Five Easy Pieces
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Presently working in an oil field, talented pianist Robert Dupea spends most of his free time downing beers, playing poker and being noncommittal with his sexy but witless girlfriend Rayette. But when he is summoned to his father's deathbed, Dupea returns home with Rayette, where he meets and falls for a sophisticated woman. Now caught between his conflicting lifestyles, the gifted but troubled Dupea must face issues that will change his life forever.
Series: Criterion collection ; 546.
Other Authors:
Rafelson, Bob, film director, film producer.
Joyce, Adrien, screenwriter.
Nicholson, Jack, actor.
Black, Karen, 1939-2013, actor.
Anspach, Susan, 1942-2018, actor.
BBS Productions, production company.
Columbia Pictures, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Rafelson, Bob, film director, film producer.
Joyce, Adrien, screenwriter.
Nicholson, Jack, actor.
Black, Karen, 1939-2013, actor.
Anspach, Susan, 1942-2018, actor.
BBS Productions, production company.
Columbia Pictures, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Petroleum workers -- Drama.
Gifted persons -- Drama.
Pianists -- Drama.
Fathers and sons -- Drama.
Petroleum workers -- Drama.
Gifted persons -- Drama.
Pianists -- Drama.
Fathers and sons -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:
1681430096
UPC: 715515149112
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD DRAMA Five | Northeast Indoors | Blu-ray Disc | In |
More Formats
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
Special features: audio commentary; "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, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Ellen Burstyn, Peter Bogdanovich, 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; essay by critic Kent Jones.
Blu-ray disc.
Film editors, Christopher Holmes, Gerald Shepard ; interior designer, Toby Rafelson ; director of photography, László Kovács.
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, Billy "Green" Bush, Irene Dailey, Toni Basil, Lorna Thayer, Richard Stahl, Helena Kallianiotes, William Challee, John Ryan, Fannie Flagg, Marlena MacGuire, Sally Ann Struthers.
Blu-ray disc; region A.
In English; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
Special features: audio commentary; "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, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Ellen Burstyn, Peter Bogdanovich, 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; essay by critic Kent Jones.
Blu-ray disc.
Film editors, Christopher Holmes, Gerald Shepard ; interior designer, Toby Rafelson ; director of photography, László Kovács.
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, Billy "Green" Bush, Irene Dailey, Toni Basil, Lorna Thayer, Richard Stahl, Helena Kallianiotes, William Challee, John Ryan, Fannie Flagg, Marlena MacGuire, Sally Ann Struthers.
Blu-ray disc; region A.
In English; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.