Best Picture Losers: Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Episode Theme: Best Picture Losers

The Fumblers tackle an Oscar nominated move starring Jack Nicholson. Is Five Easy Pieces easy watching?

Five Easy Pieces 1970 - R - 1h38m

A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

Director: Bab Rafelson Writer: Carole Eastman, Bob Rafelson Stars: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush

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