DVD
Five easy pieces
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Special ed. ; Widescreen version.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Billy Green Bush, William Challee, Ralph Waite, Sally Ann Struthers, Fannie Flagg.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
Robert Dupea has given up his promising career as a concert pianist and is now an oil field worker. 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 meets and falls for a sophisticated woman. Now caught between his conflicting lifestyles, the gifted but troubled Dupea must face issues that will change his life forever.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
Special features: audio commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson, Soul searching in "Five easy pieces," a 2009 documentary about the BBS era, audio excerpts from a 1976 AFI interview with Rafelson, theatrical trailer and teasers.