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  Dennis Hopper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an American actor and film-maker.
Hopper had long been an alcoholic and drug abuser and it was at this point his addiction began to dominate his life.
Dennis Hopper is a supporter of the Republican Party and donated money to the party for the 2004 election.
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 Dennis Hopper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dennis Hopper was born May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kansas.
Hopper gained cult fame in the 1969 film "Easy Rider" in which he played Billy alongside Peter Fonda as two free-wheeling bikers on a cross-country journey of 1960s America.
Hopper was once quoted saying, "Like all artists I want to cheat death a little and contribute something to the next generation".
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 Exclusive Dennis Hopper/Knockaround Guys Interview by Paul Fischer in Los Angeles
Dennis Hopper may not be the wild man he once was, but he still has plenty to say.
Hopper helped define a generation with his landmark classic Easy Rider, which still has stood the test of time, despite it remaining a symbol of 1960s disillusionment as America was thrust into Vietnam.
Hopper concedes that while it's a sad state of affairs, "I also feel it is tragic that people who had very little involvement suddenly came and wanted to have pieces and money from the film, I mean Terry Southern who wrote nothing except the title broke his hip.
www.filmmonthly.com /Profiles/Articles/DHopper/DHopper.html   (1566 words)

  
 Cigar Aficionado | People Profile | Dennis Hopper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hopper has been reincarnated from a brash young actor in the '50s, to a rebel hippie filmmaker in the '60s, to a drug-addled industry pariah in the '70s.
Hopper hit rock bottom in the mid-'80s, when, crazed from cocaine psychosis, he was found by police, naked and hiding in a Mexican jungle.
Hopper was so inspired by Dean's improvisational abilities that he later studied with Dean's acting coach, Lee Strasberg, whose method-acting techniques relied on sense of memory, a skill Hopper still uses both in acting and art.
www.cigaraficionado.com /Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,16,00.html   (4606 words)

  
 RNW: Fame in the Art Game
Hopper exposes the act of movie making to us to show that these aren't two cowboys in the Wild West; they are two middle-aged over-paid actors.
In the process Hopper has revealed the original billboards, which were supposed to be ‘pleasant and attractive', as hard, lurid and crass.
With his artist's eye, Hopper has seen the richness in what most would ignore and find ugly, on the streets of the town that is know for its worship of surface beauty.
www.radionetherlands.nl /features/cultureandhistory/hopper010316.html   (659 words)

  
 Dennis Hopper
The ultimate anti-establishment hippie flick (and a permanent cinematic classic, man) was directed by Hopper, and written with his buddy and co-star Peter Fonda.
The film established Hopper as an exciting new filmmaker, a reputation he quickly destroyed with his next film, the pretentious and self-indulgent The Last Movie.
Hopper's career has flourished since, with marvelously subtle performances in Basquiat and River's Edge, and over-the-top scenery chewing in Waterworld and Speed -- plus the occasional time out to parody his Easy Rider persona in Flashback and Riders Of The Storm.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=1378   (390 words)

  
 Dennis Hopper pictures, photos, wallpapers, desktop themes, posters, music, videos, DVDs, and memorabilia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas) is an American actor and film-maker.
Hopper was then cast in two roles with James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause (1955) and Giant (1956).
Although Hopper was able to resume acting in mainstream films including The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965) and True Grit (1969), it was not until he teamed with Peter Fonda and made Easy Rider.
www.entertainzones.com /actors/h/dennis-hopper/index.html   (461 words)

  
 Dennis Hopper Biography @ Filmbug UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dennis Hopper is often described as a Hollywood icon, having acted in at least 115 feature films as well as 140 television productions.
Hopper's film career began in the mid-fifties in Rebel Without A Cause, with James Dean, followed by such classics as Giant and Gunfight at the OK Corral.
Hopper studied acting extensively with Lee Strasberg at New York's famed Actors Studio and is a noted photographer and painter.
www.filmbug.co.uk /db/4341-9   (278 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Dennis Hopper: A System of Moments: Books: Peter Noever,Daniela Zyman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dennis Hopper, one of Hollywood's last great cult figures, is best known for his depiction of social outcasts in films such as "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Apocalypse Now", as well as for directing classic films like "Easy Rider".
Hopper has also, however, made a name for himself as an artist and a photographer.
Dennis Hopper is among the best-known film stars in the world.
www.amazon.com /Dennis-Hopper-A-System-Moments/dp/3775710302   (666 words)

