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Five Easy Pieces
Rated R · 96 minutes · 1970
Drama
Drama
Rejecting his cultured upper-class background as a classical pianist, Robert Dupea (Jack Nicholson) opts for a blue-collar existence, working in a California oil field and spending time with his waitress girlfriend, Rayette (Karen Black). But when Robert discovers that his father is gravely ill, he wants to reunite with his estranged family in the state of Washington. He and Rayette take a road trip that brings the two paths of his life to an uncomfortable intersection.
Director: Bob Rafelson
Writer: Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson
Producer: Bert Schneider, Richard Wechsler and Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Billy Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers, Ralph Waite, Helena Kallianiotes, Richard Stahl, Marlena MacGuire, Lois Smith, Toni Basil, Lorna Thayer, William Challee, John Ryan and Irene Dailey
Writer: Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson
Producer: Bert Schneider, Richard Wechsler and Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Billy Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers, Ralph Waite, Helena Kallianiotes, Richard Stahl, Marlena MacGuire, Lois Smith, Toni Basil, Lorna Thayer, William Challee, John Ryan and Irene Dailey