The outlaw biker film is a film genre that portrays its characters as motorcycle riding rebels. The characters are usually members of an outlaw motorcycle club .
81-614: Sandy Harbutt (1941 – 21 November 2020) was an Australian actor, writer and director, best known for the outlaw biker film , Stone (1974) starring his friend Ken Shorter . Although it was very successful at the box office and became a cult classic, it was the only feature he ever directed. He was once married to actress Helen Morse . Harbutt was born in Randwick, New South Wales and studied law before turning to advertising and then acting. He worked extensively in theatre, particularly at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre. An early television appearance
162-676: A Cannes Film Festival Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay . He became frequently typecast as mentally disturbed outsiders in such films as Mad Dog Morgan (1976), The American Friend (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979), Rumble Fish (1983), and Blue Velvet (1986). He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in Hoosiers (1986). His later film roles included True Romance (1993), Speed (1994), Waterworld (1995) and Elegy (2009). He appeared posthumously in
243-684: A "suicide attempt" (really more of a daredevil act) in a coffin using 17 sticks of dynamite during an "art happening" at the Rice University Media Center (filmed by professor and documentary filmmaker Brian Huberman), and later disappearing into the Mexican desert during a particularly extravagant bender, Hopper entered a drug rehabilitation program in 1983. Though Hopper gave critically acclaimed performances in Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983) and Sam Peckinpah 's The Osterman Weekend (1983), it
324-483: A 2021 Reelz documentary that they had a one-night stand early on in their friendship. On January 14, 2010, Hopper filed for divorce from his fifth wife Victoria Duffy. After citing her "outrageous conduct" and stating she was "insane", "inhuman" and "volatile", Hopper was granted a restraining order against her on February 11, 2010, and as a result, she was forbidden to come within 10 feet (3 m) of him or contact him. On March 9, 2010, Duffy refused to move out of
405-862: A Hollywood Rebel . In 2013, HarperCollins published Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream , a biography by American writer Tom Folsom . On the Gorillaz album Demon Days , Hopper narrates the song "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head". In the late 1980s, Hopper purchased a trio of nearly identical two-story, loft-style condominiums at 330 Indiana Avenue in Venice Beach, California – one made of concrete, one of plywood, and one of green roofing shingles – built by Frank Gehry and two artist friends of Hopper's, Chuck Arnoldi and Laddie John Dill, in 1981. In 1987, he commissioned an industrial-style main residence, with
486-561: A Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the 1991 HBO film Paris Trout . Shortly thereafter, he played drug smuggler and DEA informant Barry Seal in the HBO film Doublecrossed . He starred as King Koopa in Super Mario Bros. , a 1993 critical and commercial failure loosely based on the video game of the same name. In 1993, he played Clifford Worley in True Romance . He co-starred in
567-458: A blockbuster like Easy Rider , and did not like the film or give it an enthusiastic release, while American film audiences found it confounding – as convoluted as an abstract painting. On viewing the first release print, fresh from the lab, in his screening room at Universal, MCA founder Jules C. Stein rose from his chair and said, "I just don't understand this younger generation." During the tumultuous editing process, Hopper ensconced himself at
648-545: A camera bought for him by his first wife Brooke Hayward . During this period he created the cover art for the Ike & Tina Turner album River Deep – Mountain High (released in 1966). He became a prolific photographer, and noted writer Terry Southern profiled Hopper in Better Homes and Gardens as an up-and-coming photographer "to watch" in the mid-1960s. Hopper's early photography
729-567: A ceremony in Paris. Despite being a Republican, Hopper supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election . Hopper confirmed this in an election day appearance on the ABC daytime show The View . He said his reason for not voting Republican was the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate . Hopper was a longtime friend of actress Sally Kirkland , who admitted in
