![]() Then Came Bronson (1969) was a concurrent cultural-dropout-rides-a-Harley-and-searches-for-America film. There also was The Wild Angels (1966), in which Peter Fonda plays the leader of the Hells Angels, and Hells Angels on Wheels (1967), in which a poet (Jack Nicholson) joins the Hells Angels. Sixteen years prior to Easy Rider, there was The Wild One (1953), in which two motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town. Maybe so, but it wasn't the first to feature misunderstood motorcyclists. contact: The Pusher performed by Steppenwolf They set out on their trip to New Orleans: Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf The pick up the hitchhiker: Wasn't Born to Follow by The Byrds and The Weight by The Band The Gorilla Theatre is performing at the commune: Let Your Hair Hang Low and She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain When She Comes Wyatt and Billy go skinny-dipping with the two girls from the commune: Wasn't Born to Follow by The Byrds, repeated When Wyatt and Billy are traveling with George Hanson: If You Want to Be a Bird by The Holy Modal Rounders, Don't Bogart Me by Fraternity of Man, and If 6 Were 9 by Jimi Hendrix Experience When Wyatt, Billy, and George enter the cafe in Franklin, LA: Let's Turkey Trot by Little Eva on the jukebox Just after George is murdered: Kyrie Eleison by The Electric Prunes When Wyatt, Billy, Mary, and Karen decide to go out and join the Mardi Gras celebration: When the Saints Go Marching In by the street band When Wyatt and Billy have left New Orleans and are headed for Florida: Flash, Bam, Pow by The Electric Flag and It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) by Bob Dylan As the closing credits roll: The Ballad of Easy Rider by Roger McGuinnĮasy Rider was released in 1969 and is sometimes credited with being the film that changed the movie genre. Wyatt and Billy have finished selling the dope to their L.A. In the final shot, the bike is lying at the side of the road, on fire. Wyatt's bike flies into the air and explodes into flames. The rednecks see Wyatt coming and fire a shot at him, too. Wyatt doubles back, covers Billy's wounds with his jacket, and goes for help. Unfortunately, it hits Billy in the gut and he goes flying off his bike, landing at the side of the road. "Why don't you get a haircut!" the guy says and he pops off a shot at Billy. They pull up alongside Billy and make a nasty comment to which Billy gives them the finger. "Let's scare the hell out of them," one of the guys says. The next day, they're tooling down highway 105, just outside of Krotz Springs, LA, when a pickup truck with two rednecks and a shotgun come driving by. As they sit around the campfire, Billy comments, "We've done it.we're rich, man.you go for the big money, man, and then you're free", Wyatt replies, "You know, Billy, we blew it," and he then goes to sleep. ![]() Wyatt seems to be a bit down, but Billy is riding high (in more ways than one). Day 6: They arrive in New Orleans where they have a nice dinner and pay a visit to Madame Tinkerbell's whorehouse where they are introduced to two hookers, Mary ( Toni Basil) and Karen ( Karen Black).Īfter spending two days at the Mardi Gras festival, Wyatt and Billy push on to Florida. During the night, they are attacked and George is murdered. Unfortunately, the rednecks are brutal to them, so they move on. Day 5: They pass through Morganza, Louisiana and try to get a bite to eat at a cafe. That night, the three of them set up a camp together, and Wyatt and Billy introduce George to the pleasures of smoking grass. Day 4: George decides to ride along with them when they hit the road again. Driving through Las Vegas, New Mexico, they are arrested for "parading without a license." They spend the night in jail where they meet the drunken lawyer, George Hanson. Day 3: The next day they arrive at a hippie commune, staying long enough to have a bite to eat of the commune's scarce food supply. They set out again, and pick up a hitchhiker ( Luke Askew) on his way back to his commune. ![]() When Wyatt's tire goes flat, they stop at a ranch to fix it and end up staying for dinner. Day 2: Wyatt wakes up Billy, and they're on their way. ![]() That night, they try to get a room at a roadside motel, but the owner flashes a "No Vacancy" sign, so they end up camping out. and cross over the Colorado River into Arizona. Following is a day by day account of their trip: Day 1: Wyatt and Billy leave L.A. It's hard to be certain, but it you follow the chronology of the movie, i.e., assuming that each day and night are consecutive to both the previous and the next ones, it took them six days.
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