Easy Rider
A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere...
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
- Director
- Dennis Hopper
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $60M
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Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
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Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Easy Rider returned 150.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $400,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $60M
- Release date
- Jun 26, 1969
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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