810-531: A corrugated metal exterior designed by Brian Murphy, as a place to display his artwork. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Hopper was "one of Hollywood's most notorious drug addicts" for 20 years. He spent much of the 1970s and early 1980s living as an "outcast" in Taos, New Mexico , after the success of Easy Rider . Hopper was also "notorious for his troubled relationships with women", including Michelle Phillips , who divorced him after eight days of marriage. Hopper
891-477: A defamation lawsuit against Hopper over a story Hopper told on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . Hopper claimed that Torn pulled a knife on him during pre-production of the film Easy Rider . According to Hopper, Torn was originally cast in the film but was replaced with Jack Nicholson after the incident. According to Torn's suit, it was actually Hopper who pulled the knife on him. A judge ruled in Torn's favor and Hopper
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#1732848129737972-523: A gang called the Las Vegas Hotdoggers in the Roger Corman film Naked Angels (1969) starring Michael Greene . The Born Losers (1967) introduced Tom Laughlin 's character Billy Jack. Unable to get his Billy Jack script produced, Laughlin wrote and directed The Born Losers to capitalize on the current biker movie trend (which finally allowed him to make Billy Jack in 1971). The story
1053-603: A lone hero stands up to, and ultimately defeats, the gang. Prior to this, the majority of the films in this genre imitated The Wild One with a sympathetic gang member (the reluctant leader or a new member) who ultimately rejects the outlaw biker lifestyle. Prime examples are the Fonda character in The Wild Angels , Jack Nicholson in Hells Angels on Wheels (1967), and Joe Namath in C.C. and Company (1970). Jack Starrett has
1134-536: A mermaid in an amusement park. In a December 1994 interview on the Charlie Rose Show , Hopper credited John Wayne with saving his career, as Hopper acknowledged that because of his insolent behavior, he could not find work in Hollywood for seven years. Hopper stated that, because of his marriage to Brooke Hayward, he was the son-in-law of actress Margaret Sullavan , a friend of John Wayne, and Wayne hired Hopper for
1215-463: A result of their radical looks. Their long hair became a point of contention in various scenes during the film. Journalist Ann Hornaday wrote: "With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies, Easy Rider became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion". Film critic Matthew Hays wrote "no other persona better signifies
1296-561: A role in The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), also directed by Hathaway, which enabled Hopper to restart his film career. Hopper debuted in an episode of the Richard Boone television series Medic in 1955, portraying a young epileptic . He appeared in the first episode of the popular TV series The Rifleman (1958–1963) as the troubled orphan protagonist Vernon Tippet who is exploited by his greedy uncle. The series starred Chuck Connors and
1377-676: A sadistic gang leader in The Cycle Savages (1970). In 1969, Peter Fonda, Hopper, and Nicholson teamed up on the classic "hippie biker" movie, Easy Rider , the antithesis of the violent biker-gang genre. Sonny Barger , founder of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels, was a consultant on several films. He and other gang members appeared as extras in Hells Angels on Wheels and Hell's Angels '69 . The Hells Angels appeared as extras playing
1458-565: A supporting role as the bet-taker, "Babalugats", in Cool Hand Luke (1967). In 1968, Hopper teamed with Peter Fonda , Terry Southern and Jack Nicholson to make Easy Rider , which premiered in July 1969. With the release of True Grit a month earlier, Hopper had starring roles in two major box-office films that summer. Hopper won wide acclaim as the director for his improvisational methods and innovative editing for Easy Rider . The production
1539-899: A surprise hit and a new exploitation film subgenre was born. AIP dominated the market and quickly released a semi-sequel Devil's Angels starring actor-director John Cassavetes and The Glory Stompers with Dennis Hopper in 1967. In 1968, AIP produced The Mini-Skirt Mob , Angels from Hell , and The Savage Seven (the film debut of actress/director Penny Marshall ). The company made five more biker gang films: Hell's Belles (1969), Hell's Angels '69 (1969), Angel Unchained (1970), The Hard Ride (1971), and Chrome and Hot Leather (1971). AIP and Fanfare Films also co-produced The Born Losers (1967). Fanfare made Hells Angels on Wheels (1967) with Jack Nicholson , Run, Angel, Run! (1969), Wild Wheels (1969), and Nam's Angels (1970). Other small independent filmmakers went on to produce dozens of low-budget biker films until
