Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Taglines:

He Rode The Fast Lane On The Road To Nowhere.

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 1970 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Mi vida es mi vida See more »

Filming Locations:

19th & L Street, Bakersfield, California, USA See more »

Budget:

$1,600,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$18,099,091 (USA) (1971)

Production Co:

BBS Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Raybert Productions See more »

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Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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: At the bowling alley, a stain or wet spot is visible on the seat of Bobby's jeans, but is gone in the next shot. See more »

Quotes

Betty: When I was four, just four years old, I went to my mother and I said, "What's this hole in my chin?" - I saw this dimple in my chin in the mirror, and didn't know what it was. And my mother said - get what my mother says - she says, "When you're born, you go on a assembly line past God, and if He likes you, He says,
[grabs her cheeks with both her hands]
Betty: "You cute little thing!" and you get dimples there. And if He doesn't like you, He goes,
[presses one finger on her chin]
Betty: "Go away." So about six months later, my mother found me saying my prayers, and I was going,
[...]
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Connections

Referenced in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: The Wrap Party (#1.6)" (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Stand by your Man"
Tammy Wynette See more »