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Easy Rider, Blu-ray (1969/2016)

by Audiophile Audition | May 11, 2016 | DVD & Blu-ray Video Reviews

The road movie to own if you don’t own any others at all. Easy Rider, Blu-ray (1969/2016) Cast: Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Karen Black, Jack Nicholson Director: Dennis Hopper Director of Cinemaphotography: Laszlo Kovacs Studio: Columbia/ The Criterion Collection 545 (5/3/16) Video: 1.85:1 for 16:9 full screen color 1080p color & 16 mm color Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 & 2.0 & original mono Music by Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan, Steppenwolf, The Byrds, The Moody Blues, The Youngbloods, The Band, Jimi Hendrix & others Extras: Two commentary tracks – one by Hopper and one by Hopper & Peter Fonda and prod. manager Paul Lewis, “Born To Be Wild,” “Shaking the Cage (1999) – two documentaries on the making of the film, Excerpts of Hopper & Fonda at Cannes Film Festival, New interview with BBD cofounder Steve Blauner, Theatrical trailers, Printed booklet with essay by Matt Zuller Seitz Length: 95 min. Rating: ***** Difficult-to-handle Dennis Hopper was right in having much of the film’s dialogue being improvised off the cuff. The young Jack Nicholson is absolutely hilarious as the ACLU attorney thrown in the clink with the two drug-dealing hippies. You’ll never experience “in all walks of life” the same way […]