#546: RAFELSON, Bob: Five Easy Pieces (1970)
AMERICA LOST AND FOUND: THE BBS STORY [1968-72] OOP
RAFELSON, Bob (United States)
RAFELSON, Bob (United States)
Five Easy Pieces [1970]
Spine #546
DVD
DVD
Jack Nicholson plays the now iconic cad Bobby Dupea, a shiftless, thirtysomething oil rigger and former piano prodigy immune to any sense of romantic or familial responsibility, who returns to his childhood home to see his ailing, estranged father, blue-collar girlfriend (Karen Black) in tow. Moving in its simplicity and gritty in its textures, Five Easy Pieces, directed by Bob Rafelson, is a lasting embodiment of early 1970s American alienation.
98 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2010
Director/Writers
Screenplay by Bob Rafelson and Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce).
Rafelson was 37 when he directed Five Easy Pieces.
Other Rafelson films in the Collection:
#544: Head (1968)
#550: The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972)
The Film
Other Rafelson films in the Collection:
#544: Head (1968)
#550: The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
116-page booklet featuring essays by critics Chuck Stephens, Matt Zoller Seitz, Kent Jones, Graham Fuller, Mark Le Fanu, and J. Hoberman.
Commentary
Featuring director Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson.
Soul Searching in “Five Easy Pieces”
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
116-page booklet featuring essays by critics Chuck Stephens, Matt Zoller Seitz, Kent Jones, Graham Fuller, Mark Le Fanu, and J. Hoberman.
Commentary
Featuring director Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson.
Soul Searching in “Five Easy Pieces”
A 2009 video piece with Rafelson.
BBStory
BBStory
A 2009 documentary about the BBS-era, with Rafelson, actors Nicholson, Black, and Burstyn, and directors Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom, among others.
Audio excerpts
From a 1976 AFI interview with Rafelson.
Theatrical trailer and teasers
Extras Rating (0-40):
Audio excerpts
From a 1976 AFI interview with Rafelson.
Theatrical trailer and teasers
Extras Rating (0-40):
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