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Five Easy Pieces (1970) 7.5
A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest. Director:Bob Rafelson |
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Cast
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Elton
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Fannie Flagg | ... |
Stoney
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Betty
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Marlena MacGuire | ... |
Twinky
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Richard Stahl | ... |
Recording Engineer
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| Lois Smith | ... |
Partita Dupea
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| Helena Kallianiotes | ... | ||
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Lorna Thayer | ... |
Waitress
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Susan Anspach | ... | |
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Carl Fidelio Dupea
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William Challee | ... |
Nicholas Dupea
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Spicer
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Robert Dupea has given up his promising career as a concert pianist and is now working in oil fields. He lives together with Rayette, who's a waitress in a diner. When Robert hears from his sister that his father isn't well, he drives up to Washington to see him, taking Rayette with him. There he gets confronted with his rich, cultured family that he had left behind. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
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He Rode The Fast Lane On The Road To Nowhere.Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 September 1970 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mi vida es mi vida See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,600,000 (estimated)Gross:
SEK 787,060 (Sweden)Company Credits
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MonoColor:
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1.85 : 1
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Jack Nicholson wrote some of his own lines for the monologue Bobby says to his father. See more »Goofs
Bobby's arm position changes when he is sitting on the couch as Catherine asks him to play the piano. See more »Quotes
Bobby: [out of his car during a traffic jam, yelling at other motorists] Ants! Why don't we all line up like a goddamned bunch of ants! Its the most beautiful part of the day!See more »
This movie is most famous for a scene in which Jack Nicholson tells a waitress to hold the chicken salad between her knees so he can get some plain wheat toast, but, in a movie as good as this, that very famous scene may be its least memorable one. After that scene, I hadn't heard anything about what this film was really about, and its depth and power took me completely by surprise. It's a story of a man trapped in his own life, unable to find a place to settle. All the locations at which he has arrived have lead to nothing but disappointment and the realization that there just might not be a life for him. God, how I can sympathize. Just as I was starting to question whether Nicholson was as good an actor as everybody seems to think he is, I've come upon his very best performance. Karen Black plays his girlfriend, a hick who loves him to death. He's not sure if she's good enough for him, or vice versa. Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, and Susan Anspach give good supporting performances. A flat-out masterpiece.