Five easy pieces /
An extremely crass and frustrated oil worker, and failed child pianist hiding from his past in Texas. Robert Dupea spends his life drinking beer and sleeping with (and cheating on) his annoying but adoring wannabe girlfriend ,Tammy Wynette, but when he learns that his father is dying in Washington S...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
2010.
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| Edition: | Special Blu-ray ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
546. |
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| Summary: | An extremely crass and frustrated oil worker, and failed child pianist hiding from his past in Texas. Robert Dupea spends his life drinking beer and sleeping with (and cheating on) his annoying but adoring wannabe girlfriend ,Tammy Wynette, but when he learns that his father is dying in Washington State, he leaves because leaving is what Dupea does best, from his problems, fears, and those who love him. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. Issued as part of a 9-DVD boxed set with: Head; Easy rider; Drive, he said; A safe place; The last picture show; The king of Marvin Gardens. Blu-ray special edition features include: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography László Kovács; audio commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson and interior designer Toby Rafelson; "Soul searching in "Five easy pieces", a 2009 video piece with Bob Rafelson; "BBStory" a 2009 documentary about the BBS era, with Rafelson, actors Jack Nicholson, Karen Black and Ellen Burstyn and directors Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom, among others; audio excerpts from a 1976 AFI interview with Refalson." Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (111 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.) |
| Format: | Blu-ray; widescreen. Requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | Rating: R. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Laszlo Kovacs ; editors, Christopher Holmes, Gerald Shepard ; songs, Tammy Wynette. |