Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson all toked on real grass while filming this cannabis cult classic, including the legendary campfire scene where they introduced Nicholson's character to marijuana for the first time. When the smoked cleared, this low-budget, high-concept tale of hippie bikers who were "born to be wild" had ignited an American independent cinema movement. Easy Rider also changed the way stoners could be depicted on the silver screen, replacing the usual homicidal maniacs with freethinking, freewheeling revolutionaries. As Dennis Hopper explained to High Times: "It was the first time anybody went out and smoked marijuana in a movie and didn't kill a whole bunch of nurses."
-High Times
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