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Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Rafelson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite.
- $1.6 million
- September 12, 1970
- Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler
Sep 12, 1970 · A former pianist drops out of upper-class America and travels across the country with a waitress. He faces his family, his past and his identity in this Oscar-nominated road movie.
- (40K)
- Drama
- Bob Rafelson
- 1970-09-12
Mar 16, 2003 · A classic film of 1970, starring Jack Nicholson as Bobby Dupea, a voluntary outcast who travels from California to his family's island home in Washington. The film explores his character, his relationships, and his music with humor, drama, and existentialism. Read the review by Roger Ebert, one of the most influential critics of American cinema.
A 1970 drama starring Jack Nicholson as a rebellious pianist who rejects his upper-class background and joins the working class. The film explores themes of alienation, class, and identity, and features one of Nicholson's greatest performances.
- (892)
- Bob Rafelson
- R
- Jack Nicholson
A classic film about a man who returns to his childhood home and confronts his past as a pianist and a failure. Ebert praises the film's heartbreaking intensity, its depiction of the oil-field life, and its exploration of the distance between the boy and the man.
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A classic character study of a shiftless oil rigger and former piano prodigy who returns to his childhood home with his girlfriend, starring Jack Nicholson and Karen Black. The film explores themes of alienation, masculinity, and the American Dream in the early 1970s.
Sep 12, 2020 · Five Easy Pieces at 50: a troubling yet thrilling arrival of a new leading man. Jack Nicholson asserted himself as a flawed, fascinating lead in Bob Rafelson’s unusual and modest drama that...
