Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Mar 9, 2003

1h 59m

★ 7.1

Overview

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cinema, an exalted celebration of creativity and experimentation; but also of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a turbulent and dark tale of ambition, envy, betrayal, hatred and self-destruction.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

BBC

Cactus Three

The Fremantle Corporation

Submarine Entertainment

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

William H. Macy

Self

Dede Allen

Self

Peter Bart

Self

Tony Bill

Self

Karen Black

Self

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Ellen Burstyn

Self

Roger Corman

Self

Micky Dolenz

Self

Richard Dreyfuss

Self

Peter Fonda

Self

Carl Gottlieb

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