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Following Jack Nicholson’s breakout supporting turn in Easy Rider, director Bob Rafelson devised a powerful leading role for the new star in the searing character study Five Easy Pieces. Nicholson plays the now iconic cad Bobby Dupea, a shiftless thirtysomething oil rigger and former piano prodigy immune to any sense of responsibility, who returns to his upper-middle-class childhood home, blue-collar girlfriend (Karen Black, in an Oscar-nominated role) in tow, to see his estranged, ailing father. Moving in its simplicity and gritty in its textures, Five Easy Pieces is a lasting example of early 1970s American alienation.
Original Release
09/12/1970
US Release
09/12/1970
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Nicholson | Robert Eroica Dupea |
Karen Black | Rayette Dipesto |
Billy Green Bush | Elton |
Fannie Flagg | Stoney |
Sally Struthers | Betty |
Marlena MacGuire | Twinky |
Richard Stahl | Recording Engineer |
Lois Smith | Partita Dupea |
Helena Kallianiotes | Palm Apodaca |
Toni Basil | Terry Grouse |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Nicholson | Robert Eroica Dupea |
Karen Black | Rayette Dipesto |
Billy Green Bush | Elton |
Fannie Flagg | Stoney |
Sally Struthers | Betty |
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 |
Irene Dailey | Samia Glavia |
Garrett Cassell | Junkie |
Clay Greenbush | Baby |
Bob Rafelson | Man in Elevator |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bert Schneider | Executive Producer |
Bob Rafelson | Producer |
Richard Wechsler | Producer |
Harold Schneider | Producer |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1971 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |
1971 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1971 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1971 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced | Nominated |
1971 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
1971 | Golden Globe | Best Director | Nominated |
1971 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
1971 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture | Won |
1971 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |