Hopper made his directorial film debut with Easy Rider (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s. In the next ten years he made a name in television, and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in several films. He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared alongside James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). ĭennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936) is an American actor, filmmaker, photographer and artist. They are arrested on some minor pretext by the local sheriff and. When they arrive at a diner in a small town, they are insulted by the local rednecks as weirdo degenerates. Even LSD turns sour when the trip is a bad one. The rancher they encounter and his Mexican wife are hard-pushed to make ends meet. The gentle hippie community who thank God for 'a place to stand' are living their own unreal dream. However Wyatt and Billy also discover people attempting 'alternative lifestyles' who are resisting this narrow-mindedness, there is always a question mark over the future survival of these drop-out groups. On the journey they encounter bigotry and hatred from small-town communities who despise and fear their non-conformism. Two young "hippie" bikers, Wyatt and Billy sell some dope in Southern California, stash their money away in their gas-tank and set off for a trip across America, on their own personal odyssey looking for a way to lead their lives.
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