We were all lured into talking to this guy because people thought he was a straight guy but he was filling a commission from the publisher for a hatchet job. Robert Altman denounced both the book and Biskind's methods, saying 'It was hate mail. Several of the film-makers profiled in the book have criticized Biskind. Profiles and interviews Profiled in the book Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 100% based on reviews from 8 critics. It was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. The book was the basis of a 2003 documentary film of the same name directed by Kenneth Bowser and narrated by actor William H. It begins in the 1960s and ends in the 1980s.

The book follows Hollywood on the brink of the Vietnam War, when a group of young Hollywood film directors known as the 'movie brats' are making their names. The title is taken from films which bookend the era: Easy Rider (1969) and Raging Bull (1980). Easy Riders, Raging Bulls is about the 1960s and 1970s Hollywood, a period of American film known for the production of such films such as The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The French Connection, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, Jaws, Star Wars, The Exorcist, and The Last Picture Show. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood is a book by Peter Biskind, published by Simon & Schuster in 1998.

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