![]() Still carrying their passenger, Billy and Wyatt ride northeast through the pink, red and grey strata of the spectacular Painted Desert and onto that great screen favourite, Monument Valley, made famous by John Ford in. ![]() So, moments of comedy arrive to the tune of “Don’t Bogart Me (AKA Don’t Bogart That Joint)” by the Fraternity of Man, while the darker, edgier "If 6 Was 9" by Jimi Hendrix signals danger. Jack Nicholson, original name John Joseph Nicholson, (born April 22, 1937, Neptune, New Jersey, U.S. Easy Rider film location: biking across Arizona, Billy and Wyatt pass by the Mittens: The Mittens, Monument Valley, Arizona. While this process might seem random, the songs were chosen not only for their popularity but also for their impact on the narrative and a reflection of the time period. Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider Mark Lee 290 subscribers 4.3K 1.4M views 16 years ago My favorite scene in Easy Rider and maybe the best scene from Jack Nicholson ever. The film started with lots of temp tracks pulled from a record collection. For example, the 1967 movie The Graduate used Simon and Garfunkel tunes for its score. It wasn't the first time a film opted for pop music over an orchestral score. Tim Greiving's look at the Easy Rider tracklist offers a unique look at the process of creating the film's now-iconic soundtrack. ![]() The movie opens with Steppenwolf's “The Pusher," playing over Fonda stashing drug money inside his motorcycle's fuel tank before the opening credits begin to the driving strains of “Born to Be Wild.” Easy Rider is a 1969 movie about two counterculture/hippie bikers (written and directed by and starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) who travel the United States-the stated objective seemingly Mardi Gras at New Orleans, but of course the point of the journey is to escape the automaton harshness of city life and take it easy for a bit. It would be nearly impossible to divorce the film's soundtrack from its imagery.
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