Five Easy Pieces Easy Pieces" was released as a stand-alone DVD and Blu-ray by the Criterion Collection. Five Easy Pieces Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce) and Bob Rafelson, and directed by Rafelson. The film stars Jack Nicholson, with Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Ralph Waite, and Sally Struthers in supporting roles. The film tells the story of surly oil rig worker Bobby Dupea, whose rootless blue-collar existence belies his privileged youth as a piano prodigy. When Bobby learns that his father is dying, he goes home to see him, taking along his waitress
Bob Rafelson Royal Geographical Society, honest or treacherous." Rafelson later observed, "I was very lucky to make that movie. And I can tell you, if there was ever a movie that I enjoyed making, it was that one." In 1992 Rafelson teamed up with Nicholson and "Five Easy Pieces" screenwriter Carole Eastman for the film "Man Trouble". In 1996 he made his last film with Nicholson to date, "Blood and Wine". His most recent films are 1998's "Poodle Springs" and 2002's "No Good Deed", based on works by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, respectively. "No Good Deed" was entered into the 24th