Five Easy Pieces

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American film drama film film

Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film starring Jack Nicholson, celebrated as a landmark of the New Hollywood era for its character-driven storytelling and portrayal of alienation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy László Kovács ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Bob Rafelson ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Pictures ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
editedBy Christopher Holmes ⓘ
era New Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: New Hollywood era
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Washington ⓘ
surface form: Washington (state)
genre drama ⓘ
road movie ⓘ
hasTheme disillusionment with the American Dream ⓘ
identity crisis ⓘ
leadActorCharacter Jack Nicholson as Bobby Dupea ⓘ
mainCharacter Bobby Dupea ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Tamás Vásáry ⓘ
narrativeFocus character-driven storytelling ⓘ
notableScene diner chicken-salad order scene ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfMovement New Hollywood ⓘ
portrays alienation ⓘ
class conflict ⓘ
family estrangement ⓘ
producer Bob Rafelson ⓘ
Richard Wechsler ⓘ
productionCompany BBS Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1970-09-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1970 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 98 ⓘ
screenwriter Bob Rafelson ⓘ
Carole Eastman NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
starring Billy Green Bush ⓘ
Jack Nicholson ⓘ
Karen Black ⓘ
Lois Smith ⓘ
Susan Anspach ⓘ

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New Hollywood → notableFilm → Five Easy Pieces ⓘ
Jack Nicholson → notableWork → Five Easy Pieces ⓘ
Karen Black → notableWork → Five Easy Pieces ⓘ
Ralph Waite → notableWork → Five Easy Pieces ⓘ