# Jack Nicholson movie question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholson-movie-question/431424 "2007-12-28T00:48:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bkoochin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@bkoochin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bkoochin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholson-movie-question/431424/1 "2007-12-28T00:48:37Z")
can anyone tell me what the title of the movie is in which Jack stars as a pianist, turned blue collar worker, who visits his parents house with a floosy blonde whom he abandons in the end?? could be from the 60’s or 70’s ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholson-movie-question/431424/2 "2007-12-28T00:50:04Z")
Five easy pieces ETA [Five Easy Pieces (1970) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065724/) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholson-movie-question/431424/3 "2007-12-28T01:03:02Z")
[QUOTE=outlierrn] Five easy pieces ETA [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065724/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065724/) [/QUOTE] And the floozy is Karen Black. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholson-movie-question/431424/4 "2007-12-28T01:10:16Z")
And none other than Toni Basil as the assistant floozie. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholson-movie-question/431424/5 "2007-12-28T01:13:00Z")
_AND_ you get to see Sally Struthers’ boobies and Fannie Flagg acting like a slut. Considering their future roles, it seems totally out of character when you watch the film. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholson-movie-question/431424/6 "2007-12-28T01:16:19Z")
And of course the iconic diner scene [here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtfNE4z6a8) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholson-movie-question/431424/7 "2007-12-28T05:32:47Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] _AND_ you get to see Sally Struthers’ boobies and Fannie Flagg acting like a slut. Considering their future roles, it seems totally out of character when you watch the film. [/QUOTE] not to mention ralph waite ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholson-movie-question/431424/8 "2007-12-28T05:58:08Z")
I love this movie. Aside from the diner scene, my other favorite is listening to one of the women they pick up going on about all the filth and crap and dirt.