Five Easy Pieces (6, 8) Movie CLIP You Pompous Celibate (1970) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION: When a haughty intellectual insults Rayette (Karen Black), Bobby (Jack Nicholson) defends his girlfriend with his trademark wit and temper. FILM DESCRIPTION: A disaffected man seeks a sense of identity in one of the key films of Hollywood s 1970s New Wave. Once a promising pianist from a family of classical musicians, Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson, in his first major starring role) leads a bluecollar life as an oil rigger, living with needy waitress girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black) and bowling with their friends Elton (Billy Green Bush) and Stoney (Fannie Flagg). Feeling suffocated by responsibilities, Bobby seeks out his sister, Tita (Lois Smith), and, discovering that his father is gravely ill, he reluctantly heads back to the patrician family compound in Puget Sound with a pregnant Rayette in tow. After a road trip featuring a harangue from hitchhiker Palm (Helena Kallianiotes) about filth, and Bobby s illfated attempt to make a menu substitution in a diner, he tucks Rayette away