EASY RIDER (1969) Biker Dennis Hopper and and 41 similar items

Vintage original 11x14 in. US lobby card from the classic 1960's biker gang adventure drama EASY RIDER, released in 1969 by Columbia Pictures and directed by Dennis Hopper. Through the open country and desert lands, two bikers (Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) head from L.A to New Orleans and, along the way, meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap they are unaware of. The image features a very close shot of Billy (Dennis Hopper) talking with Karen (Karen Black). As indicated in the center of the bottom border, this is card #7 from the set of 8 lobby cards. It is unrestored in fine+ condition with a light 4.25 in. diagonal crease on the bottom right corner; light signs of wear on each corner; and the number "10" handwritten in pen in the bottom of the right border. There are no pinholes, tears, stains, or other flaws. Easy Rider was one of the first films to make extensive use of previously released musical tracks, rather than a specially written film score. This is common with films now, but was quite unusual at the time (the exception being The Beatles films and some other special cases). Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda did not write a full script for the movie and made most of it up as they went along. They didn't hire a crew, but instead picked-up hippies at communes across the country and used friends and passers-by to hold the cameras and were drunk and stoned most of the time. Fonda, Hopper, and Jack Nicholson were actually smoking marijuana on camera. LSD, however, was not actually used during the acid scene, as Fonda has stated. During Jack Nicholson's "UFO" speech, Hopper was intent on getting him very stoned on marijuana. The laughing that eventually broke up his speech was not planned, and when Nicholson repeats the line "it . . . it . . . would be devastating . . . " it was the next take. However, Jack Nicholson was largely able to stick to the script as written, much to the crew's amazement. This is stark contrast to the other cast members, who improvised most of their lines. Fonda wore the Captain America jacket and rode his chopper a week around Los Angeles before shooting began, to give them a broken-in look, and to get used to riding the radically designed bike. The American flag on the back of the jacket, and on the gas tank of the bike, caused him to be pulled over several times by the police.