Five Easy Pieces (Criterion Collection)

Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Sally Struthers, Billy Green Bush. Robert Dupea left behind a potentially promising music career and a family of classical musicians, and traded it for an unsteady living as an oil rigger with an affinity for the bottle. But when he returns home with his ditzy girlfriend to visit his ailing, estranged father, their cultural differences become even more glaring. Directed by Bob Rafelson. Includes restored image and audio, commentary by the director, feature Soul Searching in "Five Easy Pieces" about the film, documentary about film company BBS Productions and featuring commentary by critic David Thomson and interviews with Nicholson and Black, audio excerpts from interview with the director, trailers and essay by critic Kent Jones. 1970/color/98 min/R/widescreen.