1620-405: Is a somewhat campy film about a gang of homosexual bikers who head down the coast to attend a drag ball. Bury Me an Angel (1972) is a revenge story featuring a female biker (and female director). Angels' Wild Women (1972) centers around a group of tough female bikers who dominate men and eventually go a revenge-driven rampage. The story (and original Screaming Angels title) was changed after
1701-421: Is an American television drama series about a California motorcycle club. The series premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX . The documentary Biker Mania (2009) includes a compilation of theater trailers and footage that tracks the history of the genre from the 1950s to the present. Edward Winterhalder is the subject of a feature-length documentary movie about the outlaw biker lifestyle that
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#17328481297371782-639: Is being filmed in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Dubai. Mayans M.C. (2018–2023) is an American television drama series that takes place in the same fictional universe as Sons of Anarchy and focuses on the Sons' rivals-turned-allies, the Mayans Motorcycle Club. The Bikeriders (2023) film is inspired by the photo-book of the same name by Danny Lyon , depicting the Vandals Motorcycle Club in
1863-538: Is known for portraits from the 1960s, and he began shooting portraits for Vogue and other magazines. His photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington and the 1965 civil-rights march in Selma, Alabama , were published. His intimate and unguarded images of Andy Warhol , Jane Fonda , The Byrds , Paul Newman , Jasper Johns , Claes Oldenburg , Robert Rauschenberg , James Brown , Peter Fonda , Ed Ruscha ,
1944-514: Is prepared to fold themselves into what he wants to do and be committed to that. That is something you would have to talk to him about. Outlaw biker film Outlaw biker clubs formed in the late 1940s on the West Coast after the end of World War II. Their culture was first popularized in the Marlon Brando film The Wild One (1953), which tells a story based very loosely on actual events,
2025-443: Is the major low point in my life; if I really dwell on it, I get very angry.... I should have made a difference. Because I should have been able to make it happen. He is far more talented than 999 of the 1000 other people I know... You understand, of course, that he is his own producer. It is not a question of whether he would go to another producer. If he felt so inclined, he would. But, apart from anything else, Sandy needs somebody who
2106-717: The Cannes Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival as well as nominations for two Academy Awards , a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards . Hopper studied acting at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the Actors Studio in New York. Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s. Hopper made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in two of
2187-594: The China Burma India Theater . Hopper was voted most likely to succeed at Helix High School , where he was active in the drama club, speech and choir. It was there that he developed an interest in acting, studying at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and the Actors Studio in New York City (he studied with Lee Strasberg for five years). Hopper struck up a friendship with actor Vincent Price , whose passion for art influenced Hopper's interest in art. He
2268-614: The HBO film Doublecrossed (1991), 24 (2002), the NBC series E-Ring (2005–2006), and the Starz series Crash (2008–2009). Hopper was born on May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kansas , to Marjorie Mae (née Davis; July 12, 1917 – January 12, 2007) and Jay Millard Hopper (June 23, 1916 – August 7, 1982). He had Scottish ancestors. Hopper had two younger brothers, Marvin and David. After World War II,
2349-631: The Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico, which he had purchased in 1970, for almost an entire year. In between contesting Fonda's rights to the majority of the residual profits from Easy Rider , he married singer Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas on Halloween of 1970. The marriage lasted eight days. Hopper acted in another John Wayne film, True Grit (1969), and during its production, he became well acquainted with Wayne. In both of
2430-518: The Québec Biker War of the late 90s and early 2000s. 2003 film Biker Boyz , starring Laurence Fishburne and Djimon Hounsou , depicts illegal bike racing gangs, although neither are criminals. 2004 film Torque , which features Adam Scott , Martin Henderson and Ice Cube , is about a biker who is faced by a rival gang leader for taking his bikes (which carry drugs), and is then framed for
