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Similar movies to see. Recommend!!!


Well, there has been some other comparisons on this board, like Good Will Hunting and I don't know what else. Anyway, when I saw Five Easy Pieces, the character reminded me of Cool Hand Luke. Both youngsters, fairly brilliant (i.e. they're outsiders not for lack of capacity; unlike Midnight Cowboy which other poster has compared FEP to), disillusioned about their social environment, and without a clue as to what to do with their lives (of course, Paul Newman is lovable, and Nicholson's character is not). I could say the same about the same Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
What other movies would you say has the same kind of character and problematic situation?

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"Scarecrow" with Al Pacino and Gene Hackman might make a good double feature with "Five Easy Pieces."

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"Leaving Las Vegas" (1995); it even has a Bob Rafelson cameo.

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Why has no one recommended Paris, Texas yet? The lead characters are very different in mannerism, but they deal with similar problems.

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The Hustler, with Newman as well.

~ That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras.

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check out Sometimes a Great Notion....although the book is MUCH better than the movie

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Payday with Rip Torn is similar except the endings!

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That book is a big favorite of mine. So is the movie. I live in Kesey-country, so it's easy to be fond of him. I once went to a show where Ken addressed the crowd. It was a small gathering so I probably could have met him personally, but I'm kind of shy. We have a statue of Ken reading to children where I live. He's well-loved.

I'm not a woman much less Deanna Durbin, but the old-time glam-shot appeals to me.

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Scarecrow with Gene Hackman and Al Pacino

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