Five easy pieces
(DVD)
Contributors
Rafelson, Bob, director,
Joyce, Adrien, author of screenplay.
Wechsler, Richard, producer.
Nicholson, Jack, actor.
Black, Karen, 1939-2013, actor.
Joyce, Adrien, author of screenplay.
Wechsler, Richard, producer.
Nicholson, Jack, actor.
Black, Karen, 1939-2013, actor.
Published
Burbank, Calif. : Criterion Collection, [2010].
Format
DVD
Edition
[Special] DVD edition.
ISBN
9781604653649 :, 1604653647 :
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
Burbank, Calif. : Criterion Collection, [2010].
Edition
[Special] DVD edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781604653649 :, 1604653647 :
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
General Note
Issued as part of a 9-DVD boxed set with: Head; Easy rider (2 discs: feature film and supplemental material); Drive, he said; A safe place; The last picture show (2 discs: feature film and supplemental material); The king of Marvin Gardens.
General Note
DVD special ed. features include: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács; audio commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson; "Soul searching in "Five easy pieces", a 2009 video piece with Bob Rafelson; "BBStory" a 2009 documentary about the BBS era, with Rafelson, actors Jack Nicholson, Karen Black and Ellen Burstyn and directors Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom, among others; audio excerpts from a 1976 AFI interview with Refalson.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Laszlo Kovacs ; editors, Christopher Holmes, Gerald Shepard ; songs, Tammy Wynette.
Participants/Performers
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, Billy Green Bush, William Challee.
Description
Nicholson plays the now iconic cad Bobby Dupea, a shiftless thirty-something oil rigger and former piano prodigy immune to any sense of romantic or familial responsibility, who returns to his childhood home to see his ailing, estranged father, with his blue-collar girlfriend (Karen Black) in tow.
System Details
DVD, widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, mono.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rafelson, B., Joyce, A., Wechsler, R., Nicholson, J., Black, K., & Anspach, S. (2010). Five easy pieces ([Special] DVD edition.). Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bob, Rafelson et al.. 2010. Five Easy Pieces. Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bob, Rafelson et al.. Five Easy Pieces Criterion Collection, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rafelson, Bob,, et al. Five Easy Pieces [Special] DVD edition., Criterion Collection, 2010.
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