Five Easy Pieces (1970);
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) @ Million Dollar Theater

Directed by Bob Rafelson

Society dropout Bobby Dupea, once a promising classical pianist, spends his days working as an oil-rig hand, living with waitress girlfriend Rayette, and bowling. When Dupea finds out that his father is dying, he embarks on a reluctant return to his boyhood home with Rayette in tow, but finds himself unsatisfied with and unable to reconcile himself to either identity.

Columbia Pictures. Producer: Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler. Screenwriter: Adrien Joyce. Cinematographer: Laszlo Kovacs. Editor: Christopher Holmes, Gerald Shepard, Pete Denenberg, Harold Hazen. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith, Susan Anspach, Ralph Waite.

35mm, color, 98 min.