Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Bob Rafelson, and directed by Rafelson. The film stars Jack Nicholson, with Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Ralph Waite, and Sally Struthers in supporting roles.

The film tells the story of a surly oil rig worker, Bobby Dupea, whose seemingly rootless, blue-collar existence belies his privileged youth as a piano prodigy. When Bobby learns that his father is dying, he goes home to see him, bringing along his pregnant girlfriend, Rayette (Black), a waitress. Nicholson and Black were nominated for Academy Awards for their performances.

The film was selected to be preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Film Registry in 2000.

Plot

Bobby Dupea (Jack Nicholson) works in a California oil field (shot in and around the city of Taft in the San Joaquin Valley) with his friend Elton (Billy "Green" Bush), who has a wife and baby son. Most of Bobby's time is spent with his waitress girlfriend, Rayette (Karen Black), who has dreams of singing country music, or in the company of Elton, with whom he bowls, gets drunk, and has sex with other women. Bobby has evidently not told Elton that he is a former classical pianist who comes from an eccentric family of musicians.

Five Easy Pieces (Waller)

Five Easy Pieces, is the first EP album release by composer Michael Vincent Waller. It features a collection of four pieces for piano solo L'anno del Serpente (2013), Ninna Nanna (2013), Per Terry e Morty (2012), Acqua Santa (2013) performed by Japanese pianist Gumi Shibata and Chinese-American pianist Jenny Q. Chai.

References

Five Easy Pieces (1980 TV series)

Five Easy Pieces (輪流傳) is a TVB television series, premiered on 4 August 1980. Theme song "Five Easy Pieces" (輪流傳) composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Adam Cheng.