Hells Angels On Wheels (1967)
Культура байкеров впервые была популяризирована в фильме The Wild One / «Дикий» (1953), где Марлон Брандо создаёт свою атмосферу (в куртке B.R.M.C.), за его неизбежным успехом последовала череда забытых малобюджетных эксплуатационных фильмов, типа «Мотоциклетная банда» (1957) и «Горячий ангел» (1958), но жанр действительно взлетел в середине 1960-х годов, после того, как мотоклуб «Hells Angels» стали упоминать в СМИ и была опубликована книга Хантера С. Томпсона «Ангелы ада: странная и ужасная сага о бандах мотоциклистов вне закона» (1966)
Так появилась целая россыпь bikerploitation / outlaw biker films:
In 1965, director Russ Meyer made Motorpsycho (aka Motor Psycho), an obscure film about an evil motorcycle gang led by a disturbed Vietnam War veteran.
The Wild Angels, 1966
Devil's Angels, 1966
The Glory Stompers, 1967
In 1966, American International Pictures (AIP) released The Wild Angels with Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, and Nancy Sinatra. This film, aimed at the teenage drive-in crowd, was a surprise hit and a new exploitation film subgenre was born. AIP dominated the market and quickly released a semi-sequel Devil's Angels starring actor-director John Cassavetes and The Glory Stompers with Dennis Hopper in 1967.
The Mini-Skirt Mob, 1968
Angels from Hell, 1968
The Savage Seven, 1968
Hell's Belles, 1969
Hell's Angels '69, 1969
Angel Unchained, 1970
The Hard Ride, 1971
Chrome and Hot Leather, 1971
In 1968, AIP produced The Mini-Skirt Mob, Angels from Hell, and The Savage Seven (the film debut of actress/director Penny Marshall). The company made five more biker gang films: Hell's Belles (1969), Hell's Angels '69 (1969), Angel Unchained (1970), The Hard Ride (1971), and Chrome and Hot Leather (1971).
The Born Losers, 1967
Hells Angels on Wheels, 1967
Run, Angel, Run!, 1969
Wild Wheels, 1969
Nam's Angels, 1970
AIP and Fanfare Films also co-produced The Born Losers (1967). Fanfare made Hells Angels on Wheels (1967) with Jack Nicholson, Run, Angel, Run! (1969), Wild Wheels (1969), and Nam's Angels (1970).
Wild Rebels, 1967
The Hellcats, 1968
The Sidehackers, 1969
Wild Riders, 1971
Pink Angels, 1972
Satan's Sadists, 1969
Hell's Bloody Devils, 1970
Angels' Wild Women, 1972
Other small independent filmmakers went on to produce dozens of low-budget biker films until the trend dissipated in the early '70s. Crown International produced and/or distributed Wild Rebels (1967), The Hellcats (1968), The Sidehackers (1969), Wild Riders (1971), and Pink Angels (1972). Independent-International Pictures Corp. produced three films in this genre directed by Al Adamson – Satan's Sadists (1969), Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), and Angels' Wild Women (1972).
The Rebel Rousers, 1967/1970
Easy Rider, 1969
The Cycle Savages, 1970
The Rebel Rousers (filmed 1967, released 1970) featured Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, and Harry Dean Stanton. Dern also starred as a sadistic gang leader in The Cycle Savages (1970). In 1969, Peter Fonda, Hopper, and Nicholson teamed up on the classic "hippie biker" movie, Easy Rider, the antithesis of the violent biker-gang genre.
Sonny Barger, founder of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels, was a consultant on several films. He and other gang members appeared as extras in Hells Angels on Wheels and Hell's Angels '69. The Hells Angels appeared as extras playing a gang called the Las Vegas Hotdoggers in the Roger Corman film Naked Angels (1969) starring Michael Greene.
The Born Losers, 1967
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, 1966
The Born Losers (1967) introduced Tom Laughlin's character Billy Jack. Unable to get his Billy Jack script produced, Laughlin wrote and directed The Born Losers to capitalize on the current biker movie trend (which finally allowed him to make Billy Jack in 1971). The story was inspired by news reports of the Hells Angels terrorizing a California community. As a cost-saving measure, a stunt scene of a motorcycle crashing into a pond was taken from co-producer AIP's comedy The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966).
