Writers: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America.
It is like a swan song for the hippie movement of the 60s. The film can be summed up in one conversation Jack Nicholson's character has with Dennis Hopper's Billy in which they talk about individual freedom and even those who understand it but don't/cannot practice it is afraid and dangerous when he encounters someone who does. This is what they find out when they travel through the middle redneck America. Jack Nicholson is amazing in a screen chewing performance.
Real marijuana was used for the drug use scenes and the film can be considered as landmark for independent films.
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