Five Easy Pieces

– A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spen..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 38 Minutes
Release Year:
1970
Five Easy Pieces (1970)

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.

Five Easy Pieces (1970) - Trailer

Release Date:

19 Feb 1971

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Bob Rafelson

Writer:

Carole Eastman (screenplay), Bob Rafelson (story), Carole Eastman (story)

Main Actors:

Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg

Plot:

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.

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 18 nominations.

Production:

Columbia Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
Metacritic:
85%