1. Five Easy Pieces movie review (1970) - Roger Ebert
The film, one of the best American films, is about the distance between that boy, practicing to become a concert pianist, and the need he feels twenty years ...
The title of "Five Easy Pieces" refers not to the women its hero makes along the road, for there are only three, but to a book of piano exercises he owned as
2. Five Easy Pieces | The Definitives - Deep Focus Review
Jul 24, 2021 · A landmark of counterculture filmmaking. It follows Jack Nicholson's introspective Robert Eroica Dupea, who struggles to manage his shattered identity.
Somewhere between Hollywood and European arthouse cinema, between the twangy sounds of Tammy Wynette and the delicate piano of Fredrick Chopin, betwee
3. Five Easy Pieces (1970) - Filmsite.org
Five Easy Pieces (1970) is a moody, incisive, thoughtful character study of an alienated, misfit drifter, outcast and non-committal drop-out.
Five Easy Pieces (1970) is a moody, incisive, thoughtful character study of an alienated, misfit drifter, outcast and non-committal drop-out. The existential, off-beat road movie and thoughtful, episodic and moody character study was awarded Best Picture honors from the New York Film Critics Circle, and established Jack Nicholson, soon after his success in Easy Rider (1969), as the foremost actor of his generation. It benefited from a cycle of youth-oriented countercultural movies at the time with disgruntled characters - including The Graduate (1967), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Alice's Restaurant (1969), and the music concert documentary Woodstock (1970).
4. Five Easy Pieces movie review (1970) - Roger Ebert
The movie's story traces a journey back through a life where Bobby (in his own view) disappointed people, could not be counted on, misbehaved, underachieved.
"Easy Rider" proved in 1969 that Jack Nicholson was a great character actor. "Five Easy Pieces" proved in 1970 that he was a great actor and a star. This is
5. Five Easy Pieces - Film (Movie) Plot and Review - Publications
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6. Five Easy Pieces - Rotten Tomatoes
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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.
7. Five Easy Pieces at 50: a troubling yet thrilling arrival of a new leading man
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Jack Nicholson asserted himself as a flawed, fascinating lead in Bob Rafelson’s unusual and modest drama that remains unknowable
8. Review: Five Easy Pieces - Penn Moviegoer
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Five Easy Pieces, directed by Bob Rafelson, is essentially a 100-minute character study of a man unable to express his true character. Bobby Dupea, played incredibly by a young Jack Nicholson just off the success of Easy Rider, is a man who we first see working on an oilrig and who we later learn ca
9. Five Easy Pieces (1970) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
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10. Five Easy Pieces Movie Review | Common Sense Media
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Gritty '70s drama about alienation has sex, cursing. Read Common Sense Media's Five Easy Pieces review, age rating, and parents guide.
11. 'Five Easy Pieces' Must Be Appreciated on Its Own Terms
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As the hippie hangover from the ‘60s begins in earnest in 'Five Easy Pieces', Jack Nicholson's Bobby Dupea has neither tuned in nor entirely dropped out.
12. Bob Rafelson's 'Five Easy Pieces' is the quintessential film of the so ...
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By Sven Mikulec The film that turned Bob Rafelson into the leader of the so-called American New Wave, a demonstration of talent and power that established Jack Nicholson as the prime actor of his generation and a beautiful lesson in cinematography that confirmed László Kovács as one of the best directors of photography in
13. Movie Review – Five Easy Pieces - PopCult Reviews
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Five Easy Pieces (1970)Written by Carole Eastman & Bob RafelsonDirected by Bob Rafelson The 1970s were a time of significant change and difficulty in America. It was the decade when marginalize…
14. Five Easy Pieces 2010, directed by Bob Rafelson | Film review - TimeOut
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Hollywood’s early-’70s identity crisis produced a multitude of masterpieces, but few are fit to stand alongside Bob Rafelson’s autumnal 1970 tragedy ‘Five Easy
15. Five Easy Pieces (1970) directed by Bob Rafelson • Reviews, film + cast
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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.
16. Five Easy Pieces - The Dissolve
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Bob Rafelson’s New Hollywood classic is remembered for its famous diner scene, but there’s much more to cherish about this character study, ...
17. Five Easy Pieces | Moviepedia - Fandom
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Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Bob Rafelson, and directed by Rafelson. The film stars Jack Nicholson, with Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Ralph Waite, and Sally Struthers in supporting roles. 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
18. Five Easy Pieces (1970) | MUBI
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Although a brilliant pianist from a well-to-do family, Robert, has made a career out of running from job to job and woman to woman. After being summoned to his father’s deathbed, Robert returns home with his sexy but witless girlfriend, Rayette, when he meets and falls for a sophisticated woman.
19. Reel Classics: Five Easy Pieces - WinCity Voices
Apr 18, 2024 · I'll finish with a quote from the Turner Classic Movie (TCM) review: “In the end, Five Easy Pieces is a family portrait of lovelessness, for ...
In a previous Reel Classics review of the film Easy Rider, we talked of how Jack Nicholson's role in that film revived his acting career. It led to the starring role in this edition of Reel Classi…
