Five Easy Pieces a Denny's along Interstate 5 near Eugene, Oregon. Thirty years later, Nicholson performed a scene in the movie "About Schmidt" that drew from this scene; it was cut from the film but is available as a Deleted Scene in the DVD release. Nicholson's character in "About Schmidt", an emotionally downtrodden retiree, in contrast, humbly accepts the waitress's "no substitutions" rule. The opening credits list the five classical piano pieces played in the film and referenced in the title. Pearl Kaufman is credited as the pianist. Also listed are four songs sung by Tammy Wynette: "Stand by Your Man", "D-I-V-O-R-C-E", "Don't
Raybert Productions features from BBS Productions among some of the most influential and enduring classics of the early 1970s New Hollywood era which anticipated the rise of American independent film through the 1980s and '90s. Jack Nicholson starred in three others—"Five Easy Pieces" (1970), "A Safe Place" (1971), and "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972)—as well as co-wrote "Drive, He Said" (1971), which was his directorial debut. A multi-disc boxed set entitled "America Lost and Found: The BBS Story" was released by The Criterion Collection on Blu-ray and DVD in 2010. The set included the films "Head", "Easy Rider", "Five Easy Pieces",