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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.
Sep 12, 1970 · A dropout from upper-class America works as an oil rig worker and drifts across the country with his girlfriend. He faces his estranged family and his own identity crisis in this Oscar-nominated film.
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- Drama
- Bob Rafelson
- 1970-09-12
A classic film of the New Hollywood era, starring Jack Nicholson as a rebellious pianist who rejects his upper-class background and falls in love with a waitress. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or buy the movie.
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- Bob Rafelson
- R
- Jack Nicholson
Mar 16, 2003 · "Five Easy Pieces" proved in 1970 that he was a great actor and a star. This is the film, more than 10 years into his career, where he flowered as a screen presence, as Jack the lad, the outsider, capable of anger, sarcasm, self-pity, also capable of tenderness and grief, ready for violence but not very good at it.
A classic film about a man who runs away from his musical talent and his father's expectations. Jack Nicholson stars as Robert Eroica Dupea, a drifter who struggles with his identity and his relationships in the oil fields and on an island.
A 1970 character study of a rebellious oil rigger and former pianist, starring Jack Nicholson and Karen Black. The film features a restored transfer, commentary, documentary, and essay by critic Kent Jones.
A former classical pianist works as an oil rigger and drifts from place to place with his girlfriend Rayette. He returns to his wealthy family of musicians after years of estrangement and faces his past and future.