  
 The Dennis Hopper Picture Pages
The son of Jay (died in 1982) and Marjorie Hopper (remarried), Dennis Hopper was born on May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas.
In 1987, Hopper met ballet dancer and choreographer Katherine LaNasa (born on December 1, 1967; formerly a principal dancer with the Karole Armitage Ballet of New York) and married her on June 17, 1989.
In 1971, Hopper was credited as co-writer of documentary about himself, L M Kit Carson and Lawrence Schiller-directed The American Dreamer, and directed, co-wrote (with talented screenwriter Stewart Stern) and starred as stuntman Kansas in the little-seen, bizarre drama The Last Movie.
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 BBC - Films -article article - Dennis Hopper - From Bad to Good
Hopper's resulting attitude had him flballed from Hollywood, but he returned triumphantly having directed a little picture called "Easy Rider".
It was a worldwide hit, broke down the doors of the movie citadel, and Hopper had a cool 10% of the gross.
Hopper drank more, did brilliant secondary roles in "Apocalypse Now" and Wim Wenders' "The American Friend", but he didn't surface again, sober, until the mid 80s.
www.bbc.co.uk /films/2001/08/15/dennis_hopper_part2_article.shtml   (371 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Colors (Widescreen): DVD: Dennis Hopper,Sean Penn,Robert Duvall,Maria Conchita Alonso,Randy Brooks,Grand L. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hopper and screenwriter Michael Schiffer give all the characters a very human dimension and go to great lengths to show gang life from both the cops' and the gangsters' points of view.
Hopper's directing jobs came infrequently; this was only his third picture in the two decades since his debut in Easy Rider.
Anyway, Dennis Hopper awkardly, but fantastically directed this film with Robert Duvall as a veteran cop and his young, headstrong apprentice Sean Penn, as they lead a Los Angeles gang unit against the petty crime in the streets fueled by the two rival gangs.
www.amazon.ca /Colors-Widescreen-Dennis-Hopper/dp/B00005N89M   (1372 words)

  
 Dennis Hopper
The image of actor Dennis Hopper as a wild and intense bad boy has softened in recent years, but he's still famous for his many roles in independent movies and for his work in a handful of cinema classics.
During the 1970s Hopper was mostly known for being out of control and out of work, excepting a memorable role as a whacked-out journalist in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979, starring Martin Sheen).
Dennis Hopper - Dennis Hopper actor, director, producer Born: 5/17/1936 Birthplace: Dodge City, Kansas Film actor,...
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 eyestorm - article - Dennis Hopper
Within the artworld, Hopper was associated with the seminal Ferus Gallery and the legendary curator Walter Hopps, as well as artists like Edward Keinholz, Wallace Berman and Ed Ruscha.
Hopper's new fl and white iris prints are editions of portraits from the 60s: people from the film, music and art circles that he moved within.
Hopper has an uncanny knack of catching his subjects in revealing situations, giving the final portraits a really meaningful spin.
www.eyestorm.com /feature/ED2n_article.asp?article_id=204&artist_id=105   (725 words)

  
 AbsoluteNow: Dennis Hopper photos - Buy this picture from AllPosters.com
Dennis Hopper, Stephanie Seymour and husband Peter Brant arrive for New Line Cinema's New York screening of "Knockaround Guys" at AMC Empire 25, on west 42nd street.
Dennis Hopper and Stephanie Seymour arrive for New Line Cinema's New York screening of "Knockaround Guys" at AMC Empire 25, on west 42nd street.
Dennis Hopper greets Vin Diesel as they arrive for New Line Cinema's New York screening of "Knockaround Guys" at AMC Empire 25, on west 42nd street.
www.absolutenow.com /new/dennis_hopper.html   (309 words)

  
 Popcorn Taxi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
She is an outsider, a rebel caught in the grip of the punk rock generation.
Dennis had some conflicts with the director of "From Hell to Texas" and Warner Bros.
Dennis Hopper was also on Broadway in "Mandingo".
www.popcorntaxi.com.au /Events.asp?Event_ID=44   (636 words)

  
 The Weird World of 70s Cinema * Dennis Hopper
As the 60's rolled along, Hopper was known as a rebellious minor star in the old Hollywood system.
Hopper's roll was as a hippie acid veteran who swings around in a room of memories and inner landscapes helping to guide Peter Fonda through his first trip.
After the original director walked off the shoot Hopper, who was hired to play the alcoholic father, was chosen as the director.
www.pimpadelicwonderland.com /hopper.html   (438 words)

