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Five Easy Pieces
In an Academy Award -nominated performance for Best Actor, Jack Nicholson
is outstanding in Five Easy Pieces, the acclaimed drama from
director Bob Rafelson. Although a brilliant, classical pianist from
an intellectual, well-to-do family - Robert Dupea (Nicholson) has made
a career out of running from job to job and woman to woman. Presently
working in an oil field, Dupea spends most of his free time downing
beers, playing poker and being noncommittal with his girlfriend Rayette
(Karen Black). But when he is summoned to his father's deathbed, Dupea
returns home with Rayette and finds he is caught between his conflicting
worlds. Also starring: Susan Anspach, Sally Struthers and Billy "Green"
Bush.
Selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry of American
Film.
DVD
- Closed-captioned
- Widescreen and Full Screen
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese,
Thai
- Production notes
- Theatrical trailer(s)
- Trailer for As Good As It Gets
Curator's Comments:
Read
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.
Director: Bob Rafelson
Color
96 minutes
Released: 1970
Rated: R
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English (with subtitles in Spanish, Chinese, Korean,
Portuguese and Thai
Genre: Drama
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