2511-594: The comedy horror The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 . In 1987 he acted in the neo-noir thriller Black Widow alongside Debra Winger , the action comedy Straight to Hell , the adventure film Running Out of Luck starring Mick Jagger and the romantic comedy The Pick-up Artist starring Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey Jr. In 1988, he directed Colors , a critically acclaimed police procedural about gang violence in Los Angeles starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall . Hopper plays an aging hippie prankster in
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2592-418: The 1947 Hollister riot . The film's success was followed by a string of low-budget exploitation films aimed at a teenage audience such as Motorcycle Gang (1957) and The Hot Angel (1958). But the genre really took off in the mid-1960s, after the Hells Angels motorcycle club became prominent in the media, in particular, after Hunter S. Thompson 's book Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of
2673-589: The 1960s-70s, a fictional version of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club . After the release of The Wild One (1953), the image of the motorcycle gang, particularly the Marlon Brando character, inspired many imitators and satires in films and television shows. Dennis Hopper Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor and film director. He is known for his roles as mentally disturbed outsiders and rebels. He earned prizes from
2754-460: The 1961 Bel Air Fire , which burned hundreds of homes, including his and his wife's, on Stone Canyon Road in Bel Air . His painting style ranges from abstract impressionism to photorealism and often includes references to his cinematic work and to other artists. Ostracized by the Hollywood film studios due to his reputation for being a "difficult" actor, Hopper turned to photography in 1961 with
2835-516: The 1990 comedy Flashback , fleeing in a Furthur -like old bus to the tune of Steppenwolf's " Born to Be Wild ". Hopper teamed with Nike in the early 1990s to make a series of television commercials. He appeared as a "crazed referee" in those ads. Hopper appeared on the final two episodes of the cult 1991 television show Fishing with John with host John Lurie . He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in
2916-758: The 1994 blockbuster Speed with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock , and as magic-phobic H.P. Lovecraft in the TV movie Witch Hunt . In 1995, Hopper played a greedy TV self-help guru, Dr. Luther Waxling in Search and Destroy . The same year, he starred as Deacon, the one-eyed nemesis of Kevin Costner in Waterworld . And in 1996 he starred in the science fiction comedy Space Truckers directed by Stuart Gordon . Also in 1996 he appeared as art dealer Bruno Bischofberger in Basquiat. Hopper
2997-630: The Blue . Immediately thereafter, Hopper starred as an addled short-order cook "Cracker" in the Neil Young / Dean Stockwell low-budget collaboration Human Highway . Production was reportedly often delayed by his unreliable behavior. Peter Biskind states in the New Hollywood history Easy Riders, Raging Bulls that Hopper's cocaine intake had reached three grams a day by this time, complemented by 30 beers, and some marijuana and Cuba libres . After staging
3078-605: The Grateful Dead , Michael McClure , and Timothy Leary , among others, became the subject of gallery and museum shows and were collected in several books, including 1712 North Crescent Heights . The book, whose title refers to the house where he lived with Hayward in the Hollywood Hills in the 1960s, was edited by his daughter Marin Hopper . In 1960–67, before the making of Easy Rider , Hopper created 18,000 images that chronicled
3159-444: The Hopper home, despite the court's order that she do so by March 15. On April 5, 2010, a court ruled that Duffy could continue living on Hopper's property, and that he must pay US$ 12,000 per month spousal and child support for their daughter Galen. Hopper did not attend the hearing. On May 12, 2010, a hearing was held before Judge Amy Pellman in downtown Los Angeles Superior Court. Though Hopper died two weeks later, Duffy insisted at
3240-577: The Law (1992) is based on a true story and centers on Dan Saxon ( Charlie Sheen ), an undercover cop who infiltrates a group of criminal outlaw bikers. Larry Ferguson wrote the screenplay after reading the article "Undercover Angel" by Lawrence Linderman in the July, 1981 issue of Playboy on an undercover agent named Dan Black. 2000 film Hochelaga , a French-Canadian movie by Michel Jetté that depicts biker gang culture and activity in Montréal , Québec during
3321-466: The Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966) was published. In 1965, director Russ Meyer made Motorpsycho (aka Motor Psycho ), an obscure film about an evil motorcycle gang led by a disturbed Vietnam War veteran. In 1966, American International Pictures (AIP) released The Wild Angels with Peter Fonda , Bruce Dern , and Nancy Sinatra . This film, aimed at the teenage drive-in crowd, was