  
 Dennis Hopper Pens His Memoirs, 'Easy Rider' Star Is Working On An Autobiography - CBS News
Dennis Hopper hit it big with the cult classic, "Easy Rider." Take a look at the actor/director's tumultuous Hollywood run.
Hopper's book is called "Out Takes" and, according to Little, Brown, will cover everything from his childhood in Kansas to his work in "Easy Rider," "Rebel Without a Cause," "True Romance" and other films to his impressions of Brando, Dean, Elvis Presley and many others.
Correspondent Charlie Rose sat down with Dennis Hopper to discuss the actor’s transition from a young, rebellious actor to country club golfer.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/05/08/entertainment/main1599456.shtml   (340 words)

  
 Dennis Hopper - Cranky Critic® StarTalk - Movie Star Interviews
He was a very minimal guy so there's not a lot to go on." Hopper, who knew Sinatra quite well, will make this film, his 150th as an actor, his most challenging.
Hopper helped define a generation with his landmark classic Easy Rider, which still has stood the test of time, despite its symbolism of 1960s disillusionment.
Hopper's wife is due in April "and my daughter's due any minute with my first grandchild." A father and grandfather virtually simultaneously.
www.crankycritic.com /qa/pf_articles/dennishopper.html   (1414 words)

  
 Ziggy's Video Realm: Dennis Hopper in Space Truckers (1997)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
From the second that Hopper's John Canyon opens his mouth, it becomes instantly clear that this is going to be one of those scripts that tries too hard.
Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, and Debi Mazar, however, go above and beyond any reprieve that might be granted in their direction as compensation for an awful script.
Hopper essentially just exists in this movie, rattling off his lines in the wiseass tone that has become his trademark over the years and looking very much like he couldn’t care either way whether or not he did the scene okay.
www.ziggysvideorealm.com /reviews/spacetruckers.html   (1574 words)

  
 Dennis Hopper | E-Ring | tv : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hopper is not in the actual Pentagon, just a faithful re-creation of it on a Los Angeles soundstage, where he's filming the third episode of NBC's new drama E-Ring.
Hopper's 50-year, 119-movie career has been one of the strangest and most unpredictable in Hollywood history.
Hopper struck up a conversation with director Taylor Hackford, who had helmed the Oscar-nominated Ray and was about to start work on E-Ring's pilot.
www.ew.com /ew/report/0,6115,1105414_3_0_,00.html   (669 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Dennis Hopper schedules memoirs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
NEW YORK (AP) — The autobiography of Dennis Hopper, the Easy Rider star and Hollywood rebel whose friends and acquaintances have included James Dean, Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson, is scheduled to come out in 2008.
Hopper's book is called Out Takes and, according to Little, Brown, will cover everything from his childhood in Kansas to his work in Easy Rider,Rebel Without a Cause,True Romance and other films to his impressions of Brando, Dean, Elvis Presley and many others.
Carolyn Kaster, AP Hopper's book will cover everything from his childhood in Kansas to his impressions of Marlon Brando and Elvis Presley.
www.usatoday.com /life/books/news/2006-05-08-hopper_x.htm   (218 words)

  
 Dennis Hopper Pictures, Biography, Filmography, News, Videos,
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 Extratv.com : Dennis Hopper Joins '24'
Now, as he races against time to stop a presidential assassination, Kiefer Sutherland has to do battle with a diabolic Dennis Hopper.
It was a role that required Hopper to do this bad guy a little differently.
But as Jack Bauer's diabolical enemy, Dennis Hopper is sure to make the remaining episodes a thrilling ride.
extratv.warnerbros.com /dailynews/extra/04_02/04_16e.html   (210 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Hot Spot, the: Video: Dennis Hopper,Don Johnson,Virginia Madsen,Jennifer Connelly,Charles Martin ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It's arguably Dennis Hopper's best directorial effort (OK, so that's not saying much), and Charles Williams's source novel Hell Hath No Fury finds Hopper in a comfortable B-movie milieu, riffing on Double Indemnity with an overripe tale of sex, greed, and flmail in an unnamed Texan town.
Harry lacks the willpower to resist her rather obvious charms, but at the same time, he is also attracted to Gloria (Jennifer Connelly), Hawshaw's young female employee.
Hopper is great photographer he and his DP really had chemistry but sometimes the story is so convulted and the actors so sweaty much is missed.
www.amazon.ca /Hot-Spot-Dennis-Hopper/dp/tech-info/0792845692   (1266 words)

  
 Saturday Night Live: Dennis Hopper/Roy Orbison - TV.com
Marc Shaiman (Skip), Dennis Hopper (Himself), Roy Orbison (himself)
When asked if this was a happy time in her life, she said, "Oh, yeah, my life's been great.
I've been stuck in a house for the last thirty years with seven midgets, not one of whom is named 'Horny'." (edit)
www.tv.com /saturday-night-live/dennis-hopper-roy-orbison/episode/112324/summary.html   (196 words)

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