Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Rafelson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite. The film tells the story of surly oil rig worker Bobby Dupea, whose rootless blue-collar existence belies his privileged youth as a piano prodigy. When Bobby learns that his father is dying, he travels to his family home in Washington to visit him, taking along his uncouth girlfriend.

This article is about the 1970 film. For other uses, see Five Easy Pieces (disambiguation).

Five Easy Pieces
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBob Rafelson
Screenplay byAdrien Joyce
Story by
  • Bob Rafelson
  • Adrien Joyce
Produced by
  • Bob Rafelson
  • Richard Wechsler
Starring
CinematographyLászló Kovács
Edited by
  • Christopher Holmes
  • Gerald Shepard
Production
company
BBS Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • September 11, 1970 (1970-09-11) (New York Film Festival)
  • September 12, 1970 (1970-09-12) (New York)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.6 million
Box office$18.1 million

The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards, and in 2000, was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation.

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