The Born Losers is also significant for its social criticism and portrayal of the biker gang as a force of pure, unredeemable evil. Here, for the first time, a lone hero stands up to, and ultimately defeats, the gang. Prior to this, the majority of the films in this genre imitated The Wild One with a sympathetic gang member (the reluctant leader or a new member) who ultimately rejects the outlaw biker lifestyle. Prime examples are the Fonda character in The Wild Angels, Jack Nicholson in Hells Angels on Wheels (1967), and Joe Namath in C.C. and Company (1970).
Hell's Bloody Devils, 1970
Angels from Hell, 1968
Hells Angels on Wheels, 1967
Run, Angel, Run, 1969
Nam's Angels [The Losers], 1970
Jack Starrett has the role of a tough-talking police officer. He played essentially the same character in Hells Angels on Wheels and Angels from Hell (1968). Starrett was also in Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), and directed Run, Angel, Run (1969) . In Nam's Angels (1970) the bikers are portrayed as patriotic heroes sent on a rescue mission to Vietnam.
The Hellcats aka Biker Babes, 1967
She-Devils on Wheels, 1968
The Mini-Skirt Mob, 1968
Sisters in Leather, 1969
Angels' Wild Women, 1972
Cycle Vixens, 1978
Chrome Angels, 2009
A number of novelty films were made featuring all-female biker gangs such as The Hellcats aka Biker Babes (1967), She-Devils on Wheels (1968), The Mini-Skirt Mob (from AIP) with Sherry Jackson and Harry Dean Stanton (1968), Sisters in Leather (1969) with Pat Barrington, Angels' Wild Women (1972), Cycle Vixens (1978), and Chrome Angels (2009).
The Pink Angels, 1971
Bury Me an Angel, 1972
Angels' Wild Women, 1972
The Big Doll House, 1971
The Pink Angels (1971) is a somewhat campy film about a gang bikers who head down the coast to attend a drag ball. Bury Me an Angel (1972) is a revenge story featuring a female biker (and female director). Angels' Wild Women (1972) centers around a group of tough female bikers who dominate men and eventually go a revenge-driven rampage. The story (and original Screaming Angels title) was changed after the producers found theaters were no longer interested in traditional biker films. Inspired by the popularity of Roger Corman's The Big Doll House (1971), a violent women in prison film with Pam Grier, new scenes were added featuring aggressive female bikers and a Pam Grier lookalike was added to the cast. The reworked and retitled film was a box office success.
Alleycat Rock: Female Boss [女番長野良猫ロック], 1970
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo, 1970
Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter, 1970
Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal, 1970
Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders, 1971
Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods [ずべ公番長 はまぐれ数え唄], 1971
Girl Boss: Queen Bee Strikes Again, 1971
Girl Boss Guerilla, 1972
In Japan, female biker films became popular starting with Alleycat Rock: Female Boss (a.k.a. Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss or Female Juvenile Delinquent Leader: Alleycat Rock or Wildcat Rock) (1970). This trend was part of the sukeban (delinquent girl) subgenre of Toei's "Pinky violence" style of Pink film. The series continued with Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo, Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter, Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal and Alleycat Rock: Crazy Riders '71. Another similar series of exploitation films with female bikers includes Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of the Yokohama Hoods (1971), Girl Boss: Queen Bee Strikes Again (a.k.a. Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee’s Counterattack) (1971), and Girl Boss Guerilla (1972).
Angels Die Hard, 1970
Angels Hard as They Come, 1971
Bury Me an Angel, 1971
In 1970, Roger Corman left AIP to form New World Pictures which released Angels Die Hard (1970), Angels Hard as They Come (1971), and Bury Me an Angel (1971).
Werewolves on Wheels, 1971
Blood Freak, 1972
Psychomania, 1971
As the trend began to lose momentum, filmmakers started to create horror hybrids such as Werewolves on Wheels (1971) and Blood Freak (1972). The British horror film Psychomania (1971) involves a biker gang that makes a pact with the devil to obtain immortality.
