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About this Item

Title

  • Easy rider

Summary

  • Two motorcyclists embark on a coast-to-coast odyssey in search of the real U.S. They encounter hippies and prostitutes, make friends with an alcoholic small town lawyer, take drugs, and are harassed and attacked by rednecks.

Names

  • Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010, direction, writing, cast.
  • Fonda, Peter, 1940-2019, production, writing, cast.
  • Southern, Terry, writing.
  • Nicholson, Jack, cast.
  • Raybert Productions, Inc.
  • Pando Company.
  • Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
  • RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm)
  • Coca-Cola Company Collection (Library of Congress)
  • LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Columbia Pictures, 1969 ; United States : Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981 ; United States : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983.

Headings

  • -  Motorcyclists--Drama
  • -  Hippies--Drama
  • -  Hallucinogenic drugs--Drama
  • -  Violence--United States--Drama
  • -  Conflict of generations--Drama
  • -  Social history--1960-1970--Drama

Genre

  • Videodiscs
  • Road films
  • Buddy films
  • Social problem films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP36999 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Raybert Productions, Inc.; 1Jul69; LP36999.
  • -  Copyright notice on videocassette box: Raybert Productions, Inc. ; 1969.
  • -  Copyright notice on videocassette box: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ; 1981.
  • -  Copyright notice on videodisc jacket for artwork and design: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Inc. ; 1983.
  • -  Associate producer, William Hayward ; executive producer, Bert Schneider.
  • -  Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Luana Anders, Luke Askew, Toni Basil, Karen Black, Warren Finnerty, Sabrina Scharf, Robert Walker.
  • -  Reissue dates from copyright notices on videocassette box and videodisc jacket.
  • -  On disc jacket: VLD3140.
  • -  Theatrical projection print was acquired for LC's National Film Preservation Tour, featuring titles from the National Film Registry.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Sources used: videocassette box; videodisc jacket;; Internet movie database.
  • -  Received: 10/29/1990; viewing copy (cassette); gift; Coca-Cola Company Collection.
  • -  Received: ca. 1984; viewing copy (disc); purchase; LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  Received: 4/28/1971; viewing print; copyright deposit; Copyright Collection.
  • -  Received: 10/2001; theatrical projection print; gift; Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection.
  • -  Not viewed; updated by qu26; updated by qu22 in 2007.

Medium

  • viewing copy. 1 videocassette of 1 (Beta) (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
  • viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1 (optical) (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
  • viewing print. 10 film reels of 10 on 5 (ca. 95 min., ca. 8,550 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.
  • theatrical projection print. 10 film reels of 10 on 5 (ca. 95 min., ca. 8,550 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VAC 9210 (viewing copy)
  • DAA 1289 (viewing copy)
  • FGC 5896-5900 (viewing print)
  • CQA 1810-1814 (theatrical projection print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 93509638

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Southern, Terry, Writing, Jack Nicholson, Inc Raybert Productions, Pando Company, Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, Rca/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Coca-Cola Company Collection, Lc Purchase Collection, Copyright Collection, and Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection. Easy Rider. directeds by Hopper, Dennis, Ection, Writing, Cast, produceds by Fonda, Peter, Uction, Writing, Cast United States: Columbia Pictures, ; United States: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981 ; United States: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983, 1983. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/93509638/.

APA citation style:

Southern, T., Nicholson, J., Raybert Productions, I., Pando Company, Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, Rca/Columbia Pictures Home Video [...] Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection. (1983) Easy Rider. Hopper, D., dir, Fonda, P., prod United States: Columbia Pictures, ; United States: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981 ; United States: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/93509638/.

MLA citation style:

Southern, Terry, Writing, et al. Easy Rider. dir by Hopper, Dennis, Ection, Writing, Cast, prod by Fonda, Peter, Uction, Writing, Cast United States: Columbia Pictures, ; United States: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981 ; United States: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1983, 1983. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/93509638/>.