In a sparkling new digital restoration from Sony Pictures, FIVE EASY PIECES is soon to screen at the Hof International Film Festival (26-31 October 2010), with its acclaimed director Bob Rafelson in attendance.
As Robert Dupea, Jack Nicholson delivers a career-defining performance, embodying the tortured disillusionment with his suffocating family, his neglected talent as a piano prodigy, and his aimless life on the road working oil rigs. With his father terminally ill, he embarks on a trip back home, but reconciliation eludes him.
Nominated for four Academy Awards ('Best Actor in a Leading Role', 'Best Actress in a Supporting Role', 'Best Picture', and 'Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced'), FIVE EASY PIECES boasts powerful performances from its cast.
Originally released in 1970 to huge critical acclaim, the film also received praise for its soundtrack. Tammy Wynette provided five songs for the film's soundtrack, including the international hit 'Stand By Your Man'.
THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (1972) and STAY HUNGRY (1976) will also screen as part of Hof International Film Festival's Bob Rafelson Retrospective.
