Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Please try again. This movie had positive reviews, and I suspect that is because it is a bit of a cult classic. The blue of the denim of the rancher against the blue of the sky just looks incredible. After the film s cross-country journey with its radical, New Wave style editing, outsider-rock soundtrack, revelatory performance by a young Jack Nicholson (Five Easy Pieces), and explosive ending the American road trip would never be the same.DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács- Alternate 2.0 and 5.1 surround soundtracks, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray- Two audio commentaries, one from 2009, featuring actor-director-writer Dennis Hopper, and the other from 1995, featuring Hopper, actor-writer Peter Fonda, and production manager Paul Lewis- Born to Be Wild (1995) and Easy Rider : Shaking the Cage (1999), documentaries about the making and history of the film- Television excerpts showing Hopper and Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969- Interview from 2010 with BBS Productions cofounder Steve Blauner- Theatrical trailers- An essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz. Not so much in detail or the soundtrack but with regards to HDR which is the main reason you would buy this. emerging cinemaphotographer son who loved the simple film craft to tell a story of personal and political intolerance just as now. Two pals cross America to fulfil a drug deal meet various people along the way (Hi star-making performance Jack Nicholson , whatever happened to him ?) New first viewers may wonder what the fuss was all about and wince at the hippy clichés (actually with this cast it's probably deep authenticity ) , but they might just smell the scent in the air and trip on it , why not , most of us did . Actor, writer, and director Illeana Douglas has starred in Cape Fear (1991), To Die For (1995), Grace of My Heart (1996), Picture Perfect (1997), and Ghost World (2001). Two pals cross America to fulfil a drug deal meet various people along the way (Hi star-making performance Jack Nicholson , whatever happened to him ?) Timeless ... just shown to my 23 y.o. Just got this new addition yesterday, originally had the 40 year anniversary edition Blu-ray. Tells a story that is still relative today. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2016. In Stock. Ultimate Gangster Movie Blu-ray Collection: Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, Robert De ... John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum [Blu-ray]. I had to watch this movie for my class on the American 60s, and honestly, I don't even know how to begin writing a review. Hopper played Billy along with Fonda as Wyatt as two motorcyclists. The Blu-ray sounds great!! Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2019. Fuelled by one of the very best compiled soundtracks and featuring Phil Spector , yes him , as a drug dealer . I was a teenager when this came out, but for whatever reason I didn't get around to seeing it. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Unable to add item to List. This is the definitive counterculture blockbuster. The copy was good but criterion was better all around, the music was very similar. You only need to watch the first few minutes of film to see the benefits. As a pure work of cinema, however, this work doesn't go anywhere. Get stoned in New Orleans (along with Toni ",Hey Mickey" Basil ) and it goes very very wrong , by accident and misunderstanding rather than on purpose as you somehow remember it . Easy Rider - Criterion Collection Available exclusively through their new box set, America Lost and Found: The BBS Story, Criterion presents the groundbreaking hit Easy Rider on Blu-ray in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on this dual-layer disc in 1080p/24hz. Easy Rider (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Peter Fonda (Actor), Dennis Hopper (Actor, Director) Rated: R. Format: Blu-ray. Nearly everyone even glimpsed in this movie tells opposing tales about who did what when and to whom . Literally, the last minute of the movie, there was a huge twist that we both agreed we did not see coming at all, but it wasn't a good twist, and it happened so fast, then the movie ended, and we were left staring at the credits like "what the heck just happened and why did I waste my time watching this." Another example that sticks out in my mind is when Billy and Wyatt go to ranch to get their bike tyre repaired. A classic movie. This review is for the 4K version of the film compared to the blu ray and whether the upgrade is worth it. Die beiden unangepasst auftretenden Freigeister Wyatt und Billy erwerben in Mexiko eine Ladung Kokain, schmuggeln diese über die US-Grenze (noch ohne Mauer...), verkaufen sie an einen zwielichtigen Ganoven und machen sich mit ihrem Gewinn auf eine Tour durch die USA, um schließlich am Mardi Gras in New Orleans teilnehmen zu können.