Five Easy Pieces 1970  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith, Susan Anspach, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Ralph Waite, Sally Struthers, John P. Ryan, Marlena MacGuire, Richard Stahl, Helena Kallianiotes, Lorna Thayer, William Challee
After an extended separation from his wealthy family, California oil rigger Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson) returns to Puget Sound to visit his ailing father Nicholas (William Challee) with his pregnant girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black) in tow. Bobby cannot stand the atmosphere in his family's upper-class mansion and seduces his uptight brother Carl's (Ralph Waite) fiancee Catherine (Susan Anspach). Now pulled between Rayette and Catherine and his family, Bobby cannot decide which way to go and simply runs away from it all. Several Oscar nominations were received including Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), and Supporting Actress (Black).
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The Getaway 1972  PG, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens, Richard Bright, Roy Jenson, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Jack Dodson, John Bryson, Bill Hart, Whitney Jones, Tom Runyon
Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) has been in prison for four years when his wife Carol (Ali McGraw) gets him a parole from dirty politician Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson). The parole comes with the stipulation that Doc does one more robbery for Benyon. Doc joins up with Rudy (Al Lettieri) and Jackson (Bo Hopkins), and they perform the heist, but problems ensue when Rudy plots to keep all of the money. Now, Doc and Carol rush for the Mexican border with the money while Rudy follows closely behind. They encounter each other in El Paso where a shootout is a certainty.
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