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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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Elton
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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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(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: Look, give me a chance.
Catherine: I'm trying to be delicate with you, but you just won't understand. I couldn't go with you. Not just because of Carl and my music, but because of you.
Catherine: You're a strange person, Robert. I mean, what would it come to? If a person has no love for himself, no respect for himself, no love of his friends, family, work, something... How can he ask for love in return? I mean, why should he ask for it?
Bobby: Living here in this rest home/asylum - that's what you want?
Catherine: Yes.
Bobby: That will make you happy?
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The song played by Dupea on the piano in the back of the truck driving down the road is Chopin's "Fantaisie" in F. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Early in the movie, when in the bedroom with Rayette, Bobby's arm position is inconsistent. See more »Quotes
Catherine: It's useless.Bobby: Look, give me a chance.
Catherine: I'm trying to be delicate with you, but you just won't understand. I couldn't go with you. Not just because of Carl and my music, but because of you.
Catherine: You're a strange person, Robert. I mean, what would it come to? If a person has no love for himself, no respect for himself, no love of his friends, family, work, something... How can he ask for love in return? I mean, why should he ask for it?
Bobby: Living here in this rest home/asylum - that's what you want?
Catherine: Yes.
Bobby: That will make you happy?
[...]
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