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Along for the Ride
Along for the Ride explores the highs, lows and phoenix-like ascension of iconic Hollywood maverick Dennis Hopper--as seen through the eyes of his longtime right-hand man and devoted friend, Satya dela Manitou. Nick Ebeling's debut feature film chronicles the unlikely duo's incredible 40+ year journey and enduring bond, as intimately complex as Hopper's own legendary career.

















28 February 1929, Toronto, Ontario, Canada






20 August 1961, New York City, New York, USA

17 May 1936, Dodge City, Kansas, USA


26 October 1951, Brooklyn, New York, USA


23 October 1956, Pikeville, Kentucky, USA

6 July 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA

3 April 1968, England, UK

23 December 1943, Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

14 August 1945, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

23 March 1968, Whitechapel, London, England, UK

18 May 1950, Akron, Ohio, USA



25 September 1958, Chicago, Illinois, USA


November 03, 2017
The snazzy, stylish black and white photography is not only appropriately expressionistic for the dips and valleys of Hopper's career; it gives the film a sense of visual personality that's often sorely lacking in bio-docs.
November 02, 2017
Nick Ebeling's movie sets its sights on adulatory tribute, needlessly venerating films like "The Last Movie" and generally adorning Hopper's legacy with saintliness.
November 02, 2017
As moving as Mr. de la Manitou's testimony sometimes is, this movie too often feels like a credulity-straining attempt at hagiography.
December 08, 2017
Along for the Ride, completed in 2016 and now in limited theatrical release after some festival dates, beautifully interweaves personal and archival footage and rare photos with commentary from an array of Hopper associates and friends.
December 07, 2017
As it circles the life and legacy of actor, artist and filmmaker Dennis Hopper, the documentary "Along for the Ride" uses the standard tools of the medium, but it follows his renegade spirit and produces something entirely unique.
November 03, 2017
That renaissance wild man Dennis Hopper, once chosen as one of Andy Warhol's "Most Beautiful," is featured in a very personal memoir.
December 14, 2017
Held together by a deliciously ominous score by Gemma Thompson and striking b&w cinematography, Along for the Ride isn't the final word on Dennis Hopper, but it's a fun trip.
November 03, 2017
This rip-roaring tribute to a maverick artist trips along like a surreal odyssey, punctuated by lively reminiscences, choice clips and superb photographic material.
December 12, 2017
But in the end the film seems overly worshipful of its subject, pressing us too hard to admire him as the prototype of the romantically self-destructive artist.
November 02, 2017
What's ultimately moving about "Along for the Ride" is that it communicates how Dennis Hopper, by sticking true to his reckless muse, was an artist who changed things, and maybe changed everything.