Peter Fonda
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Although not as well known as his father and sister, Peter Fonda was best known for 1969’s groundbreaking counterculture classic "Easy Rider." Fonda produced, co-wrote and co-starred in the movie along with Dennis Hopper, who directed the film.
Fonda played Wyatt, who rode his chopper alongside Hopper's Billy, as the two motorcyclists traveled through the nation's southwest and Deep South with money from a large cocaine deal. Fonda's Wyatt wore a stars-and-stripes helmet matching his gas tank and called his motorcycle “Captain America,” re-purposing traditional images.
In "Easy Rider" Wyatt and Billy smoke marijuana, visit a commune and befriend an alcoholic, ACLU attorney George (Jack Nicholson) – who dons a gold football helmet and rides along the back of the chopper until he is killed by rednecks. Wyatt and Billy trip out in New Orleans during Mardi Gras with two prostitutes. The two are shot dead in the end by local townies in a random drive-by shooting.
Fonda described the film's message to The Hollywood Reporter as, "A man went looking for America. And couldn't find it anywhere.
"I knew how it was going to end when I started writing it. That the end would be mine and Dennis' death and nothing beyond that," said Fonda. "People would wonder and ask themselves, what was that? They would have to come back again to figure it out."
The film, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in July, earned Fonda a best original screen play nomination and was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1998.
Fonda was nominated for an best actor Academy Award for his role playing a beekeeper trying to keep his family together in 1977's "Ulee’s Gold." He also starred in "The Hired Hand" and "The Trip."
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