Wyatt and Billy are freewheeling motorcyclists. After smuggling cocaine from Mexico to Los Angeles, they sell their haul and receive a large sum of money.With the cash stuffed into a plastic tube hidden inside the Stars & Stripes-painted fuel tank of Wyatt's California-style chopper, they ride eastward aiming to reach New Orleans, Louisiana, in time for the Mardi Gras festival. I own no clips or music For entertainment purposes only The iconic Counter culture movie of the late 60s brought hippie/Drug culture to New Orleans, Pete About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright THEN: When Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda rolled into New Orleans with a small film crew around Mardi Gras 1968, they went largely unnoticed. That was partly because they were dressed in the hippie This surprise low-budget smash of the Sixties, revolutionising the studios and launching not only dozens of variable quality imitations but the career of Jack Nicholson, was shot in sequence, apart from the New Orleans Mardi Gras scene, which was actually first in the can. Always know where you’re heading. You’re goin’ down to Mardi Gras to get you a Mardi Gras Queen. Start yourself a fire and kick back. The film crew stayed at the Americana Inn. 500 biker points if you sleep by the side of the road. If you’re a rich urban biker in your new Harley leathers, playing easy rider for the weekend, stay at the Americana Inn. In addition to film’s final scene in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, the main characters also ride through St. Mary Parish down LA 182, showcasing the bridge that connects Morgan City and Berwick. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the film, and to celebrate, the city of Morganza and the Cajun Coast CVB are hosting two great events for Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) befriend ACLU lawyer and local drunk George Hanson (Jack Nicholson), who has helped them get out of jail. Hanso Today, a lot of people have traveled to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras. Here's hoping that they have a better time in the city than Billy (Dennis Hopper) and Wyatt (Peter Fonda) had in the 1969 film, Easy Rider. The scenes below, featuring Hopper, Fonda, Karen Black, and the legendary Toni Basil were actually The filming location of the Mardi Gras parade scene(s) was New Orleans, Louisiana, Easy Rider (1969) Mardi Gras parade Add scene description. Mardi Gras scene from Easy Rider Easy Rider movie clips: THE MOVIE: miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: DESCRIPTION:Wya Hi Guys … I am working on a "Easy Rider - behind the Scenes" Story for the German CUSTOMBIKE magazine and in search for the guys - not who built - but who handled/wrangled the Movie -Choppers during the filming process. Easy Rider (From left to right) Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider (1969), directed by Dennis Hopper. (more) Hippie drug dealers Wyatt (played by Peter Fonda , who also produced) and Billy ( Dennis Hopper , who also directed) are ostensibly en route to New Orleans for Mardi Gras , but in reality they are on an odyssey Brothel scene It’s not a score. It’s this music by bands and artists who were contemporary for the time. The music in Easy Rider is pop music—and you were one of the first filmmakers to use music in film in that way. I think Easy Rider might have been the first time that someone made a film using found music instead of an orchestral score. No one had Easy Rider (1969) - Goofs on IMDb - bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. Wyatt and Billy are going to the Mardi By far the most notable exception is Dennis Hopper’s celebrated 1969 counterculture road movie Easy Rider, with its Mardi Gras sequence seguing into a famous acid-trip freak-out scene, set in New Orleans’ renowned St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, with its massive above-ground vaults. (New Orleans cemeteries use above-ground tombs because the water Dennis Hopper, center, strolls down Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras, in a screen-grab from the 1969 counterculture classic 'Easy Rider.' Dennis Hopper wasn't from New Orleans. But he should have Mardi Gras, held this year on March 5, was used as a backdrop for 50-year-old film 'Easy Rider' as producer-star Peter Fonda reveals a plan to save money on extras by filming during the
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