Easy Rider

Easy rider is a 1969 road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern. This movie conveys 2 bikers riding through the southwest with the goal of asserting their freedom. Fonda and Hopper play the role of the 2 free spirited adventurous bikers throughout the film that embark on this journey across the country. They are two free spirited hippies who start out by smuggling cocaine into Los Angeles from Mexico. They make a lot of money with this and head south to New Orleans with hope to make it their in time for Marci gras. During their trip down there they come across a couple glitches in the road. One being picking up a hitch hiker and taking him to his commune where they stay for a day. Once they leave this place they continue on their journey where they get arrested for "parading without a permit" and thrown in jail. Here is where they meet George a lawyer and local drunk who helps them out of jail and continues onto New Orelans with them. They persuade him into smoking marijuana. And then attempt to draw attention to themselves in a local restaurant. Pissing off the locals they came to their camp that night and assaulted them resulting in the death of George. They continue onto New Orleans to the brothel George wanted to go to where they meet two girls and all 4 of them do LSD together. They continue on to their trio to Florida where they hope to retire wealthy. But on the way their they encounter some rednecks who end up killing Wyatt. This time frame of films seemed to be really big on hippies and drug use which is a little different than today in my opinion. People take drug use more siously now I feel like and that's why it is not portrayed as much in movies as it used to be.