Director and Movie Star Dennis Hopper sits for a chat with film critic Bahman Maghsoudlou and at the Tehran International Film Festival in Iran. (circa 1970’s)
Photo courtesy: Bahman Maghsoudlou ifvc.com
Easy Rider was the Cult Movie of the late 60’s and won the Golden Laurel for Best film at Cannes in 1970 with a Gold Laurel for Jack Nicholson for the best male performance in a supporting role.
Easy Rider – Original Trailer 1969:
Easy Rider Star’s Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper chat over Marijuana and UFO’s in a scene from the cult 1969 movie:
The Byrds – I Wasn’t Born To Follow (Easy Rider):
Plot:
Two hippie partners and friends Wyatt and Billy buy drugs in Mexico and deal in Los Angeles, raising money to travel to the Mardi Grass in New Orleans in their bikes. They cross their country disclosing a period of counterculture and intolerance through spectacular landscapes.
Related Blogs:
BOOK: Grass Untold Stories by Bahman Maghsoudlou
MES CAHIERS: Gregory Peck and Film Critic Bahman Maghsoudlou (1970’s)
Recommended Reading:
Sultan of My Heart:Monika Jalili and Noorsaaz’s remembrance of things past…by Darius KADIVAR
By Parisa Defaie
By Darius KADIVAR
