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
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",