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Biker Movies Film Festival
![iconic still photo of Marlon Brando {at age 29} from "The Wild One" [1953]](images/Brando_WildOne1953.jpg) |
brief essay
selected films
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A Few Classic Biker Movies
"The Wild One" [studio mo 1953]
starring Marlon Brando /0767818172/
"The Wild Angels" [AIP mo 1966]
with Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern & Nancy Sinatra /B0000542CP/
"Easy Rider" [Columbia Pictures July 1969]
 | Two long-haired bikers cross America and meet unusual people, including a drunken lawyer played by Jack Nicholson. Co-written & directed by Dennis Hopper; co-written by Peter Fonda & Terry Southern; starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson & Karen Black; Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor [JN] & Best Original Script; added to National Film Registry (1998)
Sony Pictures widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2009] for $24.99 Columbia/TriStar 35th Anniv DVD [9/2004] 2 disks for $23.96 Columbia/TriStar DVD [3/2004] for $10.99 Hip-O remastered soundtrack CD [3/2004] 2 disks for $26.99 MCA soundtrack CD [6/2000] for $9.98 full credits from IMDb |
purchase 'Easy Rider' posters at AllPosters.com
more details (synopsis, books, posters, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Easy Rider" 1969 Movie Page
Documentaries & Compilations
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"Hog Heaven: The Story of The Harley-Davidson Empire" [History Channel]
contains two History Channel programs: "Dream Machines: Harley-Davidson" [June 1998] produced & directed by Michael L. Rose, featuring Jay Leno & Peter Fonda {IMDb}; and "Modern Marvels: Motorcycles" [Nov 1999] narrated by Max Raphael, featuring Jay Leno {IMDb} A&E Home Video color DVD [8/2003] for $22.49 |
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"The Unofficial History of Harley Davidson Motorcycles" [2003] 60-minute documentary film, with footage of the Gott Museum & Sturgis rallies, and vintage footage of classic motorcycles Eagle Vision Media color DVD [10/2003] for $6.98 not listed at IMDb |
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"Biker Mania" compilation [2009]
Basically a reworking of D-movie producer Johnny Legend's 1993 video “Bikers, Blondes, and Blood”, with 65 minutes of biker movie trailers (41 coming attractions), along with an amusing 35-minute video magazine piece, "Biker Beat" Raunchy Tonk color/b&w DVD [2/2009] for $17.99 not listed at IMDb |
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"Biker Triple Mania!" [2009]
includes three feature films: "The Wild Ride" [Filmgroup Sept 1960] produced & directed by Harvey Berman, starring Jack Nicholson {IMDb}; the mondo documentary "Biker Babylon" [1968] aka "It's a Revolution Mother" {IMDb}; "The Rebel Rousers" [Paragon Intl April 1970] co-written & direc-ted by Martin B. Cohen, starring Cameron Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, Jack Nicholson & Harry Dean Stanton {IMDb}; extras include seven biker film trailers and Johnny Legend's 35-minute video "Biker Beat" Raunchy Tonk widescreen b&w DVD [3/2009] for $17.99 |
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"Outlaw Bikers" documentaries [2010] 
includes four documentary programs from the National Geographic Channel series "Outlaw Bikers" [2008-2009] Koch/E1 Ent. color DVD [2/2010] for $13.49 episodes list at IMDb |
Selected Biker Movies, A to Z
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"Angel Unchained" [1970]
"Angels Die Hard!" [1970]
"Angels From Hell" [1968]
"Angels Hard As They Come" [1971] /B00005QJJL/
"Angels' Wild Women" [1972] /B000056HPG/
"Any Which Way You Can" [1980] starring Clint Eastwood
"The Black Angels" [1970]
"The Black Six" [1974]
"The Born Losers" [AIP 1967]
starring Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack /B00004XPOJ/
"Bury Me An Angel" [1972]
"C.C. and Company" [1970] starring Joe Namath /B000K2UW2O/
"The Cycle Savages" [1970] with Bruce Dern
"Devil's Angels" [1967] starring John Cassavetes
"The Dirt Gang" [1972]
"Every Which Way But Loose" [1978] starring Clint Eastwood
"The Glory Stompers" [1967] starring Dennis Hopper
"The Hard Ride" [1971]
"Hell Ride" [2008]
starring Dennis Hopper & Michael Madsen /B001CDFY50/
"Hell's Angels '69" [1969] /B0001Z3IK8/
"Hell's Angels On Wheels" [1967] with Jack Nicholson
"Hell's Belles" [1970]
"Hell's Bloody Devils" [1970]
"The Hellcats" [1967]
"The Loners" [1972]
"The Losers" aka "Nam's Angels" [1970] /B000BT96TQ/
"The Loveless" [1982] directed by Kathryn Bigelow /B00030AZFM/
"Me and Will" [1998] /6305600937/
"The Mini-Skirt Mob" [1968] with Sherry Jackson & Harry Dean Stanton
"Motor Psycho" [1965] director Russ Meyer
"Motorcycle Gang" [1994] directed by John Milius /B0000844K4/
"Naked Angels" [1969]
"The Pink Angels" [1971]
"The Rebel Rousers" [Paragon Intl April 1970]
co-written & directed by Martin B. Cohen, starring Cameron Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd,
Jack Nicholson & Harry Dean Stanton /B0006IUDGC/ Filmed in Chloride, Arizona /tt0066286/
"Road of Death" [1973]
"Run, Angel, Run!" [1969] /B0002UB2XC/
"Running Cool"
"Satan's Sadists" [1969]
"The Savage Seven" [1968]
"She-Devils On Wheels" [1968] /6305944334/
"The Sidehackers" [1969] aka "Five The Hard Way"
"Streets of Fire" [1984] /0783227876/
Directed by Walter Hill; starring Michael Paré, Diane Lane & Willem Dafoe
"Werewolves On Wheels" [1971] /B000BT96UA/
"Wild Hogs" comedy [2007] /B000QFCD7W/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156287/
"The Wild Ride" [Filmgroup Sept 1960]
produced & directed by Harvey Berman, starring Jack Nicholson /tt0054475/
Books About Biker Movies
 | "Two Wheels On Two Reels: A History of Biker Movies" [2000] by Mike Seate Whitehorse Press pb [11/] for $15.95 |
 | "The Big Book of Biker Flicks: 40 of The Best Motorcycle Movies of All Tiime [2005] by John Wooley & Michael H. Price Hawk Publng Group 12x8 pb [6/2005] for $24.45 |
 | "Biker: Truth and Myth - How The Original Cowboy of The Road Became The Easy Rider of The Silver Screen" [2005]
by Bill Osgerby chapters include "The Last American Hero", "The Making of The Myth", "The Biker Movie", "Bikes and The Counterculture", "Women and Motorcycle Culture", "Global Brotherhood", "Bikers At War", and "The Iron Horse Corral" Lyons Press 9¼x8¼ pb [10/2005] out of print/used |
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"The Mammoth Book of Bikers" [2007] Edited by Arthur Veno Running Press 7¾x5¼ pb [10/2007] for $10.17 |
Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_biker_film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biker_films
motorcycles posters category at AllPosters.com
Motorcycles Section on the Roadside Americana Page
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