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    Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Critic's Pick: Jack Nicholson's trifecta of discontent

    Feeling a little rebellious? Frustrated with authority? You can't do much better than to spend Saturday night picking fights with Jack Nicholson at the Egyptian Theatre. It's a trifecta of discontent that begins with 1969's "Easy Rider," then 1970's "Five Easy Pieces" before closing with 1973's "The Last Detail." I love all three for the way they show the actor's rising power and so did the academy, nominating Nicholson for an Oscar each time ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" brought his first win in '76). Maybe it's the current cultural climate that makes "Five Easy Pieces" seem the best fit for the moment. Beyond the infamous chicken-salad-sandwich order at the diner, Carole Eastman's script is jammed with the surly spite of a dropout at odds with his privileged past. The movie would be a game-changer for director Bob Rafelson, until then known only for the TV hit "The Monkees." But it is watching Nicholson on the big screen worrying his issues like change in a pocket that is worth the price of admission.
    Feeling a little rebellious? Frustrated with authority? You can't do much better than to spend Saturday night picking fights with Jack Nicholson at the Egyptian Theatre. It's a trifecta of discontent that begins with 1969's "Easy Rider," then 1970's "Five...

    Tags: Easy Rider (movie), Jack Nicholson, The Monkees (music group), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie)

    2. Mar 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Davy Jones dies at 66; Monkees' romantic heartthrob

    Davy Jones was a promising 18-year-old actor from England when he found himself among the guest performers on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964 — the same night about 75 million people tuned in to catch the American debut of the Beatles. Like so many others who watched the show from near and far, Jones considered it a life-changing experience.
    Davy Jones was a promising 18-year-old actor from England when he found himself among the guest performers on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964 — the same night about 75 million people tuned in to catch the American debut of the Beatles. Like...

    Tags: Lobbying, The Monkees (music group), Newspapers, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Music

    3. Dec 14, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Bert Schneider dies at 78; 'Easy Rider' producer

    Bert Schneider, the iconoclastic producer behind a trio of influential movies — "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces" and "The Last Picture Show" — that captured the rootlessness and discontent of the late 1960s and '70s and became symbols of a new era in Hollywood, has died. He was 78.
    Bert Schneider, the iconoclastic producer behind a trio of influential movies — "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces" and "The Last Picture Show" — that captured the rootlessness and discontent of the late 1960s and '70s and became symbols of a new...

    Tags: Frank Sinatra, Easy Rider (movie), The Monkees (music group), Substance Abuse, Peter Tork

    4. Dec 15, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Bert Schneider: A long, strange trip for 'Easy Rider' mastermind

    24 Frames
    A look back at the strange, troubled career of Hollywood producer Bert Schneider...
    5. Nov 24, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Around Town: The Stooges ride back to town

    24 Frames
    The Three Stooges, a Gary Cooper double bill and a tribute to Japan’s Studio Ghibli are among the Thanksgiving week film offerings....
    6. Jul 17, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. The self-confidence man

    Schickel reviews movies for Time and is a contributing writer to Book Review. He is the author of many books, including the forthcoming "Elia Kazan: A Biography."
    Arnold Schwarzenegger never wanted to be an actor. He says so on Page 128 of "Fantastic," Laurence Leamer's dully dutiful biography. He wanted to be rich. He wanted to be famous. He wanted to be powerful. He thought he could grope women with impunity,...

    Tags: Bodybuilding, Literature, Book, Politics, Elections

    7. Sep 12, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  7. New Haven Fall Arts Preview: A Festival and a Series For Film Buffs

    Fall offers some interesting opportunities to catch unusual screenings.
    Fall offers some interesting opportunities to catch unusual screenings. The 15th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens Wednesday, October 3, 7:30 p.m. at the lovely Avon Theatre Film Center, the non-profit cinema at 272 Bedford Street, Stamford....

    Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Stamford, Ingmar Bergman, Drama (genre), Entertainment

    8. Feb 29, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  8. Monkees singer Davy Jones dead at age 66

    Soundboard Music Blog - Orlando Sentinel
    TMZ is reporting that Jones, who churned out breezy pop hits such as “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I'm a  Believer” with the TV-generated rock band the Monkees in the 1960s  has died of a heart attack in Martin County, Florida. ...
    9. Jul 24, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 'Easy Rider' Cinematographer Dies

    Times Staff Writer
    Laszlo Kovacs, the Hungarian-born cinematographer who found international fame after treating the American landscape as a character in the landmark 1969 movie "Easy Rider," has died. He was 74. Kovacs, a former Budapest film student who arrived in the...

    Tags: Peter Fonda, Easy Rider (movie), Peter Bogdanovich, Obituaries, Politics

    10. Aug 9, 2001 |Story| Metromix

  10. 5 films that are '70s time capsules

    1. FIVE EASY PIECES (Bob Rafelson; 1970) 3 1/2 stars Jack Nicholson in one of his signature roles as alienated Bobby Dupea, a classical pianist from an affluent family who buries himself in the persona of an oil rigger with a white-trash girlfriend...

    Tags: Mariel Hemingway, Gene Hackman, Woody Allen, Allen Garfield, Robert Duvall

    11. Apr 19, 2001 |Story| Metromix

  11. 5 films of Arnold Schwarzenegger's that are actually good

    1. THE LONG GOODBYE (Robert Altman; 1973) 4 stars Altman's sly version of the late Raymond Chandler-Philip Marlowe novels, with Elliot Gould as a shaggy Marlowe somehow stranded in '70s L.A., trying to avenge buddy Terry (Jim Bouton) and untangle the...

    Tags: Sharon Stone, Bill Paxton, Paul Verhoeven, David Carradine, Sterling Hayden

    12. Mar 7, 2000 |Story| Metromix

  12. Top winners from 1970

    denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Melvyn Douglas as Tom Garrison in I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER Jamel Productions; Columbia James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson in THE GREAT WHITE HOPE Lawrence Turman Films Production; 20th Century-...

    Tags: George C. Scott, Gene Hackman, Maureen Stapleton, Jane Alexander, Glenda Jackson

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