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CONTAINS: MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, VANYA ON 42ND STREET, AND A MASTER BUILDER. The role that propelled Jack Nicholson to stardom was his turn as frustrated, disaffected musician-turned-oil-rig-worker Bobby Dupea in Bob Rafelson's moody character study Five Easy Pieces. Many viewers remember it for the classic scene at a diner in which Nicholson orders a chicken salad sandwich without the chicken salad, and it established Nicholson as an icon of angst. The supporting cast, especially Karen Black as Bobby's pregnant girlfriend, and Susan Anspach as his brother's high-class fiancée, is strong. Written by Rafelson and Adrien Joyce, Five Easy Pieces was shot like an arthouse movie, on a low budget, but marketed to a mass audience. It was a key breakthrough in tearing down those divisions between commerce and art in American movies, and in highlighting the class and cultural divisions of the time that were eating away at America's cultural cohesion. Nicholson's classic alienated character was long defined by this film and his Oscar nomination for his role in it. Rafelson, however, did not translate his success with Five Easy Pieces to a memorable career.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith
Directors: Bob Rafelson
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: June 30, 2015
Run Time: 98 minutes
Additional Features
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Audio commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson
Soul Searching in “Five Easy Pieces,” a 2009 video piece with Rafelson
BBStory, a 2009 documentary about the legendary film company BBS Productions, with Rafelson; actors Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Ellen Burstyn; directors Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom; and others
Documentary from 2009 about BBS featuring critic David Thomson and historian Douglas Brinkley
Audio excerpts from a 1976 AFI interview with Rafelson
Theatrical trailer and teasers
PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones
Cast & Crew
Jack Nicholson Robert Eroica Dupea
Karen Black Rayette Dipesto
Lois Smith Partita Dupea
Susan Anspach Catherine Van Ost
Billy Green Bush Elton
Helena Kallianiotes Palm Apodaca
Sally Struthers Betty
Richard Stahl Recording Engineer
Fannie Flagg Stoney
William Challee Nicholas Dupea
Toni Basil Terry Grouse
John Ryan Spicer
Irene Dailey/Martin Donegan Samia
Lorna Thayer Waitress
Mariena MacGuire Twinky
Ralph Waite Carl Fidelio Dupea
Technical Credits
Bob Rafelson Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Bobby Braddock Songwriter
Christopher Holmes Editor
Andrien Joyce Asst. Director
Adrien Joyce Screenwriter
Merle Kilgore Songwriter
Laszlo Kovacs Cinematographer
Claude Putnam Songwriter
Toby Carr Rafelson Production Designer,Set Decoration/Design
Bucky Rous Costumes/Costume Designer
Bert Schneider Executive Producer
Harold Schneider Associate Producer
Gerald S. Shepard Editor
Billy Sherill Songwriter
Richard Wechsler Producer
Sonny Williams Songwriter
Tammy Wynette Songwriter
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