EASY RIDER 1969

The original title of the film was "The Loners"

Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack

Nicholson were actually smoking marijuana

on camera. LSD, however, was not actually

used during the acid scene, as Fonda has stated.

During Jack Nicholson's "UFO" speech, Dennis

Hopper was intent on getting him very stoned on

marijuana. The laughing that eventually broke up

his speech was not planned, and when Nicholson

repeats the line "it . . . it . . .

would be devastating . . . " it was the next take.

Captain America's (Peter Fonda's) chopper

was so "squirrely" to ride that at one point

Jack Nicholson (who was on the back) squeezed

his knees on Fonda's side to balance himself

and broke one of Fonda's ribs.

Billy Bike

FRANKLIN Harley-Davidson [B11XN65]

Capitan America

FRANKLIN MINT Harley-Davidson [B11WL73]

Both the Captain America bike and the Billy Bike

were designed and built by an African-American

bike builder named Ben Hardy.

It was one of the first films to make extensive

use of previously released musical tracks

rather than a specially written film score.

This is common with films now but was

quite unusual at the time.

Easy Rider Documentary:

Shaking the Cage