Five Easy Pieces [1970 film] (1970)

by Bob Rafelson (Director), Carole Eastman (Screenwriter), László Kovács (Cinematographer)

Other authors: Susan Anspach (Actor), Karen Black (Actor), Billy Green Bush (Actor), Fannie Flagg (Actor), Jack Nicholson (Actor) — 4 more, Lois Smith (Actor), Sally Struthers (Actor), Lorna Thayer (Actor), Ralph Waite (Actor)

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Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness.

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2022 movie #202. 1970. I saw this when it originally came out. Still a powerful movie with a great performance by Nicholson. The film was nominated for Oscars for best picture, best actor and best supporting actress (Black) and screenplay. Didn't win any of them. (

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capewood | Dec 10, 2022 |

A man with a rich family is angry about it.

2/4 (Indifferent).

[spoilers:] There's no development. It's just a static portrait of an asshole. The big finale is that he (literally) looks in a mirror, then goes on doing exactly what he was going to do from the start of the movie.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Rafelson, Bob	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Eastman, Carole	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Kovács, László	Cinematographer	main author	all editions	confirmed
Anspach, Susan	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Black, Karen	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bush, Billy Green	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Flagg, Fannie	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nicholson, Jack	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smith, Lois	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Struthers, Sally	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Thayer, Lorna	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Waite, Ralph	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Jack Nicholson - In The Frame Collection (Five Easy Pieces/As Good As It Gets/The Last Detail/Easy Rider/A Few Good Men/ The King of Marvin Gardens) [DVD] by Bob Rafelson

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (Head / Easy Rider / Five Easy Pieces / Drive, He Said / The Last Picture Show / The King of Marvin Gardens / A Safe Place) by Bob Rafelson

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Five Easy Pieces [1970 film]

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Five Easy Pieces

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1970

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Bobby Dupea (Jack Nicholson)

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Kern County, California, USA

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Puget Sound, Washington, USA

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Five Easy Pieces (1970 | IMDb)

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Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness.

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