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Five Easy Pieces (1970)

12/09/1970 (US)Drama1h 38m
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He rode the fast lane on the road to nowhere.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Jack Nicholson

      Jack Nicholson

      Robert Eroica Dupea

    2. Karen Black

      Karen Black

      Rayette Dipesto

    3. Susan Anspach

      Susan Anspach

      Catherine Van Oost

    4. Lois Smith

      Lois Smith

      Partita Dupea

    5. Ralph Waite

      Ralph Waite

      Carl Fidelio Dupea

    6. Billy Green Bush

      Billy Green Bush

      Elton

    7. Irene Dailey

      Irene Dailey

      Samia Glavia

    8. Toni Basil

      Toni Basil

      Terry Grouse

    9. Lorna Thayer

      Lorna Thayer

      Waitress

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jul 16, 2025

    “Bobby” (Jack Nicholson) is a talented pianist from a successful family of musicians who has spurned the easy life and adopted a grifting existence working construction where he can and when he needs to. That itinerant life suits him. He is a man who seeks casual fun and who shuns any sort of commitment to his gal, to other people, or even to himself. Gradually he begins to become a little disaffected with his choices in life and with the emptiness it has left him with, and so returns to the family home where he discovers his dad has suffered from a few seizures. This new state of affairs comp...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget-

    Revenue$18,099,091.00

    Keywords

    • musician
    • diner
    • road trip
    • hitchhiker
    • drifter
    • class differences
    • washington state
    • oil field
    • rebelliousness