"In 1969, Illeana Douglas' parents saw the film Easy Rider. Like many folks of that generation, the groundbreaking film transformed them. Taking Dennis Hopper's words, "That's what it's all about man", to heart, they abandoned what Illeana had hoped would be her comfortable upper middle class life for a childhood filled with hippies, goats, free spirits, and free love. Illeana writes, "Since it was all out of my control, I began to think of my life as a movie, with a Dennis Hopper like father at the center of it. Years later I would work with Dennis Hopper on the film Search and Destroy"-- Provided by publisher.
In 1969, Douglas' parents saw the film Easy Rider, and abandoned their comfortable upper middle class life. She spent her childhood in a life filled with hippies, goats, free spirits, and free love.This is her memoir-- and a rollicking celebration of the way movies can change our lives.
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