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Five Easy Pieces

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( Catalog Number CC1196L )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Five Easy Pieces
1970 - 98 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
A disaffected man seeks a sense of identity in one of the key films of Hollywood's 1970s New Wave. Once a promising pianist from a family of classical musicians, Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson, in his first major starring role) leads a blue-collar life as an oil rigger, living with needy waitress girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black) and bowling with their friends Elton (Billy "Green" Bush) and Stoney (Fannie Flagg). Feeling suffocated by responsibilities, Bobby seeks out his sister Tita (Lois Smith) and, discovering that his father is gravely ill, he reluctantly heads back to the patrician family compound in Puget Sound with a pregnant Rayette in tow. After a road trip featuring a harangue from hitchhiker Palm (Helena Kallianiotes) about filth, and Bobby's ill-fated attempt to make a menu substitution in a diner, he tucks Rayette away in a motel before heading to the house. There Bobby seduces his uptight brother Carl's cultured fiancee Catherine (Susan Anspach), but Rayette shows up unexpectedly. As Rayette's crassness collides with the snobbery of the Dupea circle, Bobby loses patience with both sides. After trying to reconcile with his mute father, Bobby departs, unwilling to give in to either destiny. Director Bob Rafelson and screenwriter Adrien Joyce (Carol Eastman) used the creative control afforded by the low budget to craft a European-influenced character study, catching a cultural mood of anomie and resentment as it was embodied in Bobby. Neither older generation nor hippie, Bobby fits in nowhere, and his desire for independence conflicts with his emotional emptiness. Nicholson's nuanced performance of simmering frustration resonated with 1970 audiences caught between Nixon's "silent majority" and the troubled counterculture; a substantial hit, Five Easy Pieces was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor, and established Nicholson as a star. Offering no "easy" answers to Bobby's existential crisis, Five Easy Pieces is one of the pre-eminent films in the early 1970s cycle of alienated American art movies, as even the fantasy of rebellion is reduced to merely running away. --- Lucia Bozzola

The role that propelled Jack Nicholson to stardom was his turn as frustrated, disaffected musician-turned-oil-rig-worker Bobby Dupea in Bob Rafelson's moody character study, Five Easy Pieces. Many viewers remember it for the classic scene at a diner in which Nicholson orders a chicken salad sandwich without the chicken salad, and it established Nicholson as an icon of angst. The supporting cast, especially Karen Black as Bobby's pregnant girlfriend, and Susan Anspach as his brother's high-class fiancee, is strong. Written by Rafelson and Adrien Joyce, Five Easy Pieces was shot like an art house movie, on a low budget, but marketed to a mass audience. It was a key breakthrough in tearing down those divisions between commerce and art in American movies, and in highlighting the class and cultural divisions of the time that were eating away at America's cultural cohesion. Nicholson's classic alienated character was long defined by this film and his Oscar nomination for his role in it. Rafelson, however, did not translate his success in Five Easy Pieces to a memorable career. --- Michael Betzold

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Cast for Five Easy Pieces

Jack Nicholson - Robert Eroica Dupea
Karen Black - Rayette Dipesto
Lois Smith - Partita Dupea
Susan Anspach - Catherine Van Ost
Helena Kallianiotes - Palm Apodaca
Billy Green Bush - Elton
Fannie Flagg - Stoney
William Challee - Nicholas Dupea
Toni Basil - Terry Grouse
Sally Struthers - Betty
John Ryan - Spicer
Irene Dailey - Samia
Lorna Thayer - Waitress
Richard Stahl - Recording Engineer
Ralph Waite - Carl Fidelio Dupea
Mariena MacGuire - Twinky

Crew for Five Easy Pieces

Bob Rafelson - Producer / Screenwriter / Director
Bert Schneider - Producer / Executive Producer
Harold Schneider - Producer / Associate Producer
Richard Wechsler - Producer
Carol Eastman - Screenwriter
Adrien Joyce - Screenwriter
Laszlo Kovacs - Cinematographer
Johann Sebastian Bach - Featured Music
Bobby Braddock - Songwriter
Frederick Chopin - Featured Music
Merle Kilgore - Songwriter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Featured Music
Claude Putnam Jr. - Songwriter
Billy Sherill - Songwriter
Sonny Williams - Songwriter
Tammy Wynette - Songwriter
Christopher Holmes - Editor
Gerald S. Shepard - Editor
Toby Carr Rafelson - Set Designer / Production Designer
Bucky Rous - Costume Designer
Andrien Joyce - First Assistant Director

Awards for Five Easy Pieces

Best Actor (nom) Jack Nicholson 1970 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Bob Rafelson 1970 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Adrien Joyce 1970 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1970 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Karen Black 1970 Academy
Best Actor Jack Nicholson 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actress Karen Black 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction (win) Bob Rafelson 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film (win) Bob Rafelson 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) Karen Black 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) 1971 Golden Globe

Feature Details

Title: Five Easy Pieces
Feature Release Date: 1970
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 98 Minutes
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: CC1196L
ISBN: 1-55940-054-4
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1196L-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Five Easy Pieces

