Jack Nicholson as a Hippie guitarist in a folk band? Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the film and found it very entertaining. But seriously, that has to be one of the weirdest castings of all time. Good solid performance. Just weird.
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Actually, Nicholson was not a hippie in Easy Rider. He played a drunken lawyer. Fonda and Hopper were the hippies. Fonda gets Nicholson high one night while they are camping off the side of the road. Nicholson's character didn't even know that his companions had been smoking "grass" until Fonda told him that it was pot.
sharewell he made the movie (funny actually) , this was before he became well known or famous, he also pulls off similar type roles in hell's angels on wheels and rebel rousers.
shareNicholson was obviously heavily into the hippie scene, what with writing "Head", "The Trip" and starring in stuff like "Psych-Out" and "Easy Rider". If he'd carried on making films of this sort, his character would seem pretty normal. It's only odd is you compare the character to characters films he hadn't starred in yet.
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I actually thought Jack was very convincing as a hippie. I know it's not used to what we're watching him as, but let's face it, he's one of the most versatile actors around. He's often cast in stereotypical roles, but he can play anything-a naval officer (The Last Detail) an Outlaw (The Missouri Breaks, Goin' South) an alcoholic ex-English teacher (The Shining), a mental patient (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) and a private Eye (Chinatown, The Two Jakes) among other things. I think Jack can play any role he's given, and let's not forget he can do comedy, thriller, powerful drama and horror brilliantly combined.
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actually nicholson wrote the original screenplay for this movie and the part of stoney especially for himself.
shareHe wrote the screenplay for THE TRIP not this movie.
He doesn't look like a hippie, he looks like an actor playing a hippie. Although, he is cool and spontaneous. But he has too much edge for the character he's playing. He seems more like he'd be a shifty manager for the band. A hippie when he has to be, but a climber underneath it all. I guess I'm trying to say, instead of Jack not being good enough to play a hippie, it's kind of the opposite.
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Just saw this the first time.
Jack might be able to play any role he's given, but not any musical instrument. The only time he even touches the strings is when he has to do it to hold the guitar.
Yup, the musicianship is faked, ...so is the ponytail (noticable in the bedding of Susan Strasburg scene) ..course the BEST wig award goes to Bruce Dern (pre-dating the whole Chuck Manson look). One of my all time favorite absurd movies.
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Love the Bruce Dern "Manson" wig. Love everything about Bruce Dern's character. Love everything about this film, in fact.
I did find Jack Nicholson awkward when he's talking about and especially when he's "playing" music, because clearly he's not. The ponytail looked phony, but otherwise the character seemed genuine.
The first time I saw this Dick Clark train wreck, when it was at it's worst - during the scene where Dern meets Nicholson - it dawned on me that now both of them are academy award winners.
shareGuilty pleasure: I actually like how Nicholson looks in that fake pony-tail! Hahahahah!
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What about John Wayne as Genghis Khan?
What about Glenn Ford as a young Spanish nobleman?
What about Halle Berry as Catwoman?
What about Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darrin?
There are some dreadful miscastings out there, many examples of "What were they thinking?!", but I don't happen to find this one bad at all. I think Nicholson fits in quite well, probably knowing that all types could be found in this "scene". Ages and types varied widely, as did their reasons for being there.
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It isn't just Nicholson . . . . all of the "hippies" in this movie are in their early 30's.
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"It isn't just Nicholson . . . . all of the "hippies" in this movie are in their early 30's."
Manson was also in his 30's when he landed in San Francisco..... all the little girls went for him.
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