WHAT TO BINGE ON TV Stream On! Actor’s sophomore film made him a star, easy

By Peter Hummers

Jack Nicholson, who had been acting in exploitation flicks and on TV (he was in two episodes of The Andy Griffith Show ), was the breakout character in a breakout movie—1969’s Easy Rider , where many mainstream audiences learned a thing of two about the nascent alternative culture. But not all that many . His next film, Five Easy Pieces , accomplished a durable popular stardom for the now legendary actor.

EASY RIDER

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Producer Peter Fonda (whose greatest asset is his name) and first-time director Dennis Hopper (who, to be fair, already had quite an acting résumé) play two bikers who travel through the A

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