Born on this day – Susan Anspach:

Actress

November 23, 1942 – April 2, 2018

On this day in movie history - Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Five Easy Pieces

directed by Bob Rafelson, and written by Adrien Joyce,

based on a story by Bob Rafelson and Adrien Joyce,

was released in the United States on September 12, 1970.

Music credits:

• Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903, by Johann Sebastian Bach.
• Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49, by Frédéric Chopin.
• Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4, by Frédéric Chopin.
• Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• Fantasy in D minor, K. 397, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Four songs by Tammy Wynette:

• Stand by Your Man.
• D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
• Don't Touch Me.
• When There's a Fire in Your Heart.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite, Billy "Green" Bush, Irene Dailey, Toni Basil, Helena Kallianiotes, William Challee, John Ryan, Fannie Flagg, Marlena MacGuire, Sally Ann Struthers, Lorna Thayer, Richard Stahl, Garrett Cassell, Clay Greenbush, Bob Rafelson.