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Synopsis: Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some dope 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 for a way to lead their lives. On the journey they encounter bigotry and hatred from small-town communities who despise and fear their non-conformism. However Wyatt and Billy also discover people attempting 'alternative lifestyles' who are resisting this narrow-mindedness, there is always a question mark over the future survival of these drop-out groups. The gentle hippie community who thank God for 'a place to stand' are living their own unreal dream. The rancher they encounter and his Mexican wife are hard-pushed to make ends meet. Even LSD turns sour when the trip is a bad one. Death comes to seem the only freedom. When they arrive at a diner in a small town, they are insulted by the local rednecks as weirdo degenerates. They are arrested on some minor pretext by the local sheriff and t
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Director(s): Dennis Hopper
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
86
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
1969
95 min
3,501 Views


You just gotta be more careful.

Well, Pat, that'd be real good if the

powers that be wouldn't hear about this.

I mean, the old man hasn't been

feeling too good. You know what I mean?

Well, now, George, you know

we won't tell your dad about that.

- Isn't that right, Bob?

- Right.

Well...

what do you say we take a look

at these super machines...

we've been hearing so much about?

Let's get it on.

- Thanks a lot, Bob.

- Sure. See you later.

I'll take care of it later.

All right, Carl.

Thanks a million.

Say hello to the missus for me.

Here's the first of the day, fellas.

To old D.H. Lawrence.

Indians!

Thank you.

You know...

I must have started off

to Mardi Gras...

six or seven times.

Never got further than the state line.

Governor of Louisiana give me this.

"Madame Tinkertoy's

House of Blue Lights.

Corner of Bourbon and Toulouse,

New Orleans, Louisiana."

Now, this is supposed to be

the finest whorehouse in the South.

These ain't no pork chops.

These are U.S. prime.

Out of sight, man.

Oh, I'd like to get over there.

How long did you boys say

it was gonna take you to get down there?

- About two or three days.

- Two or three days? Is that right?

Oh, boy, I sure wish

I was going with you.

Yeah?

You got a helmet?

Oh, I've got a helmet.

I got a beauty!

Well, old buddy, I never thought

I'd ever see you again.

You know I threw this thing away

one week ago.

My mother, of all people, retrieved it.

I can't understand that.

She didn't even want me

to play football.

Always afraid

I was gonna get hurt.

And 12 years later,

I find it on my pillow...

with a note

pinned next to it saying...

"Save this for your son."

Fire.

Do this instead.

Oh, no, thanks. I got some store-bought

right over here of my own.

No, man, this is grass.

You mean marijuana?

Yeah.

Lord, have mercy.

Is that what that is?

Let me see that.

Marijuana, hmm.

Light it up.

Oh, no, no.

I couldn't do that.

I mean, I've got enough problems

with the booze and all.

I mean, I can't afford

to get hooked.

You won't get hooked.

Yeah, well, I know,

but it leads to harder stuff.

Except y-you say it's all right?

Well, all right, then.

H-How do I do it?

Here.

That's got

a real nice taste to it.

Though I don't suppose

it'll do me much good.

I mean, I'm so used

to the booze and everything.

You've got to hold it

in your lungs longer, George.

Oh, wow!

What... was that, man?

What the hell was that, man?

Huh?

No... Hey, man, wow.

I was watching this object.

Like the satellite that we saw

the other night.

It was going right across

the sky, and then...

I mean, it just suddenly...

It just changed direction

and went whizzing right off, man.

- It flashed...

- You're stoned out of your mind.

Yeah, like, I'm stoned,

you know, man...

but I saw a satellite, man...

and it was going

across the sky...

and it flashed

three times at me...

and zigzagged

and whizzed off, man.

And I saw it.

That was a UFO

beamin' back at you.

Me and Eric was down in Mexico

two weeks ago.

We seen 40 of 'em

flyin' in formation.

They have got bases

all over the world now.

They been comin' here

ever since 1946...

when the scientists first started

bouncin' radar beams off of the moon...

and they have been livin' and workin'

among us in vast quantities ever since.

The government

knows all about 'em.

What are you talkin', man?

You just seen one of 'em,

didn't you?

Hey, man,

I saw something, man...

but I didn't see it working here,

you know what I mean?

Well, they are people

just like us...

from within

our own solar system...

except that their society

is more highly evolved.

They don't have no wars.

They got no monetary system.

They don't have any leaders

because each man is a leader.

I mean, each man...

Because of their technology...

they are able to feed, clothe,

house and transport themselves...

equally and with no effort.

Wow.

Well, you know something, man?

You wanna know what I think?

I think this is a crackpot idea!

That's what I think.

How 'bout that?

How 'bout a little of that?

I think it's a crackpot idea!

If they're so smart...

why don't they reveal themselves to us

and get it over with?

"Why don't they reveal themselves

to us?" is because if they did...

it would cause a general panic.

Now, we still have leaders...

upon whom we rely

for the release of this information.

These leaders have decided...

to repress this information

because of the tremendous shock...

that it would cause

to our antiquated systems.

Now, the result of this has been

that the Venusians...

have contacted people

at all walks of life.

All walks of life.

Yes.

It would be a devastatin' blow

to our antiquated systems.

So now Venusians are meeting

with people in all walks of life...

in an advisory capacity.

For once, man will have

a godlike control...

over his own destiny.

He will have a chance

to transcend and to evolve...

with some equality for all.

How's your joint, George?

Oh, my, I believe it went out.

I got to talkin' so much

I clean forgot about it.

Went out.

Save it. We'll do it tomorrow morning,

first thing, all right?

Gives you a whole new way

of looking at the day.

I sure could use that.

Yes, I sure could use

a little of that.

Don't Bogart that joint,

my friend

Pass it over to me

Don't Bogart that joint,

my friend

Pass it over to me

Roll another one

Just like the other one

You've been hanging on to it

And I sure would like a hit

Yeah

Sing a song, brother

If the sun refused to shine

I don't mind

I don't mind

If the mountains

fell in the sea

Let it be

It ain't me

Got my own world to live through

And I ain't gonna copy you

Now if a 6 turned out to be 9

Oh, I don't mind

I don't mind

If all the hippies

Cut off all their hair

I don't care

Oh, I don't care

Dig, 'cause I got my own world

to live through and I...

What the hell is this?

Troublemakers?

You name it, and I'll

throw rocks at it, Sheriff.

Y'all,

check what just walked in.

Ooh, I like the one

in the red shirt with the suspenders.

The white shirt's for me.

Look how tuff

those black pants are.

We're in the establishment now,

aren't we, gentlemen?

- What did you say?

- I said...

I just can't believe it.

What are they doin' here?

- Look at the teeth around his neck.

- Did they drive up on motorcycles?

They know we're talkin' about 'em.

They're lookin' over here.

Hot damn.

I'll tell you.

I'll order kidneys, 'cause I

left mine out on the road somewhere.

I don't know,

but I like his hair.

I like his eyes.

See that little girl

right over there in the corner?

Don't look too close at her...

because the sheriff's

right over there.

Check that one

with the long hair.

I checked him. Might have to bring him

up to the Hilton before it's over with.

I think she's cute.

Isn't she? Guess we'll put 'em in

a woman's cell, don't you reckon?

I think we oughta put 'em in a cage

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Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, younger brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda (by first wife Susan Brewer, stepdaughter of Noah Dietrich). Fonda was a part of the counterculture of the 1960s.He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Easy Rider (1969), and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ulee's Gold (1997). For the latter, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Fonda also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999). more…

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