In episode #9 we discuss Dennis Hopper's directorial debut: Easy Rider. Wyatt and Billy are two bikers with an anti-establishment lifestyle. After netting a big score in a drug deal, the two friends set off on a cross-country journey where they'll experience the best and worst that society has to offer.
SHOWNOTESEasy Rider - Criterion Collection
Directed by Dennis Hopper
Written by Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Terry Southern
Notable Cast:
Dennis Hopper - Billy
Peter Fonda - Wyatt
Jack Nicholson - George (young Jack Nicholson looks similar to Walter Goggins known for Justified and Vice Principals)
Family Connections:
Peter Fonda (Henry’s son)
Bridget Fonda (Peter’s daughter)
Jane Fonda (Henry’s daughter)
Henry Fonda (was featured in episode #1: 12 Angry Men)
American Chopper was a television documentary series that aired on the Discovery Channel
Top Gear (BBC) aired an episode (series 9 - episode #3) where the hosts had a dangerous encounter in the American south.
Training Day (starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke) was another movie with a weird drug scene.
Requiem for a Dream was another movie with many weird drug scenes.
Mad Men (season 5 episode 6 - Far Away Places) featured Roger and Jane Sterling take LSD
Trail Magic is a hiking tradition of doing charity unto others
Music that we mention (not necessarily in the movie):
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Wasn’t Born to Follow - The Byrds
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band
Slow Ride - Foghat (written in 1975)
Product placements:
Jim Beam
Enco Gas
Coca-Cola
Pepsi Co
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Budweiser
Citgo
CAT
Episode #7: Badlands
Episode #6: The Royal Tenenbaums
Episode #5: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Episode #4: Brazil
Episode #3: Harold and Maude
Episode #2: The Big Chill
Episode #1: 12 Angry Men
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