Bob Rafelson Productions) -- and gave us "Easy Rider", "Five Easy Pieces", "The Last Picture Show" and "Hearts and Minds", and lamenting the absence of such risk-taking companies today." "Five Easy Pieces" was written by Rafelson and Carole Eastman (under the alias Adrien Joyce) and starred Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Susan Anspach. Nicholson plays Bobby Dupea, a gifted classical piano player who works on an oil rig in California and spends most of his time drinking beer and bowling with his put-upon girlfriend Rayette (Black). Bobby is constantly dissatisfied and a non-conformist, stating: "I move around a lot. Not because I'm
Bob Rafelson Moscow International Film Festival. Rafelson and Nicholson have been collaborators for over 40 years. Nicholson and Rafelson wrote and produced, and Rafelson directed, "Head" in 1968, followed by "Five Easy Pieces". In subsequent years, Rafelson directed Nicholson in four more films: "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972), "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1981), "Man Trouble" (1992), and "Blood and Wine" (1996). He married Gabrielle Taurek in 1999 and they have two sons, E.O. and Harper. They reside near Aspen, Colorado, in a house, "built in the '50s by a climber and his 11-year-old son", that Rafelson bought in 1970. "We