Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Kenneth Bowser

Writers:

Peter Biskind (book)
Kenneth Bowser (writer)

Release Date:

9 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | History

Tagline:

How the Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Plot:

A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.

Plot Keywords:

Hollywood | Actor | Interview | Producer | Cinema

Cast

Dede Allen	...	Herself
Peter Bart	...	Himself
Tony Bill	...	Himself
Karen Black	...	Herself
Peter Bogdanovich	...	Himself
Ernest Borgnine	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ellen Burstyn	...	Herself
Roger Corman	...	Himself
Robert De Niro	...	(archive footage)
Micky Dolenz	...	Himself
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Himself
Peter Fonda	...	Himself
Carl Gottlieb	...	Himself
Jerome Hellman	...	Himself
Monte Hellman	...	Himself
Dennis Hopper	...	Himself
Willard Huyck	...	Himself
Stanley R. Jaffe	...	Himself
Henry Jaglom	...	Himself
Gloria Katz	...	Herself
Harvey Keitel	...	(archive footage)
Margot Kidder	...	Herself
László Kovács	...	Himself
Kris Kristofferson	...	Himself
William H. Macy	...	Narrator (voice)
Mardik Martin	...	Himself
Mike Medavoy	...	Himself
Sylvia Miles	...	Herself
John Milius	...	Himself
Charles Mulvehill	...	Himself
David Newman	...	Himself
Arthur Penn	...	Himself
Michael Phillips	...	Himself
David V. Picker	...	Himself
Polly Platt	...	Herself
Roman Polanski	...	(archive footage)
Albert S. Ruddy	...	Himself
Jennifer Salt	...	Herself
Andrew Sarris	...	Himself
Paul Schrader	...	Himself
Cybill Shepherd	...	Herself
Jonathan Tapin	...	Himself
Sharon Tate	...	(archive footage)
Joan Tewkesbury	...	Herself
Fred Weintraub	...	Himself
Gordon Willis	...	Himself
Rudy Wurlitzer	...	Himself
Vilmos Zsigmond	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:119 min

Country:

Canada | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | USA:TV-14

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Many of the subjects profiled in author Peter Biskind's book, including directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Robert Altman, and 'William Friedkin', declined interviews for the documentary.

Movie Connections:

References THX 1138 (1971)

A Bit of a Stretch

I read and enjoyed the book, too, but it and the movie make several points I disagree with: _ Almost all of the people mentioned in this film are still around, if you don't count cancer victim Hal Ashby, one-hit wonder Sam Peckinpah and the inconsequential Julia Phillips. The idea that most of them crashed and burned, never to return, is a bit of a stretch, unless you include those whose careers have tanked over the past 20 years, e.g., Coppola. _ The film neglects to mention that the architect of the auteur-smothering blockbuster was/is Steven Spielberg, who never seems to have had a nasty moment with anybody ... not the Easy Riders/Raging Bulls, and not the studios. There was some good dish, though, and on the whole it was worthwhile viewing.