This article is about the 1970 film. For other uses, see Five Easy Pieces (disambiguation).
Five Easy Pieces
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Bob Rafelson
Screenplay by
Adrien Joyce
Story by
Bob Rafelson
Adrien Joyce
Produced by
Bob Rafelson
Richard Wechsler
Starring
Jack Nicholson
Karen Black
Susan Anspach
Cinematography
László Kovács
Edited by
Christopher Holmes
Gerald Shepard
Production company
BBS Productions
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release dates
September 11, 1970 (1970-09-11) (New York Film Festival)
September 12, 1970 (1970-09-12) (New York)
Running time
98 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1.6 million
Box office
$18.1 million[1]
Karen Black as Rayette, in Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Rafelson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite. The film tells the story of surly oil rig worker Bobby Dupea, whose rootless blue-collar existence belies his privileged youth as a piano prodigy. When Bobby learns that his father is dying, he travels to his family home in Washington to visit him, taking along his uncouth girlfriend.
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards, and in 2000, was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation.[2][3]
^"Five Easy Pieces, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
^"Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
^"Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
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