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Bob Rafelson
Producer 1933 - 2022

Bob Rafelson

New York City, New York, USA

Robert "Bob" Rafelson (February 21, 1933-July 23, 2022) was an American film director, writer and producer. He was most famous for directing and co-writing the film Five Easy Pieces, starring Jack Nicholson, as well as being one of the creators of the pop group and TV series,... Read full bio →

Filmography

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7 titles
The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Bob Rafelson 1981 2h 2m 7.3

This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.

Stay Hungry

Stay Hungry

Bob Rafelson 1976 1h 42m

A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal.

La maman et la putain

La maman et la putain

Jean Eustache 1973 3h 39m 9.2

Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is an unemployed young man involved in a love triangle with both his girlfriend Marie, and a Polish nurse, Veronika (Françoise Lebrun), which he picked up at a café.

The King of Marvin Gardens

The King of Marvin Gardens

Bob Rafelson 1972 1h 43m 6.5

Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, which might be just another of his pie-in-the-sky schemes. Inevitably, complications begin to pile up.

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

Peter Bogdanovich 1971 1h 59m 8.3

The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.

Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces

Bob Rafelson 1970 1h 38m 7.7

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

Head

Head

Bob Rafelson 1968 1h 26m 7.5

The Monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff.

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