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Release Date:
12 September 1970 (USA)
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Tagline:
He Rode The Fast Lane On The Road To Nowhere.
Plot:
A drop-out 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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 16 wins
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6 nominations
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(8 articles)
'70s behind-the-camera greats: How Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond put the cinema in cinematography
(From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 18 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
Vilmos Zsigmond: From Hungary with Cameras
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 2:35 PM, PST)
(From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 18 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
Vilmos Zsigmond: From Hungary with Cameras
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 2:35 PM, PST)
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Definitely one of the great American films.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Nicholson | ... | Robert Eroica Dupea |
 | Karen Black | ... | Rayette Dipesto |
| Billy Green Bush | ... | Elton (as Billy 'Green' Bush) |
| Fannie Flagg | ... | Stoney |
| Sally Struthers | ... | Betty (as Sally Ann Struthers) |
| Marlena MacGuire | ... | Twinky (as Marlena Macguire) |
| Richard Stahl | ... | Recording Engineer |
 | Lois Smith | ... | Partita Dupea |
| Helena Kallianiotes | ... | Palm Apodaca |
| Toni Basil | ... | Terry Grouse |
| Lorna Thayer | ... | Waitress |
| Susan Anspach | ... | Catherine Van Oost |
| Ralph Waite | ... | Carl Fidelio Dupea |
| William Challee | ... | Nicholas Dupea |
| John P. Ryan | ... | Spicer (as John Ryan) |
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98 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Sweden:11 |
Italy:VM14 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
USA:R |
UK:15 |
UK:AA (original rating)
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Ellen Burstyn was considered for the role of Rayette.
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Continuity: When imitating a musical revue, Bobby zips down his shirt, but it is zipped back up in the next shot.
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Referenced in Spring Breakdown (2009)
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Soundtrack:
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
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What are the five 'easy' pieces?more
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This movie is most famous for a scene in which Jack Nicholson tells a waitress to hold the chicken salad between her knees so he can get some plain wheat toast, but, in a movie as good as this, that very famous scene may be its least memorable one. After that scene, I hadn't heard anything about what this film was really about, and its depth and power took me completely by surprise. It's a story of a man trapped in his own life, unable to find a place to settle. All the locations at which he has arrived have lead to nothing but disappointment and the realization that there just might not be a life for him. God, how I can sympathize. Just as I was starting to question whether Nicholson was as good an actor as everybody seems to think he is, I've come upon his very best performance. Karen Black plays his girlfriend, a hick who loves him to death. He's not sure if she's good enough for him, or vice versa. Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, and Susan Anspach give good supporting performances. A flat-out masterpiece.