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  1. Jun 24, 2024 · The Bikeriders. $38 at Walmart. The Vandals are fictional, to be sure, but they’re (somewhat loosely) based on the very real Chicago Outlaws. As in the movie, in 1963, bike enthusiast and ...

    • Aperture
    • Paul Schrodt
    • 2 min
  2. Jun 19, 2024 · Jeff Nichols' new film The Bikeriders is loosely based on the early years of real-life biker gang the Chicago Outlaws, who are fictionalised onscreen as the Vandals, and mythologises them and ...

    • Christina Newland
  3. Jun 20, 2024 · The Bikeriders, has some true elements to it based on Danny Lyon's book. ... Are the Chicago Vandals a real biker gang? The film changed the name slightly. Lyon’s book captured the lives of the ...

  4. Jun 21, 2024 · The direct inspiration for Jeff Nichols ’ The Bikeriders is the 1968 book of the same name by New Journalism photographer Danny Lyon, who spent three years chronicling the lives of the members ...

    • 2 min
    • Stephanie Zacharek
  5. Jul 1, 2024 · The Bikeriders is about a 1960s motorcycle club that transforms over the course of roughly ten years into a criminal gang. Directed by Jeff Nichols (Loving, Mud, Midnight Special), it’s based on a 1968 book of photography by Danny Lyon. Lyon had been the photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), participating in ...

  6. Jul 9, 2024 · Although Jeff Nichols considers ‘The Bikeriders’ to be a fictional film, Johnny Davis is based on the real founder of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in Chicago, Illinois. Based on Danny Lyon’s photo book of the same name, the filmmaker created Johnny’s Vandals based on the day-to-day happenings of the real gang with whom Lyon stayed for a period of time.

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  8. Jun 20, 2024 · Summary. The Bikeriders film ends on a lighter note, showing Benny and Kathy finding happiness and moving on from the Vandals. Johnny's death by The Kid marks a shift to a more violent and disobedient era for the Vandals motorcycle club. Benny's refusal to lead the Vandals reflects his desire for freedom and love of motorcycles above all else.

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