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3402-730: The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Cinémathèque Française, Paris, and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne. In March 2010, it was announced that Hopper was on the "short list" for Jeffrey Deitch's inaugural show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). In April 2010, Deitch confirmed that Hopper's work, curated by Julian Schnabel, will indeed be the focus of his debut at MOCA. The title of
3483-651: The Wind in 1971, appearing as himself; after decades of legal, financial and technical delays, the film was finally released on Netflix in 2018. Hopper had several artistic pursuits beyond film. He was a prolific photographer, painter, and sculptor. Hopper's fascination with art began with painting lessons at the Nelson-Atkins Museum while still a child in Kansas City, Missouri. Early in his career, he painted and wrote poetry, though many of his works were destroyed in
3564-558: The dual lead in the indie horror drama Firecracker , but was ousted at the last minute in favor of Mike Patton . In 2005, Hopper played Paul Kaufman in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead . He portrayed villain Victor Drazen in the first season of the popular action drama 24 . Hopper starred as a U.S. Army colonel in the 2005 television series E-Ring , a drama set at The Pentagon , but
3645-499: The exhibition, Double Standard , was taken from Hopper's iconic 1961 photograph of the two Standard Oil signs seen through an automobile windshield at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard, Melrose Avenue, and North Doheny Drive on historic Route 66 in Los Angeles. The image was reproduced on the invitation for Ed Ruscha 's second solo exhibition at Ferus Gallery in 1964. In 2011, Barricade Books published film historian Peter L. Winkler's biography, Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of
3726-469: The famed low budget Australian production Mad Max (1979, dir. George Miller, starring Mel Gibson), with the film spawning the real-life subculture of survival bikes . By the late 1980s, the once shocking and controversial genre became an object of campy humor in horror-comedies such as Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989), I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990), and Biker Zombies (2001). Beyond
3807-655: The family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where the young Hopper attended Saturday art classes at the Kansas City Art Institute . When he was 13, Hopper and his family moved to San Diego, where his mother worked as a lifeguard instructor and his father was a post office manager, having previously served in the Office of Strategic Services , the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency , in World War II in
3888-469: The films that made James Dean famous, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). He then acted in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Hang 'Em High (1968) and True Grit (1969). Hopper made his directorial film debut with Easy Rider (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern . The film earned Hopper
3969-618: The films with Wayne, Hopper's character is killed in the presence of Wayne's character, to whom he utters his dying words. On September 30, 1970, Hopper appeared on the second episode of season 2 of The Johnny Cash Show where he sang a duet with Cash entitled "Goin' Up Goin' Down". Cash said the song was written by Kris Kristofferson about Hopper. Hopper added that Kristofferson had written some songs for his Peruvian-shot movie The Last Movie , in which Kristofferson appeared in his debut role with Julie Adams . Hopper also recited Rudyard Kipling 's famous poem If— during his appearance. Hopper
4050-413: The hearing that he was well enough to be deposed. The hearing also dealt with who would be the beneficiary on Hopper's life insurance policy, which listed his wife as a beneficiary. A very ill Hopper did not appear in court though his estranged wife did. Despite Duffy's bid to be named the sole beneficiary of Hopper's million-dollar policy, the judge ruled against her and limited her claim to one-quarter of
4131-492: The long-delayed The Other Side of the Wind (2018), which had previously been filmed in the early 1970s. Other directorial credits for Hopper include The Last Movie (1971), Out of the Blue (1980), Colors (1988), and The Hot Spot (1990). He received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for his role in Paris Trout (1991). His other television roles include in
