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Five Easy Pieces (1970)
7.5
A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest. Director:Bob Rafelson |
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
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Elton
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Fannie Flagg | ... |
Stoney
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Betty
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Marlena MacGuire | ... |
Twinky
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Richard Stahl | ... |
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Partita Dupea
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Helena Kallianiotes | ... | |
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Lorna Thayer | ... |
Waitress
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Susan Anspach | ... | |
| Ralph Waite | ... |
Carl Fidelio Dupea
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William Challee | ... |
Nicholas Dupea
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John P. Ryan | ... |
Spicer
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Storyline
Robert Dupea has given up his promising career as a concert pianist and is now working in oil fields. He lives together with Rayette, who's a waitress in a diner. When Robert hears from his sister that his father isn't well, he drives up to Washington to see him, taking Rayette with him. There he gets confronted with his rich, cultured family that he had left behind. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
He Rode The Fast Lane On The Road To Nowhere.Genres:
DramaParents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mi vida es mi vida See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,600,000 (estimated)Gross:
$18,099,091 (USA) (1971)Company Credits
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Bobby: Me?
Betty: Yeah, I told her it was you but that you were wearin' a wig because on the TV you're mostly all, uh -
[pats him on the head]
Betty: bald up there!
[laughs]
Bobby: [laughs] Your, your little friend's real, real sharp. Uh, I don't, uh, I don't wear the wig on TV because if you're gonna be out there in front of two and a half million people, you've got to be sincere. I mean, I like to wear it when I'm in bowling alleys and slipping around, stuff like that. I think it gives me a little class. What do you think?
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Trivia
The traffic jam on the freeway was shot on a new and unopened section of Interstate 5 near Bakersfield, Ca. See more »Goofs
Continuity: While parked on the freeway, Elton's shirt sleeves switch between rolled up and unrolled. See more »Quotes
Betty: That's a wig you wear, isn't it?Bobby: Me?
Betty: Yeah, I told her it was you but that you were wearin' a wig because on the TV you're mostly all, uh -
[pats him on the head]
Betty: bald up there!
[laughs]
Bobby: [laughs] Your, your little friend's real, real sharp. Uh, I don't, uh, I don't wear the wig on TV because if you're gonna be out there in front of two and a half million people, you've got to be sincere. I mean, I like to wear it when I'm in bowling alleys and slipping around, stuff like that. I think it gives me a little class. What do you think?
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