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Along for the Ride
This movie explores the highs, lows and phoenix-like ascension of iconic Hollywood maverick Dennis Hopper following the making of 'The Last Movie.'
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6 July 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 December 1943, Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
20 August 1961, New York City, New York, USA
3 April 1968, England, UK
23 March 1968, Whitechapel, London, England, UK
28 January 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA
December 08, 2017
Along for the Ride, completed in 2016 and now in limited theatrical release after some festival dates, beautifully interweaves personal and archival footage and rare photos with commentary from an array of Hopper associates and friends.
November 03, 2017
That renaissance wild man Dennis Hopper, once chosen as one of Andy Warhol's "Most Beautiful," is featured in a very personal memoir.
November 03, 2017
This rip-roaring tribute to a maverick artist trips along like a surreal odyssey, punctuated by lively reminiscences, choice clips and superb photographic material.
November 02, 2017
As moving as Mr. de la Manitou's testimony sometimes is, this movie too often feels like a credulity-straining attempt at hagiography.
December 07, 2017
As it circles the life and legacy of actor, artist and filmmaker Dennis Hopper, the documentary "Along for the Ride" uses the standard tools of the medium, but it follows his renegade spirit and produces something entirely unique.
December 14, 2017
Held together by a deliciously ominous score by Gemma Thompson and striking b&w cinematography, Along for the Ride isn't the final word on Dennis Hopper, but it's a fun trip.
November 02, 2017
What's ultimately moving about "Along for the Ride" is that it communicates how Dennis Hopper, by sticking true to his reckless muse, was an artist who changed things, and maybe changed everything.
November 03, 2017
The snazzy, stylish black and white photography is not only appropriately expressionistic for the dips and valleys of Hopper's career; it gives the film a sense of visual personality that's often sorely lacking in bio-docs.
December 12, 2017
But in the end the film seems overly worshipful of its subject, pressing us too hard to admire him as the prototype of the romantically self-destructive artist.
November 02, 2017
Nick Ebeling's movie sets its sights on adulatory tribute, needlessly venerating films like "The Last Movie" and generally adorning Hopper's legacy with saintliness.
