{"product_id":"five-easy-pieces-dvd","title":"Five Easy Pieces (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFollowing Jack Nicholson’s breakout supporting turn in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEasy Rider,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003edirector Bob Rafelson devised a powerful\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eleading role for the new star in the searing character study\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive Easy Pieces.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNicholson plays the now iconic cad Bobby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDupea, a shiftless thirtysomething oil rigger and former piano prodigy immune to any sense of responsibility, who returns to his upper-middle-class childhood home,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e blue-collar girlfriend (Karen Black, in an Oscar-nominated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003erole) in tow, to see his estranged, ailing father. Moving in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eits simplicity and gritty in its textures, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive Easy Pieces\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a lasting example of early-1970s American alienation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eDVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary by director Bob Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSoul Searching in \"Five Easy Pieces,\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 2009 program featuring Rafelson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBBStory,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 2009 documentary about the legendary film company BBS Productions, with Rafelson; actors Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Ellen Burstyn; filmmakers Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom; and others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocumentary featuring critic David Thomson and historian Douglas Brinkley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio excerpts from a 1976 AFI interview with Rafelson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer and teasers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCover by F. Ron Miller\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45062785532104,"sku":"CC2498DDVD","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/fiveeasypiecesdvd.jpg?v=1776905327","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/products\/five-easy-pieces-dvd","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}