Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces

1970 · 98 min · EN · R · 7.2 (454 votes)
Dir. Bob Rafelson · Starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, Billy Green Bush

He rode the fast lane on the road to nowhere.

Drama

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.

VIBE

A raw, introspective journey of a man adrift. It feels like a smoky, late-night bar conversation, full of simmering frustration and a yearning for something just out of reach. A portrait of quiet desperation and class conflict.

melancholicrawconflictedintrospectiveslow-burncharacter studynaturalisticgritty realismindie dramaclass struggleidentitydisillusionmentfreedom
musiciandinerroad triphitchhikerdrifterclass differenceswashington stateoil fieldrebelliousness
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