Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 film directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Carole Eastman, starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black and Billy Green Bush. It was nominated for 4 Oscars and won a Golden Globe The film tells the story of former pianist Robert Dupea, as he tries to come to terms with the life he is leading.

Bobby Eroica Dupea once was a promising pianist, growing up in a family of musicians. He is now a man wandering from motel to motel, working on oil-rigs, living with his waitress girlfriend. He finds out his father is very ill, and has to return to his previous life, together with his pregant wife. He tries to keep his wife away from his family, but gets caught when hitting his brother's fiancee, forcing Bobby to choose between the two separate worlds.

• Jack Nicholson as Robert Eroica Dupea

• Karen Black as Rayette Dipesto

• Lois Smith as Partita Dupea

• Susan Anspach as Catherine Van Ost

• Billy Green Bush as Elton

• Helena Kallianiotes as Palm Apodaca

• Fannie Flagg as Stoney

• William Challee as Nicholas Dupea

• Toni Basil as Terry Grouse

• Sally Struthers as Betty

• John Ryan as Spicer

"The film's nervewracking quality is consistent with its content. Nicholson's performance is a remarkably varied and daring exploration of a complex character, equally convincing in its manic and sober aspects. "— "Variety Staff"http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117790943.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 "A key American film of its era, Bob Rafelson's moody, character-driven tale of an upper-middle class dropout established Jack Nicholson as the foremost actor of his generation in articulating the values of the new generation. "—Emanuel Levy, "EmanuelLevy.Com"http://www.emanuellevy.com/search/details.cfm?id=9069