Easy Rider - Filming Location (Las Vegas, New Mexico)

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Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood phase of filmmaking during the late sixties.

This location was used as the jail after Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) are arrested by the local authorities for "parading without a permit". In the jail, they befriend alcoholic ACLU lawyer George Hanson (Jack Nicholson) and George helps them get out of jail and decides to travel with Wyatt and Billy to New Orleans.

Video of the scene -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm_CEmybOjc&feature=related