Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Five Easy Pieces (1970)


Released September 12th in the US.
Filmed in Oregon, California, Canada, Illinois, and Washington.
The story: Robert is a very good, well-ado concert pianist.
Only you wouldn't know it.
He has parted himself from his wealthy family and their lives and has taken home in a nowhere town, where no one knows his background.
Living as a blue-collar worker, with a ditsy live-in girlfriend, he knows this isn't where he wants to be either.
After meeting with his sister, he is talked into going home for a bit to visit.
During his visit, he is once again reminded that he is just not happy with his life and how he is living it.
Stars Jack Nicholson , Karen Black , Billy Green Bush , Fannie Flagg , Sally Struthers , Marlena MacGuire , Clay Greenbush , Lois Smith , Helena Kallianiotes , Toni Basil , Lorna Thayer , Susan Anspach , Ralph Waite , William Challee , John P. Ryan
Directed by (and story written by) Bob Rafelson
Rated R
DRAMA

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