Five Easy Pieces - 1970
He Rode The Fast Lane On The Road To Nowhere.
Director(s)
Bob Rafelson
Writer(s)
Carole Eastman also story (as Adrien Joyce)
Bob Rafelson story
Producer(s)
Bob Rafelson producer
Bert Schneider executive producer
Harold Schneider associate producer
Richard Wechsler producer
Cast
Jack Nicholson - Robert Eroica Dupea
Karen Black - Rayette Dipesto
Billy Green Bush - Elton (as Billy 'Green' Bush)
Fannie Flagg - Stoney
Sally Struthers - Betty (as Sally Ann Struthers)
Marlena MacGuire - Twinky
Richard Stahl - Recording Engineer
Lois Smith - Partita Dupea
Helena Kallianiotes - Palm Apodaca
Toni Basil - Terry Grouse
Lorna Thayer - Waitress
Susan Anspach - Catherine Van Oost
Ralph Waite - Carl Fidelio Dupea
William Challee - Nicholas Dupea
John P. Ryan - Spicer (as John Ryan)
Irene Dailey - Samia Glavia
Clay Greenbush - Baby (uncredited)
Review by Jack Gatanella
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Easy in Bold letters,
Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces is as decent and interesting as movies get, with great characterizations (Nicholson is excellent as always, but the supporting performances from Black and others contribute also to the feel) and some music that borderlines from fine to overdone. Many memorable scenes included, one of them Nicholson's famous chicken-salad speech, plus a challenging ending. A
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