What is Five Easy Pieces / The King of Marvin Gardens about?

Name: Five Easy Pieces / The King of Marvin Gardens
Genre: Drama,Music/Performing Arts

FIVE EASY PIECES, 1970, Sony Repertory, 96 min. Dir. Bob Rafelson. A sarcastic drama of Bakersfield oil-rig worker Jack Nicholson on the run from his former life as a concert pianist, with country waitress girlfriend Karen Black in tow. Returning to visit his Washington island home after his father has a stroke, things come to a head when he seduces the fiancee (Susan Anspach) of his better-than-thou brother (Ralph Waite). THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS, 1972, Sony Repertory, 103 min. Dir. Bob Rafelson. Jack Nicholson, a radio talk show host, is fundamentally at odds with his brother (Bruce Dern) who is fronting for Atlantic City gangsters. Dern, along with girlfriend Ellen Burstyn and her stepdaughter Julia Anne Robinson, tries to convince his younger sibling that this time his get-rich schemes will work. But built-up resentments from all concerned gradually boil over into violence, toppling the delicate balance of repressed emotions.

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What is Five Easy Pieces / The King of Marvin Gardens about?: FIVE EASY PIECES, 1970, Sony Repertory, 96 min. Dir. Bob Rafelson. A sarcastic drama of Bakersfield oil-rig worker Jack Nicholson on the run from his former life as a concert pianist, with country waitress girlfriend Karen Black in tow. Returning to visit his Washington island home after his father has a stroke, things come to a head when he seduces the fiancee (Susan Anspach) of his better-than-thou brother (Ralph Waite).

THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS, 1972, Sony Repertory, 103 min. Dir. Bob Rafelson. Jack Nicholson, a radio talk show host, is fundamentally at odds with his brother (Bruce Dern) who is fronting for Atlantic City gangsters. Dern, along with girlfriend Ellen Burstyn and her stepdaughter Julia Anne Robinson, tries to convince his younger sibling that this time his get-rich schemes will work. But built-up resentments from all concerned gradually boil over into violence, toppling the delicate balance of repressed emotions.