Drive, He Said

Drive, He Said 1971 is an American motion picture released by Columbia Pictures. It is one of the lesserknown works in the influential group of New Hollywood films of the late 1960s and early 1970s made by independent production house Raybert Productions The Monkees, Easy Rider and its successor, BBS Productions. Based upon the 1964 novel of the same title by Jeremy Larner, the film is mainly notable as the directorial debut of Jack Nicholson who also wrote the screenplay following his breakthrough as an actor in Easy Rider 1969 and Five Easy Pieces 1970.

The film is an examination of libidinous basketball star Hector Bloom William Tepper, and contrasts his sporting prowess on the court to his bedroom antics. Most notably, Hector has an affair with his favorite professors wife Olive Karen Black that goes nowhere. This, and many other events, occur within a heated early 1970s backdrop of university politics, sporting hijinx, and antiwar sentiments.Contemporary reviews of the film were mixed. Steven Scheuer found the film utterly downbeat, and unfortunately dated. Roger Ebert found the film disorganized, but also said it was occasionally brilliant with the performances being the best thing in the movie, including the laconic charm of Tepper. ........

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