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1196L )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Not Available on Criterion DVD
Theatrical Trailer
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Five Easy Pieces
1970 - 98 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
A disaffected man seeks a sense of identity in one of the key films of Hollywood's 1970s New Wave. Once a promising pianist from a family of classical musicians, Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson, in his first major starring role) leads a blue-collar life as an oil rigger, living with needy waitress girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black) and bowling with their friends Elton (Billy "Green" Bush) and Stoney (Fannie Flagg). Feeling suffocated by responsibilities, Bobby seeks out his sister Tita (Lois Smith) and, discovering that his father is gravely ill, he reluctantly heads back to the patrician family compound in Puget Sound with a pregnant Rayette in tow. After a road trip featuring a harangue from hitchhiker Palm (Helena Kallianiotes) about filth, and Bobby's ill-fated attempt to make a menu substitution in a diner, he tucks Rayette away in a motel before heading to the house. There Bobby seduces his uptight brother Carl's cultured fiancee Catherine (Susan Anspach), but Rayette shows up unexpectedly. As Rayette's crassness collides with the snobbery of the Dupea circle, Bobby loses patience with both sides. After trying to reconcile with his mute father, Bobby departs, unwilling to give in to either destiny. Director Bob Rafelson and screenwriter Adrien Joyce (Carol Eastman) used the creative control afforded by the low budget to craft a European-influenced character study, catching a cultural mood of anomie and resentment as it was embodied in Bobby. Neither older generation nor hippie, Bobby fits in nowhere, and his desire for independence conflicts with his emotional emptiness. Nicholson's nuanced performance of simmering frustration resonated with 1970 audiences caught between Nixon's "silent majority" and the troubled counterculture; a substantial hit, Five Easy Pieces was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor, and established Nicholson as a star. Offering no "easy" answers to Bobby's existential crisis, Five Easy Pieces is one of the pre-eminent films in the early 1970s cycle of alienated American art movies, as even the fantasy of rebellion is reduced to merely running away. --- Lucia Bozzola

The role that propelled Jack Nicholson to stardom was his turn as frustrated, disaffected musician-turned-oil-rig-worker Bobby Dupea in Bob Rafelson's moody character study, Five Easy Pieces. Many viewers remember it for the classic scene at a diner in which Nicholson orders a chicken salad sandwich without the chicken salad, and it established Nicholson as an icon of angst. The supporting cast, especially Karen Black as Bobby's pregnant girlfriend, and Susan Anspach as his brother's high-class fiancee, is strong. Written by Rafelson and Adrien Joyce, Five Easy Pieces was shot like an art house movie, on a low budget, but marketed to a mass audience. It was a key breakthrough in tearing down those divisions between commerce and art in American movies, and in highlighting the class and cultural divisions of the time that were eating away at America's cultural cohesion. Nicholson's classic alienated character was long defined by this film and his Oscar nomination for his role in it. Rafelson, however, did not translate his success in Five Easy Pieces to a memorable career. --- Michael Betzold

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Cast for Five Easy Pieces

Jack Nicholson - Robert Eroica Dupea
Karen Black - Rayette Dipesto
Lois Smith - Partita Dupea
Susan Anspach - Catherine Van Ost
Helena Kallianiotes - Palm Apodaca
Billy Green Bush - Elton
Fannie Flagg - Stoney
William Challee - Nicholas Dupea
Toni Basil - Terry Grouse
Sally Struthers - Betty
John Ryan - Spicer
Irene Dailey - Samia
Lorna Thayer - Waitress
Richard Stahl - Recording Engineer
Ralph Waite - Carl Fidelio Dupea
Mariena MacGuire - Twinky

Crew for Five Easy Pieces

Bob Rafelson - Producer / Screenwriter / Director
Bert Schneider - Producer / Executive Producer
Harold Schneider - Producer / Associate Producer
Richard Wechsler - Producer
Carol Eastman - Screenwriter
Adrien Joyce - Screenwriter
Laszlo Kovacs - Cinematographer
Johann Sebastian Bach - Featured Music
Bobby Braddock - Songwriter
Frederick Chopin - Featured Music
Merle Kilgore - Songwriter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Featured Music
Claude Putnam Jr. - Songwriter
Billy Sherill - Songwriter
Sonny Williams - Songwriter
Tammy Wynette - Songwriter
Christopher Holmes - Editor
Gerald S. Shepard - Editor
Toby Carr Rafelson - Set Designer / Production Designer
Bucky Rous - Costume Designer
Andrien Joyce - First Assistant Director

Awards for Five Easy Pieces

Best Actor (nom) Jack Nicholson 1970 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Bob Rafelson 1970 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Adrien Joyce 1970 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1970 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Karen Black 1970 Academy
Best Actor Jack Nicholson 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actress Karen Black 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction (win) Bob Rafelson 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film (win) Bob Rafelson 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) Karen Black 1970 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) 1971 Golden Globe

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