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#17328481297374212-446: The lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper". Hopper was unable to capitalize on his Easy Rider success for several years. In 1970 he filmed The Last Movie , cowritten by Stewart Stern and photographed by László Kovács in Peru, and completed production in 1971. It won the prestigious CIDALC Award at that year's Venice Film Festival, but Universal Studios leaders expected
4293-551: The murder of a member of a third gang. Quentin Tarantino served as executive producer on Hell Ride (2008) starring Dennis Hopper and Michael Madsen. This is an homage to the motorcycle gang films of the past. It was written and directed by Larry Bishop , who acted in a number of biker films such as The Savage Seven (1968). Tarantino is a noted fan of the Australian biker movie, Stone (1974). Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014)
4374-452: The policy. The remaining US$ 750,000 was to go to his estate. On September 28, 2009, Hopper, then 73, was reportedly taken by ambulance to an unidentified Manhattan hospital wearing an oxygen mask and "with numerous tubes visible". On October 2, he was discharged after receiving treatment for dehydration. On October 29, 2009, Hopper's manager Sam Maydew reported that he had been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer . In January 2010, it
4455-414: The premiere episode "The Sharpshooter" was written by Sam Peckinpah . Hopper subsequently appeared in over 140 episodes of television shows such as Gunsmoke , Bonanza , Petticoat Junction , The Twilight Zone , The Barbara Stanwyck Show , The Defenders , The Investigators , The Legend of Jesse James , Entourage , The Big Valley , The Time Tunnel , and Combat! . Hopper had
4536-470: The print's value. The print sold at Christie's, New York, for US$ 302,500 in January 2011. During his lifetime, Hopper's own work as well as his collection was shown in monographic and group exhibitions around the world including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the State Hermitage Museum , St. Petersburg; MAK Vienna: Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna;
4617-607: The producers found theaters were no longer interested in traditional biker films. Inspired by the popularity of Roger Corman 's The Big Doll House (1971), a violent women in prison film with Pam Grier , new scenes were added featuring aggressive female bikers and a Pam Grier lookalike was added to the cast. The reworked and retitled film was a box office success. In Japan , female biker films became popular starting with Alleycat Rock: Female Boss (a.k.a. Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss or Female Juvenile Delinquent Leader: Alleycat Rock or Wildcat Rock ) (1970). This trend
4698-548: The projects he tried to make included: In 2009 it was reported he was working on a bikie musical. Producer David Hannay who worked with Harbutt on Stone said the most ’negative experience‘ he had as a filmmaker in a career of over three decades was failing to get finance for Harbutt to make another film: Why have I failed? What is wrong with me? I have failed this person who is such an important part of my life, this person with enormous talent, this extraordinary human being, and I have failed him totally and absolutely. It really
4779-399: The remarkable artists, musicians, actors, places, happenings, demonstrations, and concerts of that period. Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961–1967 was published in February 2011, by Taschen . German film director Wim Wenders said of Hopper that if "he'd only been a photographer, he'd be one of the great photographers of the twentieth century." In The New Yorker , Hopper, as photographer,
4860-748: The role of a tough-talking police officer. He played essentially the same character in Hells Angels on Wheels and Angels from Hell (1968). Starrett was also in Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), and directed Run, Angel, Run (1969) . In Nam's Angels (1970) the bikers are portrayed as patriotic heroes sent on a rescue mission to Vietnam. A number of novelty films were made featuring all-female biker gangs such as The Hellcats aka Biker Babes (1967), She-Devils on Wheels (1968), The Mini-Skirt Mob (from AIP) with Sherry Jackson and Harry Dean Stanton (1968), Sisters in Leather (1969) with Pat Barrington, Angels' Wild Women (1972), Cycle Vixens (1978), and Chrome Angels (2009). The Pink Angels (1971)
4941-402: The series was canceled after 14 episodes aired. Hopper appeared in all 22 episodes that were filmed. He also played the part of record producer Ben Cendars in the Starz television series Crash , which lasted two seasons (26 episodes). In 2008, Hopper starred in An American Carol . In 2008 he also played The Death in Wim Wenders ' Palermo Shooting . His last major feature film appearance
