Easy Rider part of Easy Rider

Easy Rider
part of Easy Rider

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  • Genre: Cult
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Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who travel through the American Southwest and South after selling a large score of cocaine. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood era of filmmaking during the early 1970s. The film was added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 1998. 
 
A landmark counterculture film, and a "touchstone for a generation" that "captured the national imagination", Easy Rider explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise and fall of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. In Easy Rider, real drugs were used in scenes showing the use of marijuana and other substances.

Pop Culture Connections - Outgoing

It plays these songs...

Born to be Wild
performed by Steppenwolf

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  • Type: Song
This Song is played in Easy Rider part of Easy Rider

Do Your Ears Hang Low?
performed by Traditional

This Song is played in Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
Sung at the commune

The Weight
performed by Smith

This Song is played in Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
The Band's version of "The Weight" is used in the movie itself, but this cover by Smith was used on the soundtrack album due to contractual issues.

The Weight
performed by The Band

This Song is played in Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
The Band's version of "The Weight" is used in the movie itself, but a cover was used on the soundtrack album due to contractual issues.

Pop Culture Connections - Incoming

It is referred to by these television commercials...

Mercedes-Benz Commercial for Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster and Super Bowl LI 2017

This Television Commercial refers to Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
There are multiple references to this film in the ad

Nespresso Commercial

This Television Commercial refers to Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
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It is parodied by these television episodes...

Bob's Burgers:
Season:  3  / Episode:  1 
Ear-sy Rider

This Television Episode parodies Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
The title of this episode is a parody of the film title 'Easy Rider'.

It is referred to by these television episodes...

Entourage:
Season:  3  / Episode:  10 
I Wanna Be Sedated

This Television Episode refers to Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
Bob Ryan is supposedly one of the producers of Easy Rider. He told Eric that he locked the writer in his bathroom with a handful of (magic) mushrooms, and a week later he had written the movie.

Justified:
Season:  4  / Episode:  5 
Kin

This Television Episode refers to Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
Ava tells Johnny, "Johnny, I don't mind you playing 'Easy Rider' but don't tell me how to run my girls".

The Office:
Season:  3  / Episode:  15 
Phyllis' Wedding

This Television Episode refers to Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
Michael continues with his wedding toast, telling the guests that back in high school, Phyllis' nickname was 'Easy Rider'.

The King of Queens:
Season:  2  / Episode:  1 
Queasy Rider

This Television Episode refers to Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
The title (and the topic of motorcycles) is a reference to Easy Rider.

Bob's Burgers:
Season:  5  / Episode:  9 
Speakeasy Rider

This Television Episode refers to Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
The title of this episode is a parody of the film titled, 'Easy Rider'.

It is parodied by these movies...

Starsky & Hutch

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This Movie parodies Easy Rider part of Easy Rider
The scene in S&H that plays "The Weight" by The Band is a parody of a scene from "Easy Rider" that also uses the song.
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Easy Rider

 

The Bernie Mac Show:
Season:  3  / Episode:  15 
Easy Rider


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