In an Academy Award-nominated performance for best Actor (1970), Jack Nicholson is outstanding in FIVE EASY PEICES, the acclaimed drama from director Bob Rafelson. Although a brilliant, classical pianist from an intellectual, well-to-do family -- Robert Dupea (Nicholson) has made a career out of running from job to job and woman to woman. Presently working in an oil field, Dupea spends most of his free time downing beers, playing poker and being noncommittal with his sexy but witless girlfriend, Rayette (Karen Black). But when he is summoned to his father?s deathbed, Dupea returns home with Rayette where he meets and falls for a sophisticated woman (Susan Anspatch). Now caught between his conflicting lifestyles, the gifted but troubled Dupea must face issues that will change his life forever. Deceptively simple, but one of the most complex and interesting films of its time -- FIVE EASY PIECES garnered a 1970 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture - with Black receiving the 1970 New York Film Critics award (Best Supporting Actress) for her excellent performance.
Synopsis: Penetrating character study of a concert-pianist-turned-oil-rigger who reluctantly returns home with his waitress girlfriend upon learning that his father has taken ill. The stormy reunion proves more difficult than expected as he's confronted by his refined, well-to-do family and the life he left behind.