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#17328481297375022-449: The trend began to lose momentum, filmmakers started to create horror hybrids such as Werewolves on Wheels (1971) and Blood Freak (1972). The British horror film Psychomania (1971) involves a biker gang that makes a pact with the devil to obtain immortality. Black motorcycle gangs appeared in a few blaxploitation films such as The Black Angels (1970) and The Black Six (1974). The biker gang ethos also featured strongly in
5103-550: The trend dissipated in the early '70s. Crown International produced and/or distributed Wild Rebels (1967), The Hellcats (1968), The Sidehackers (1969), Wild Riders (1971), and Pink Angels (1972). Independent-International Pictures Corp. produced three films in this genre directed by Al Adamson – Satan's Sadists (1969), Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), and Angels' Wild Women (1972). The Rebel Rousers (filmed 1967, released 1970) featured Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern , and Harry Dean Stanton . Dern also starred as
5184-401: The young Hopper deeply and it was shortly afterward that he got into a confrontation with veteran director Henry Hathaway on the film From Hell to Texas (1958). Hopper reportedly forced Hathaway to shoot more than 80 takes of a scene over several days before he acquiesced to Hathaway's direction. After filming was finally completed, Hathaway allegedly told Hopper that his career in Hollywood
5265-518: Was able to sustain his lifestyle and a measure of celebrity by acting in numerous low budget and European films throughout the 1970s as the archetypal "tormented maniac", including Mad Dog Morgan (1976), Tracks (1976), and The American Friend (1977). With Francis Ford Coppola 's blockbuster Apocalypse Now (1979), Hopper returned to prominence as a hyper-manic Vietnam-era photojournalist. Stepping in for an overwhelmed director, Hopper won praise in 1980 for his directing and acting in Out of
5346-629: Was described as "a compelling, important, and weirdly omnipresent chronicler of his times." Hopper began working as a painter and a poet as well as a collector of art in the 1960s as well, particularly Pop Art . Over his lifetime he amassed a formidable array of 20th- and 21st-century art, including many of Julian Schnabel 's works (such as a shattered-plate portrait of Hopper); numerous works from his early cohorts, such as Ed Ruscha , Edward Kienholz , Roy Lichtenstein ( Sinking Sun , 1964), and Warhol ( Double Mona Lisa , 1963); and pieces by contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst and Robin Rhode . He
5427-423: Was especially fond of the plays of William Shakespeare . Hopper was reported to have had an uncredited role in Johnny Guitar in 1954, but he was quoted as saying he was not in Hollywood when the film was made. Hopper made his debut on film in two roles with James Dean (whom he admired immensely) in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). Dean's death in a car accident in September 1955 affected
5508-406: Was everywhere". Besides showing drug use on film, it was one of the first films to portray the hippie lifestyle. Hopper became a role model for some male youths who rejected traditional jobs and traditional American culture, partly exemplified by Fonda's long sideburns and Hopper wearing shoulder-length hair and a long mustache. They were denied rooms in motels and proper service in restaurants as
5589-505: Was finished. In his book Last Train to Memphis , American popular music historian Peter Guralnick says that in 1956, when Elvis Presley was making his first film in Hollywood, Hopper was roommates with fellow actor Nick Adams and the three became friends and socialized together. In 1959, Hopper moved to New York to study Method acting under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio . In 1961, Hopper played his first lead role in Night Tide , an atmospheric supernatural thriller involving
5670-411: Was in the 2008 film Elegy with Ben Kingsley , Penélope Cruz and Debbie Harry . For his last performance, he was the voice of Tony, the alpha-male of the Eastern wolf pack in the 2010 animated film Alpha and Omega . He died before the movie was released. This brought the directors to dedicate the film to his memory at the beginning of the movie credits. Hopper filmed scenes for The Other Side of
5751-409: Was inspired by news reports of the Hells Angels terrorizing a California community. As a cost-saving measure, a stunt scene of a motorcycle crashing into a pond was taken from co-producer AIP's comedy The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966). The Born Losers is also significant for its social criticism and portrayal of the biker gang as a force of pure, unredeemable evil. Here, for the first time,
