Peter Fonda

The Wild Angels/Hell's Belles
$14.98
Peter Fonda was great in Easy Rider and was equally the same in Wild Angels, the plot was well scripted for the 60's, didn't care for the Home Town Church scene, that's what branded bikers in the first place... not too cool!!

Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper & Peter Fonda on Motorcycles, Color) Movie Poster Print - 24" X 36"
$13.99
This poster shows a color photo of Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda on their motorcycles. At the bottom it says "Easy Rider" in red. This poster measures approx. 24" x 36" 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. A landmark counterculture film, Easy Rider explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise and fall of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. Easy Rider is legendary for its use of real drugs in its portrayal of marijuana and other substances.

Race With the Devil
$9.98
I JUST GOT A KICK OUT OF THIS MOVIE, JUST THINK A EVIL CAR ON THE LOOSE WHAT A THOUGHT!

Don't Tell Dad: A Memoir
$16.95
I picked up Fonda's book cheaply at a library book sale without any intention of ever reading the whole thing. I'm too young to remember Fonda at his peak and I didn't particularly like Easy Rider when I saw it in college. The problem is Peter Fonda is too good of a writer to put down. And his story is so action packed you'd think he led two lives to get it all done.

I had heard that it wasn't easy to be Henry Fonda's son, daughter, or wife and now I know why. Hank had a passion for social conscience, but he was aloof with the people who needed his love directly. Peter's mother was in and out of mental institutions before she committed suicide, and Peter's beloved first stepmother was torn from his life when Henry grew tired of her. A good deal of his early life was spent at boarding school or with relatives.

There are several references to John Wayne, as the two had their boats docked at the same pier. Wayne was the quintessential token conservative during his days in Hollywood, so therefore the cold and uncaring human being. But that wasn't Peter's experience. On their first meeting at the pier, Fonda called him Mr. Wayne which Duke would have none of. Duke remembered the day Peter was born, and Peter should call him, Duke. Peter writes of how a friendship grew and how understanding Duke was about Peter's counter-culture image. In many ways, Duke accepted Peter in the way he hoped his father might.

What you learn about Jane is that she was a na���ve, caring, and trusting person who was constantly taken advantage of by cunning people. Peter isn't a big fan of her first husband, Roger Vadim, but he absolutely hates her second husband, Tom Hayden. Hayden glommed onto her name and fame to hear Peter tell it. His kind of war protesting eventually landed Jane in Vietnam, and Peter doesn't like that one bit. He was against the war as much as any Hollywood type of his generation, but unlike the radicals, he hated the "commies" and he thinks they took advantage of his sister.

As far as his movie career he explains the acting classes, early TV appearances, Roger Corman days, and his partnership with Dennis Hopper. And boy does he paint a funny picture of Hopper as a mad genius, self-promoter, and constant dope head. Still, you get the idea that he has affection for Hopper despite the craziness. In fact, Fonda seems at peace with most everyone. He comes through in this volume as a decent man with his own regrets telling a wickedly compelling story.