Five Easy Pieces the road life of its hero. We follow him through bars and bowling alleys, motels and mobile homes, and we find him rebelling against lower-middle-class values even as he embraces them. In one magical scene, he leaps from his car in a traffic jam and starts playing the piano on the truck in front of him; the scene sounds forced, described this way, but Rafelson and Nicholson never force anything, and never have to. Robert Eroica Dupea is one of the most unforgettable characters in American movies. He named the film the best of 1970, and later added it to
1970 National Society of Film Critics Awards Bob Rafelson – "Five Easy Pieces" (9 points) George C. Scott – "Patton" (18 points) 2. George Segal – "Loving", "The Owl and the Pussycat", and "Where's Poppa?" (14 points) <br> 3. Jean-Louis Trintignant – "My Night at Maud's" (12 points) <br> 4. Jack Nicholson – "Five Easy Pieces" (11 points) <br> 5. Alan Arkin – "Catch-22" (9 points) Glenda Jackson – "Women in Love" (27 points) 2. Françoise Fabian – "My Night at Maud's" (20 points) <br> 3. Liv Ullmann – "The Passion of Anna" (15 points) <br> 4. Barbra Streisand – "The Owl and the Pussycat" (9 points)