Title from sell sheet. Karen Black, Jack Nicholson. Special features: audio commentary; Soul searching in "Five easy pieces," a 2009 video piece with Rafelson; BBStory, a 2009 documentary about the legendary film company BBS Productions, with Rafelson: actors Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Ellen Burstyn; directors Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom; and others; documentary from 2009 about BBS featuring critic David Thomson and historian Douglas Brinkley; audio excerpts from a 1976 AFI interview with Rafelson; theatrical trailer and teasers; essay by critic Kent Jones.
Summary:
Presently working in an oil field, talented pianist Robert Dupea spends most of his free time downing beers, playing poker and being noncommittal with his sexy but witless girlfriend Rayette. But when he is summoned to his father's deathbed, Dupea returns home with Rayette, where he meets and falls for a sophisticated woman. Now caught between his conflicting lifestyles, the gifted but troubled Dupea must face issues that will change his life forever.
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