Five Easy Pieces

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.

• Director: Bob Rafelson
• Genre:Drama / Music
• Runtime:98 minutes

Cast

Jack Nicholson : Robert Eroica Dupea
Karen Black : Rayette Dipesto
Billy Green Bush: Elton (as Billy ‘Green’ Bush)
Fannie Flagg : Stoney
Sally Struthers : Betty (as Sally Ann Struthers)

Bobby Eroica Dupea comes from a well-bred family of musicians, and once showed great promise as a concert pianist. By nature a restless, angry individual, Bobby left his family and his music when he could no longer endure the dull, cloistered routine of daily practice. He took to the road, wanting to “see the world,” and hopefully find something or someone to quell his inner turmoil. He has settled in a small town as an oil rigger, where his life consists of going to work, arguing with his dimwitted but loving girlfriend Rayette, and bowling every night with his friend Elton. Not surprisingly, this routine begins to disgust Bobby and, fed up, he decides to travel to Puget Sound, Washington to pay his family a visit. Leaving Rayette at a nearby motel, gets on a truck leaving everything. Read more