Five Easy Pieces - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "Five Easy Pieces"

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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“Five Easy Pieces” is the title of a collection of pieces for beginning pianists.
In the original script, Katherine was supposed to be much older, but director Bob Rafelson made her a young beauty, the protégé of the character played by Ralph Waite (1928-2014).
The situation in the film's ending at the cafe, when Bobby sweeps all the dishes off the table after a quarrel with the waitress, was inspired by a real-life incident. Jack Nicholson did the same thing when his coffee was taken away and carried off, even though he had just arrived and placed an order. This happened because a group of actors who had been there for several hours were being kicked out of the cafe, and Nicholson had just entered and joined them.
A disagreement occurred between director Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson over how to play the scene where Bobby talks to his father. The director insisted that Nicholson's character burst into tears, but the actor flatly refused. Eventually, they decided not to complicate things and allowed Nicholson to play the scene as he saw fit, and at a certain point, the actor actually did cry. The scene was filmed in one take.

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