THE AMERICAN DREAMER

Dennis Hopper as Dennis Hopper in THE AMERICAN DREAMER

Shot in the wake of Hopper’s breakout hit, Easy Rider, and as he was about the embark on his personal – and disastrous – project The Last Movie, Lawrence Schiller and Kit Carson’s 1971 study of the film-maker, The American Dreamer, has been little-seen over the past 45 years. The film captures Hopper, and the country in which he lives, at a key turning point in their histories.

Proceeds from the release of the film will benefit the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

The American Dreamer is released in select UK cinemas on 5 February and in select US cinemas from 6 February.

Watch on MUBI from 12 February.