Dennis Hopper
Still: The Last MovieDennis HOPPER (1936-2010, USA) was an actor and filmmaker. He studied acting at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the Actors Studio in New York. His first two film roles were in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). After struggling for acting work for several years, his career was revived with the help of John Wayne, who hired him to act in The Sons of Katie Elder (1965). He made his directorial debut with Easy Rider (1969), which he wrote together with Peter Fonda and Terry Southern. The film was nominated for the Palme d’Or and named Best First Work at Cannes, and became an important work in the New Hollywood movement. He directed and co-wrote The Last Movie in 1971, which went through a long and troubled post-production process, and he didn’t direct again until Out of the Blue (1980). The film premiered at Cannes and received a Palme d’Or nomination. In 1991, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at Stockholm Film Festival and in 2003, he received a Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award in San Sebastián. He directed his final feature film Chasers in 1994, and his final film, the short Pashmy Dream, in 2008. He was given a star on the Walk of Fame in 2010, just two months before his death.
Filmography
Easy Rider (1969), The Last Movie (1971), Out of the Blue (1980), Colors (1988), Catchfire (1990), The Hot Spot (1990), Chasers (1994), Homeless (2000, short), Pashmy Dream (2008, short)
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Dennis Hopper at IFFR
The Last Movie
Hallucinogenic film about a Hollywood crew making a Western that goes off the rails in Peru. With Samuel Fuller and Dennis Hopper.
108'
USA
IFFR 1977
Out of the Blue
94'
USA
IFFR 1982
The Hot Spot
120'
USA
IFFR 1991
The Last Movie
110'
USA
IFFR 1991
Out of the Blue
94'
USA
IFFR 1991
Hearts of Darkness - A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
97'
USA
IFFR 1992
True romance
119'
USA
IFFR 1994
The Blackout
99'
USA
IFFR 1998
Jesus' Son
110'
USA
IFFR 2000
Not Quite Hollywood
102'
Australia
IFFR 2009
The Last Movie
Hallucinogenic film about a Hollywood crew making a Western that goes off the rails in Peru. With Samuel Fuller and Dennis Hopper.
108'
USA
IFFR 2021