OT: The actor Dennis Hopper died today. RIP

Yes! writer and director.

I think he knew that.

 

thanks for the 411,Ive always liked that film and have talked to dan Haggerty about it some,didnt know about the real guy thats very cool,my folks lived in newport beach about that time(80s) and I used to come down from Portland to hit the band scene in LA and the racing thing too,met a guy that race a 240z on the mountian and took me up a couple of nites........kinda looked up in the hills for a 56 f-100.......think I'll watch it tomorrow nite and think about what a genius he was.............

 

Man that sucks I always liked his warped style of acting.

 

ITS SUPER SAD! Gary Coleman (Arnold) died too, but I felt worse about Dennis Hopper.

 

This one is hitting me hard. In my adolescent mind I was Billy. Fringe jacket and all. Easy Rider was the most profound experience. I am 100% sure that I would be somebody else if it wasn't for Billy riding free through the beautiful desert. A desert I now live in and still drive around in aimlessly. Time to fire up the the old chopper and go for a ride.
RIP Brother Billy
Mike

 

Man dude you must be really young or something to not know who Dennis Hopper was,He had to have been in at least a hundred different flicks throughout his life. He has been one of my favorites for years. The best thing about him is he did do alot of the out of the norm roles he took many films that would have bombed completely and made them cult classics for sure. Hell the tom tom gps I bought two years ago had him as one of the voices that directs you. some funny stuff for sure.He will be missed. R I P FECK.

 

Very informative piece on Hopper on CNN.
I did not know that he was married to Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & Pappas for 8 days.
Good on you Dennis!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/05/29/obit.dennis.hopper1/index.html

 

Not many Hollywood actors who can say they played with James Dean.
RIP Dennis

 

The dude had a positive impact on every movie or television show he was in. Hollywood will be much tamer/lamer without him. One of the giants.

C-List? Right. What a tool.

Aloha

 

Normally I could get a rat's ass when someone in no way related to me passes away, except empathy for their families.

Dont know if its because Im tired or what. But having come to the US, bought a panhead and then went and chased the American Dream, luckily though not ending like the movie but not peachy either, this news has made me really sad.

 

RIP Easy Rider and Thanks for all the great work you did in film and TV

 

He had a good run, partied like a rock star and seen more trim than anyone of us that's for sure. Plus he beat the average by two years! His passing is not sad at all. Cool guy though that is for sure.

 

Am sorry to read that he lost his battle with the big C.
It is very close to home as my wife has had to come to terms with her father is also
battling the big C. Unfortunately his is terminal.
God Speed Dennis Hopper

 

We lost another great actor.I recall he did the tv commercial for life insurance or something.Even in that ad,he a "wise ass" attitude.

RIP Dennis,and may there always be easy ridin in the sky.

 

He was nominated for a academy award TWICE!! definatly "A list" if you ask me!!
Also he WAS the only surviving actor of "rebel without a cause".
JimV

 

RIP. I just saw him in an old western the other night on the Western Channel... he was very young. Easy Rider wasn't the best movie every made, but I always loved watching it because they did their own riding. They weren't strapped to a trailer or blue screened. The world needs characters like him, sorry to hear he's past.

 

The river flows
It flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes
That's where I want to be
Flow river flow
Let your waters wash down
Take me from this road
To some other town

All he wanted
Was to be free
And that's the way
It turned out to be
Flow river flow
Let your waters wash down
Take me from this road
To some other town

Flow river flow
Past the shaded tree
Go river, go
Go to the sea
Flow to the sea

The river flows
It flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes
That's where I want to be
Flow river flow
Let your waters wash down
Take me from this road
To some other town

RIP Dennis

 

Like He said at his star in Hollywood.(not to bad for a farm kid from Dodge City,Kansas) RIP!

 

Class of 1954 Helix High, La Mesa Ca

 

We shared a birthday. I was bragging about that the day before I woke up and heard the news on the radio...spooked me a bit.

I loved the freak character he played in Blue Velvet and his scene with Christopher Walken in True Romance was classic ballsiness.