The Black Angels, 1970
The Black Six, 1974
Black motorcycle gangs appeared in a few blaxploitation films such as The Black Angels (1970) and The Black Six (1974).
The biker gang ethos also featured strongly in the famed low budget Australian production Mad Max (1979, dir. George Miller, starring Mel Gibson), with the film spawning the real-life subculture of survival bikes.
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown, 1989
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, 1990
Biker Zombies, 2001
By the late 1980s, the once shocking and controversial genre became an object of campy humor in horror-comedies such as Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989), I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990), and Biker Zombies (2001).
Beyond the Law (1992) is based on a true story and centers on Dan Saxon (Charlie Sheen), an undercover cop who infiltrates a group of criminal outlaw bikers. Larry Ferguson wrote the screenplay after reading the article "Undercover Angel" by Lawrence Linderman in the July, 1981 issue of Playboy on an undercover agent named Dan Black.
2000 film Hochelaga, a French-Canadian movie by Michel Jetté that depicts biker gang culture and activity in Montréal, Québec during the Québec Biker War of the late 90s and early 2000s.
2003 film Biker Boyz, starring Laurence Fishburne and Djimon Hounsou, depicts illegal bike racing gangs, although neither are criminals.
2004 film Torque, which features Adam Scott, Martin Henderson and Ice Cube, is about a biker who is faced by a rival gang leader for taking his bikes (which carry drugs), and is then framed for the murder of a member of a third gang.
Hell Ride, 2008
Stone, 1974
The Savage Seven, 1968
Quentin Tarantino served as executive producer on Hell Ride (2008) starring Dennis Hopper and Michael Madsen. This is an homage to the motorcycle gang films of the past. It was written and directed by Larry Bishop, who acted in a number of biker films such as The Savage Seven (1968). Tarantino is a noted fan of the Australian biker movie, Stone (1974).
Sons of Anarchy, 2008-2014
Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014) is an American television drama series about a California motorcycle club. The series premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX.
The documentary Biker Mania (2009) includes a compilation of theater trailers and footage that tracks the history of the genre from the 1950s to the present.
1967
«Рождённые неприкаянными» / The Born Losers
«Дьявольские ангелы» / Devil's Angels
«Слава Стомперов» / The Glory Stompers
«Ангелы ада на колёсах» / Hells Angels On Wheels
«Кровавые ангелы ада» / Hell's Bloody Devils
«Хижина бродяги» / Shanty Tramps
«Дикие бунтовщики» / The Wild Rebels
«Адские кошечки» / The Hellcats
1968
«Ангелы ада» / Angels from Hell
«Сердитое поколение» / The Angry Breed
«Мотоциклистка» / Girl on a Motorcycle [Naked Under Leather]
«Избранные адом» / Hells Chosen
«Банда в мини-юбках» / The Mini-skirt Mob
«Дикари из ада» / Savages From Hell
«Она — дьявол на колесах» / She-Devils on Wheels
«Сладкое путешествие» / The Sweet Ride
«Дикая семерка» / The Savage Seven
1969
«Беспечный ездок» / Easy Rider
«Дикари на мотоциклах» / The Cycle Savages
«Голые ангелы» / Naked Angels
«Дикие колеса» / Wild Wheels
1970
«Ангелы так просто не умирают» / Angels Die Hard
«Ангел освобожденный» / Angel Unchained
«Вьетнамские ангелы» / Nam's Angels
«Возмутители спокойствия» / The Rebel Rousers
1972
«Похорони меня, ангел» / Bury Me An Angel
«Розовые ангелы» / Pink Angels
1978
«Молодые мотоциклистки» / The Young Cycle Girls
1981
«Рыцари-наездники» / Knightriders
1991
«Харлей Дэвидсон и ковбой Мальборо» / Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1995
«Незнакомка» / The Stranger
1996
«Колючая проволока» [Не называй меня малышкой] / Barb Wire
2007
«Призрачный гонщик» / Ghost Rider
