Five Easy Pieces
1970
7.5/10
I stumbled upon this earlier last month while surfing through tubi. The teaser that tubi has with a scene with Jack Nicholson had me bust out laughing. I knew I had to watch it. I watched it last night at home.
It’s mainly a character drama centered around the main character that Nicholson plays. He is a child prodigy for whatever unknown reason, decided to walk away from a potential successful career as a pianist.
The film has a ‘Easy Rider’ vibe to it. That’s because the director of this film was involved with Easy Rider.
The cast is loaded with a good number of recognizable actors who later became well known in films/TV series throughout the 70s/80s as supporting actors. A number of them are unrecognizable because they are young in age.
For the Thirsty, Sally Struthers (All In The Family) has a small role. She looks like a teenager unlike how she looked in the TV series. She has a nice set of C-Cup boobs and has a hilarious sex scene with Nicholson. Karen Black co-stars and looks smashable in the scenes she is in with her famous ‘Crossed Eyes’.
I looked it up and this film got a number of Oscar/Golden Globe nominations/wins. Nicholson got his first Oscar nomination with this film. This is the film that jump started his career as a legendary actor.
tubi has a amazing, crystal clear restored version of the film. It looks like it was filmed last year.
Synopsis
It stars Jack Nicholson as Bobby Dupea, a rebellious oil rig worker who is secretly a former piano prodigy from a wealthy, cultured family. The film follows Bobby as he takes his working-class girlfriend, Rayette (Karen Black), on a road trip to visit his dying father, leading to a clash of cultures and an exploration of alienation, identity, and the search for meaning in the early 1970s.
This is the scene tubi has as a teaser. It’s Pure Comedy and classic Jack Nicholson