Jack Nicholson - In The Frame Collection DVD

This box set features the following films: Five Easy Pieces (Dir. Bob Rafelson) (1970): Although a brilliant classical pianist from an intellectual well-to-do family - Robert Dupea (Nicholson) has made a career out of running from job to job and woman to woman. Presently working in an oil field Dupea spends most of his free time downing beers playing poker and being non-committal with his sexy but witless girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black). But when he is summoned to his father's deathbed Dupea returns home with Rayette where he meets and falls for a sophisticated woman... (Susan Anspach). Now caught between his conflicting lifestyles the gifted but troubled Dupea must face issues that will change his life forever. As Good As It Gets (Dir. James L. Brookes) (1997): Nicholson gives a show-stopping performance as Melvin Udall an obsessive-compulsive novelist who takes pride in his ability to affront repulse offend and wound. His targets are random his aim reckless. Last Detail (Dir. Hal Ashby) (1973): Billy Budduskey (Jack Nicholson) a hard bitten wise-cracking foul-mouthed cynical but professional Navy-man is given the loathsome job of escorting a very young sailor (Randy Quaid) to a military prison for a minor crime. Budduskey decides to give the young sailor a life-time of experience in just three days! Easy Rider (Dir. Dennis Hopper) (1969): Two young hippie bikers Wyatt and Billy sell drugs in Southern California stash their money away in their gas-tanks and set off for a trip across America along the way they encounter hitchhikers a drunken lawyer a jail cell a whorehouse and the death of a friend. A Few Good Men (Dir. Rob Reiner) (1992) One man is dead. Two men are accused of his murder. The entire Marines Corps is on trial. And 'A Few Good Men' are about to ignite the most explosive episode in US military history. Universally acclaimed A Few Good Men unites the big screen's biggest stars as Hollywood heavyweights Jack Nicholson Tom Cruise and Demi Moore lead an all star cast in director Rob Reiner's powerful account of corruption cover-up and a relentless quest for justice within the sacred corridors of the US Navy. King Of Marvin Gardens (Dir. Bob Rafelson) (1972): This film is a dark drama about two brothers who team up for an odd real estate scheme involving a Hawaiian island. Jason (Bruce Dern) summons his younger sibling David (Jack Nicholson) a Philadelphia radio personality to join him in Atlantic City to get the deal going. But when David arrives he finds that a local crime boss has had Jason thrown in jail. David intervenes on his brother's behalf and succeeds in bailing Jason out. But the charges won't be dropped unless Jason forgets the Hawaiian venture. So together with Jason's girlfriend Sally (Ellen Burstyn) and Jessie (Julia Anne Robinson) the two brothers try to figure out what to do next. One meeting with the crime boss convinces David that they shouldn't go through with their plans but Jason won't hear of that. Something has got to give... [show more]

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