Counter culture hero Peter Fonda of Easy rider Fame passes away at 79

Commander Wallace · 08-16-19, 08:11 PM

Peter Fonda, the two-time Oscar nominee and star of 1969's Easy Rider, died on Friday morning at the age of 79 . Peter starred in Easy Rider with Dennis Hopper.

Quote : Fonda was perhaps most well-known for his role in Easy Rider—the countercultural film that was widely hailed as a youth anthem in its day. The road movie, which he also co-wrote and produced, featured Fonda and Dennis Hopper as two motorcyclists taking a trip across the country. The film was a huge hit, capturing the drug-infused counterculture of the 1960s on film. Fonda also earned a Best Actor nomination for his performance in the 1997 film Ulee's Gold .

While mainstream critics had ignored previous counterculture films, they heaped praise upon “Easy Rider,” and the film was a significant box office hit as well with $41 million, third best for the year. In Hollywood the success of the movie on all fronts marked the beginning of a changing of the guard, with a new generation of independent-minded filmmakers ruling the business until “Jaws” changed everything in 1975

https://news.yahoo.com/actor-peter-f...233205818.html

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/p...79-1203305078/

Rest in Peace.

Aktungbby · 08-16-19, 08:51 PM

Mr Quatro · 08-16-19, 09:49 PM

Good-by Peter loved that music and time period ... only 79???

Great actor father too ... No coment on his sister though

Torvald Von Mansee · 08-16-19, 11:45 PM

His sister was/is scum.

Rhodes · 08-17-19, 04:00 AM

R.I.P.!

I also enters in Futureworld and I like him in The Limey.
For me, his sister is hot!

Jimbuna · 08-17-19, 05:38 AM

RIP

Sailor Steve · 08-17-19, 09:20 AM

I think the last movie I saw him in was 3:10 To Yuma. One of the things I always admired was how much he looked like his dad.

Aktungbby · 08-17-19, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

One of the things I always admired was how much he looked like his dad.

YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS 'CAUSE U DONT LOOK LIKE YOUR DAD!

Mr Quatro · 08-17-19, 11:03 AM

I don't look like my dad ... In fact I wondered why for a long time, but you just don't ask those types of questions while they are living and now like a lot of us they have gone on to the happy hunting grounds or perhaps even the bullfighting grounds.

Aktungbby · 08-17-19, 11:57 AM

Well the one time I astutely noted the wedding license date of my parents and my own rather 'immediate' birthdate a semester later, possibly spurred by dad's sudden recallup for Korea in B-29's...My mom laughingly informed me 'We lied. You're a bastard!" I know now where my sense of humor comes from and when my wife calls me that(on rare occasions

) I realize I married mom...

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Counter culture hero Peter Fonda of Easy rider Fame passes away at 79 Peter Fonda, the two-time Oscar nominee and star of 1969's Easy Rider, died on Friday morning at the age of 79 . Peter starred in Easy Rider with Dennis Hopper. Quote : Fonda was perhaps most well-known for his role in Easy Rider—the countercultural film that was widely hailed as a youth anthem in its day. The road movie, which he also co-wrote and produced, featured Fonda and Dennis Hopper as two motorcyclists taking a trip across the country. The film was a huge hit, capturing the drug-infused counterculture of the 1960s on film. Fonda also earned a Best Actor nomination for his performance in the 1997 film Ulee's Gold . While mainstream critics had ignored previous counterculture films, they heaped praise upon “Easy Rider,” and the film was a significant box office hit as well with $41 million, third best for the year. In Hollywood the success of the movie on all fronts marked the beginning of a changing of the guard, with a new generation of independent-minded filmmakers ruling the business until “Jaws” changed everything in 1975 https://news.yahoo.com/actor-peter-f...233205818.html https://variety.com/2019/film/news/p...79-1203305078/ Rest in Peace.

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Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good-by Peter loved that music and time period ... only 79??? Great actor father too ... No coment on his sister though __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I think the last movie I saw him in was 3:10 To Yuma. One of the things I always admired was how much he looked like his dad. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't look like my dad ... In fact I wondered why for a long time, but you just don't ask those types of questions while they are living and now like a lot of us they have gone on to the happy hunting grounds or perhaps even the bullfighting grounds. __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,996 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Well the one time I astutely noted the wedding license date of my parents and my own rather 'immediate' birthdate a semester later, possibly spurred by dad's sudden *recallup* for Korea in B-29's...My mom laughingly informed me 'We lied. You're a bastard!" I know now where my sense of humor comes from and when my wife calls me that(on rare occasions) I realize I married *mom...* __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!