Antonio Mendoza, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some drugs in Southern California, stash their money away in their gas-tank and set off for a trip across America, on their own personal odyssey looking...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 7, 1999
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October 10, 2009I was utterly surprised by this film. I was expecting nothing more than some short scenes of our now-infamous actors smoking marijuana followed by trippy Willy Wonka scenes . Oddly, this did occur, but this film was much more than that. This film should be shown in every American...( read more)
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September 30, 2009The daddy of all independent films. I think I have more admiration for this film than any other although I found the story a little hard to swallow. Did people get killed for growing their hair long back in the late sixties? I know that's not the point of the film, I find the gen...( read more)
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January 23, 20091969 will forever be seen as a watershed year in history. You have Woodstock, the first time protests were very vocal in an American war, the almost certain election of Robert F. Kennedy who was making an Obama-like run to the Presidency before his assassination. And in films y...( read more)
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November 9, 2008"Born to be wild" great defining song. The definitive counter-cultural road movie. With the motorcycle-riding duo (Hopper and Fonda) across America to find the true hippie loving America. Nicholson steals the show as a drugo lawyer, leading to stardom in the 1970s. It could almo...( read more)
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November 18, 2009Definitely one of the best movies of its time. It's really experimental, but I think it captured the essence of America. You saw the beauty along with the ugly. The hostility brought upon two harmless men with long hair is frighteningly surreal. It just goes to show you how naive...( read more)
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November 17, 2009Someday i'll grab my bike and fall on the road, just like them. Awesome movie!
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November 15, 2009Film sulla libertà dell'uomo e sul modo di vivere la vita dal punto di vista di due giovani motociclisti. Un cult-movie sul sogno americano.
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October 30, 2009SPOILERS!
While this must have been amazing to watch in the 70's as 2 stoners travel around the countryside and basically do nothing but ruffle people's feathers; I just have no affinity for the movie whatsoever. They might be the cool icons for rebellion, but what happens when...( read more) -
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March 25, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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June 26, 2008George Hanson: "You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it."
Billy: "What the hell is wrong with freedom? That's what it's all about."
George Hanson: "Oh, yeah, that's right. That's what's it's all about, all right. But talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different things. I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em."
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February 2, 2008"No, man, like hey, man. Wow. I was watching this object man, li-like the satellite that we saw the other night, right? And, like, it was going right across the sky, man, and then... I mean it just suddenly, uh, it just changed direction and went whizzin right off, man. It flashed..."
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June 30, 2006This film was amazing. It's from people who were really part of the 60's drug scene so you know it's truthful. This is a truly timeless movie. I love it!
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