Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation
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Easy Rider, released in 1969, was a low-budget biker movie that shocked Hollywood and ushered in a new era. Filmmakers such as Scorsese, Coppola, and Spielberg, and actors such as De Niro, Pacino, and Nicholson, created modern classics like The Godfather, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, and Jaws during this period. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls follows the wild ride of Hollywood in the ’70s, an era of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll on and off the screen, with innovation and experimentation leading the way. Based on interviews with directors, producers, stars, agents, writers, studio executives, spouses, and ex-spouses, this book is the full, candid story of the last golden age of Hollywood. Quotes from Martin Scorsese, Dennis Hopper, and George Lucas are included. This paperback edition, published by Simon & Schuster, has 512 pages.
When the low-budget biker movie Easy Rider shocked Hollywood with its success in 1969, a new Hollywood era was born. This was an age when talented young filmmakers such as Scorsese, Coppola, and Spielberg, along with a new breed of actors, including De Niro, Pacino, and Nicholson, became the powerful figures who would make such modern classics as The Godfather, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, and Jaws. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the ’70s — an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll (both onscreen and off) and a climate where innovation and experimentation reigned supreme. Based on hundreds of interviews with the directors themselves, producers, stars, agents, writers, studio executives, spouses, and ex-spouses, this is the full, candid story of Hollywood’s last golden age. MARTIN SCORSESE ON DRUGS: “I did a lot of drugs because I wanted to do a lot, I wanted to push all the way to the very very end, and see if I could die.” DENNIS HOPPER ON EASY RIDER: “The cocaine problem in the United States is really because of me. There was no cocaine before Easy Rider on the street. After Easy Rider, it was everywhere.” GEORGE LUCAS ON STAR WARS: “Popcorn pictures have always ruled. Why do people go see them? Why is the public so stupid? That’s not my fault.” Read more
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Later Printing edition (April 4, 1999)
Language: English
Paperback: 512 pages
ASIN: 0684857081
Weight: 1.07 pounds
Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.28 x 8.44 inches
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Which films are referenced in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls?
These are some of the most iconic films of the late 20th century, including Easy Rider, M*A*S*H, The Last Picture Show, The Godfather, American Graffiti, The Exorcist, Mean Streets, Chinatown, Jaws, Shampoo, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Apocalypse Now and Raging Bull.
What is the plot of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls?
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls chronicles the chaotic and vibrant period of Hollywood in the 1970s, where creativity and risk-taking were the order of the day. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll were part of both the onscreen and offscreen culture, and this documentary gives an unfiltered look at this fascinating era.
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| Weight | 1.07 kg |
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| Dimensions | 5.5 × 1.28 × 8.44 cm |
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