDER
May 21, 2020  | By David Bianculli

Epix, 8:00 p.m. ET

 
Written and directed by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper (who also co-starred) and Terry Southern (who didn’t), this 1969 movie – Hopper directed it as well – exploded onto the scene as one of the instantly iconic movies of the Sixties. As a drama about the decade’s generation gap, and also the gaps between hawks vs. doves, rednecks vs. hippies and old vs. young, Easy Rider is about as blatant, and representative, as it gets. All that, and a young actor named Jack Nicholson, who’s along for the ride as well…
 
 
 
 
 
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