Record Number |
608291 |
Title |
Five easy pieces : Easy rider / |
Publication details |
Culver City, CA : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006. |
Pagination etc. |
2 videodisc (95, 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Creation Note |
Five easy pieces: Screen play by Adrien Joyce ; produced by Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler ; directed by Bob Rafelson ; director of photography, Laszlo Kovacs ; editors, Christopher Holmes, Gerald Shepard ; story, Bob Rafelson and Adrien Joyce. Easy rider: Produced by Peter Fonda ; written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern ; directed by Dennis Hopper ; director of photography, Laszlo Kovacs ; editor, Donn Cambern. |
Performer note |
Five easy pieces: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Billy Green Bush, William Challee, Ralph Waite, Sally Stuthers, Fannie Flagg. |
Easy rider: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. |
Summary Note |
Five easy pieces: Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness. |
Easy rider: Wyatt and Billy are 'hippie' bikers who sell some dope in Southern California, stash their money away in their gas-tank and set off for a trip across America, on their own personal odyssey looking for a way to lead their lives. On the journey the two encounter bigotry and hatred from small-town communities who despise and fear their non-conformism. But, Wyatt and Billy also discover people attempting 'alternative lifestyles' who are resisting narrow-mindedness. When they arrive at a diner in a small town, they are insulted by the local rednecks. The local sheriff arrests them on some minor pretext and thrown in jail where they meet George Hanson, a liberal alcoholic lawyer. He gets them out and decides to join them on their trip to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification MA15+ |
Subject |
Pianists |
Fathers and sons |
Motorcyclists -- United States |
Hippies |
Hallucinogenic drugs |
Violence |
Toleration |
Fathers and sons |
Added Entry |
Nicholson, Jack |
Black, Karen |
Anspach, Susan |
Smith, Lois |
Bush, Billy |
Challee, William |
Waite, Ralph |
Struthers, Sally |
Flagg, Fannie |
Rafelson, Bob |
Joyce, Adrien |
Wechsler, Richard |
Fonda, Peter |
Hopper, Dennis |
Southern, Terry |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Anspach, Susan .
- Black, Karen .
- Bush, Billy .
- Challee, William .
- Flagg, Fannie .
- Fonda, Peter .
- Hopper, Dennis .
- Joyce, Adrien .
- Nicholson, Jack .
- Rafelson, Bob .
- Smith, Lois .
- Southern, Terry .
- Struthers, Sally .
- Waite, Ralph .
- Wechsler, Richard .
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