TCM tonight:
10:00 PM -- Easy Rider (1969)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-MA
After scoring cocaine in Mexico, then re-selling it in California, two bikers set off on a cross-country ride.
Director: Dennis Hopper
Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Jack Nicholson, and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced -- Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern
For the famous soliloquy that Peter Fonda does in the cemetery while tripping on acid, director Dennis Hopper asked Peter to talk to the statue as if he were talking to his mother, who had committed suicide when Peter was ten years old. Peter didn't want to do it, as he had never confronted his feelings about his mother. But Hopper insisted, which is why you hear Peter call the statue "Mother", and he states that he both loves her and hates her, which expresses his conflicted emotions. This scene persuaded Bob Dylan to allow the use of his song "It's Alright Ma" in one of the final scenes, which contains lyrics referencing suicide. Peter told Dylan, "I need to hear those words", and he agreed to its use.
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