Director: Dennis Hopper

Year Released: 1969

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson

A landmark in American film history, Easy Rider captured the restless and angry energy of a youth culture that turned to alternative lifestyles as a means of escape, while at the same time exposing the discord and hatred that separated generations. Cast as outlaws in a modern landscape, Wyatt, aka “Captain America,” and Billy — imagined by the screenwriters as incarnations of Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid — ride their piston-powered steeds across the South, hoping to reach New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras.

THE MOTORCYCLE USED: Four used cop bikes — Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glides — were turned into “choppers” by Cliff Vaughns and Ben Hardy: two were built as emergency-replacement bikes.

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