Dennis Hopper as Dennis Hopper in THE AMERICAN DREAMER <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />Proceeds from the release of the film will benefit the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. <br /> <br />The American Dreamer is released in select UK cinemas on 5 February and in select US cinemas from 6 February. <br /> <br />Watch on MUBI from 12 February.
