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
Lois Smith making a film until "The Way We Live Now" in 1970. She then earned critical acclaim for her role as Partita Dupea, the sister of Jack Nicholson's character in "Five Easy Pieces" (1970), and Smith won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Supporting roles in films in the 1970s and 1980s included "Up the Sandbox", "Next Stop, Greenwich Village", "Resurrection", "Foxes", "Four Friends," "Reuben, Reuben", "Reckless", "Black Widow", "Fatal Attraction", and "Midnight Run". Supporting roles in the 1990s and 2000s included "Green Card", "Fried Green Tomatoes," "How to Make an American Quilt", "Falling Down", "Holy