5832-400: Was involved in L.A.'s Ferus and Virginia Dwan galleries in the 1960s, and he was a longtime friend and supporter to New York dealer Tony Shafrazi . One of the first art works Hopper owned was an early print of Andy Warhol 's Campbell's Soup Cans bought for US$ 75. Hopper also once owned Warhol's Mao , which he shot one evening in a fit of paranoia, the two bullet holes possibly adding to
5913-416: Was married five times: Hopper has been widely reported to be the godfather of actress Amber Tamblyn ; in a 2009 interview with Parade , Tamblyn explained that "godfather" was "just a loose term" for Hopper, Dean Stockwell and Neil Young , three famous friends of her father 's, who were always around the house when she was growing up, and who were big influences on her life. In 1994, Rip Torn filed
5994-627: Was not until he portrayed the gas-huffing, obscenity-screaming villain Frank Booth in David Lynch 's Blue Velvet (1986) that his career truly revived. On reading the script Hopper said to Lynch: "You have to let me play Frank Booth. Because I am Frank Booth!" He won critical acclaim and several awards for this role, and in the same year received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as an alcoholic assistant basketball coach in Hoosiers . Also in 1986, Hopper portrayed Lt. Enright in
6075-533: Was ordered to pay US$ 475,000 in damages. Hopper then appealed but the judge again ruled in Torn's favor and Hopper was required to pay another US$ 475,000 in punitive damages. According to Newsmeat, Hopper donated US$ 2,000 to the Republican National Committee in 2004 and an equal amount in 2005. Hopper donated $ 600 to Irish political party Sinn Féin . Hopper was honored with the rank of commander of France's National Order of Arts and Letters , at
6156-463: Was originally cast as Christof in the 1998 Peter Weir film, The Truman Show , but left during the filming due to "creative differences"; he was replaced by Ed Harris . In 1999, he starred in The Prophet's Game (a dark thriller), directed by David Worth and also starring Stephanie Zimbalist , Robert Yocum, Sondra Locke , Joe Penny and Tracey Birdsall . In 2003, Hopper was in the running for
6237-782: Was part of the sukeban (delinquent girl) subgenre of Toei 's "Pinky violence" style of Pink film . The series continued with Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo , Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter , Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal and Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71 . Another similar series of exploitation films with female bikers includes Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of the Yokohama Hoods (1971), Girl Boss: Queen Bee Strikes Again (a.k.a. Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee’s Counterattack ) (1971), and Girl Boss Guerilla (1972). In 1970, Roger Corman left AIP to form New World Pictures which released Angels Die Hard (1970), Angels Hard as They Come (1971), and Bury Me an Angel (1971). As
6318-467: Was plagued by creative differences and personal acrimony between Fonda and Hopper, the dissolution of Hopper's marriage to Brooke Hayward , his unwillingness to leave the editor's desk and his accelerating abuse of drugs and alcohol. Hopper said of Easy Rider : "The cocaine problem in the United States is really because of me. There was no cocaine before Easy Rider on the street. After Easy Rider , it
6399-538: Was reported that Hopper's cancer had metastasized to his bones. On March 18, 2010, he was honored with the 2,403rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard . Surrounded by family, fans, and friends—including Jack Nicholson , Viggo Mortensen , David Lynch , and Michael Madsen —he attended its addition to the sidewalk six days later. By March 2010, Hopper reportedly weighed only 100 pounds (45 kg) and
6480-476: Was unable to carry on long conversations. According to papers filed in his divorce court case, Hopper was terminally ill and was unable to undergo chemotherapy to treat his prostate cancer. Hopper died at his home in the coastal Venice district of Los Angeles, on May 29, 2010, at age 74. His funeral took place on June 3, 2010, at San Francisco de Asis Mission Church in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico . His body
6561-627: Was with Shorter, as a pair of Bondi surfies who harass the Wells children in a 1967 color film episode of Adventures of the Seaspray . He had a regular role in the shortlived 1970 Australian TV series The Long Arm . After making Stone he largely dropped out of screen acting, although he gave retrospective interviews for documentaries about the film and its place in the renaissance of Australian cinema. Harbutt died 21 November 2020 at Wollongong Hospital, aged 79. Harbutt only made one feature film. Among
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