

Fonda over who deserved credit for writing the script.
#EASY RIDER ACTORS 1969 MOVIE#
Hopper’s Fonda freeze-out stems from a longstanding quarrel over the credit and profits for Easy Rider, the 1969 road movie in which the two actors played hippie bikers motoring across the Southwest on a kind of psychospiritual trip to New Orleans. Hopper doubled over in laughter, covering his mouth with one hand. Nicholson gave the smarmiest speech of the evening, thanking the Academy and “all you people for looking so good tonight,” Mr.

Hopper let out an enthusiastic ” Yeah! Woo! ” and banged his hands on the table.

Nicholson won–for the third time in Academy history–Mr. Nicholson’s scenes from As Good as it Gets came on screen. Fonda’s clips from Ulee’s Gold were played, but then beamed from ear to ear when Mr. He gazed in stony silence from behind gray shades as Mr. Hopper made it quite clear who he was rooting for as both of his co-stars from Easy Rider, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson, vied for the best actor statuette. Flanked by his wife, Victoria Duffy, and his daughter, Ruthana, on March 23 at the Academy Awards soirée thrown by Entertainment Weekly at Elaine’s, Mr. Everyone has their favorite picks on Oscar night, even an aging crazy man like Dennis Hopper, whom you’d think would have gotten over this kind of Hollywood industry schmaltz years ago.
