Robert Eroica Dupea (Nicholson), a roughneck oil rigger, returns home from the Southwest to Puget Sound to see his dying father, and takes his pregnant, diner waitress girlfriend Rayette (Black) with him. Back home he is forced to confront a past he tried to escape -- a wealthy family and a career as a concert pianist -- as well as his current lifestyle that is hardworking, grubby, and lacking in direction. While in Washington his womanizing ways get him a classy gal (Anspach) who allows herself to be seduced for a time, then discards him. This funny yet depressing 1970 film was a giant step forward for director and coauthor Bob Rafelson from the Monkees TV segments and their feature movie "Head" he had done up to that time, it featured contrasting classical music and ironic Tammy Wynette classics on the soundtrack, and it made Jack Nicholson a star.
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The review of this Movie prepared by David Loftus