EASY RIDER

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper (Dodge City, KS, USA, 1936 - Venice, CA, USA, 2010) made his screen debut in Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and performed several minor roles in many Hollywood productions. He made his directorial debut with Easy Rider in 1969, which launched him as an internationally acclaimed filmmaker, receiving an Academy Award Nomination for Best Writing and winning the award for Best First Work at Cannes. His next feature The Last Movie (1971) received the CIDALC Award at the Venice Film Festival, but was a flop in theaters, causing him to temporarily retreat from the limelight. He made his comeback in 1977, performing in Wim Wender’s The American Friend, and in Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979). He took up directing again in 1981 with Out of the Blue, that was then presented in the competition section in Cannes. He also played several memorable roles on screen, starring in Rumble Fish (1983), Blue Velvet (1986), and Speed (1994). He made a successful directorial comeback in 1988 with the feature Colors.

FILMOGRAFIA

Easy Rider (Easy Rider - Libertà e paura, 1969), The Last Movie (Fuga da Hollywood, 1971), Out of the Blue (Snack Bar Blues, 1981), Colors (Colors - Colori di guerra, 1988), Catchfire (Ore contate, 1989), The Hot Spot (Hot Spot - Il posto caldo, 1990), Chasers (Una bionda sotto scorta, 1994), Homeless (cm, 2000), Pashmy Dream (cm, 2008).