Bob Rafelson

Bob Rafelson

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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, The Monkees (with Raybert/BBS Productions partner Bert Schneider). Rafelson was born in New York City, the son of a hat manufacturer. His uncle was screenwriter and playwright Samson Raphaelson. Rafelson and Nicholson have been collaborators for over thirty years. Nicholson and Rafelson wrote and produced and Rafelson directed Head, starring the Monkees, in 1968, followed by Five Easy Pieces. In subsequent years, Rafelson directed Nicholson in four more films, including The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Man Trouble (1992), and Blood and Wine (1996). Rafelson has adapted the works of legendary noir authors James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Rafelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Bob Rafelson
  • Popularity: 1.778
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1933-02-21
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Bob Rafelson Movies

  • 1997
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    Hey, Hey We're The Monkees

    Hey, Hey We're The Monkees

    8.8 1997 HD

    Documentary focusing The Monkees, the 1960s pop group originally created for a TV sitcom. Interviews with the band members, the show's creators, and...

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  • 1981
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    Modesty

    Modesty

    1 1981 HD

    Bob Rafelson: Self-portrait

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  • 2009
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    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    6.3 2009 HD

    The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot...

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  • 1985
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    Always … But Not Forever

    Always … But Not Forever

    4.3 1985 HD

    A middle-aged couple, on the verge of proceeding with a divorce, find themselves questioning their decision to separate when fellow friends and...

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  • 1968
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    Head

    Head

    6.1 1968 HD

    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and...

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  • 1988
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    On the tracks of a filmmaker

    On the tracks of a filmmaker

    1 1988 HD

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  • 2010
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    BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

    BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

    1 2010 HD

    This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-director Jack Nicholson, and actresses Karen Black...

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  • 2010
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    Reflections of a Philosopher King

    Reflections of a Philosopher King

    1 2010 HD

    A short video piece featuring director Bob Rafelson and actress Ellen Burstyn discussing the evolution of the characters in The King of Marvin...

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  • 2017
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    We Blew It

    We Blew It

    5.6 2017 HD

    How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who...

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  • 1995
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    Leaving Las Vegas

    Leaving Las Vegas

    7.268 1995 HD

    Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death....

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  • 2010
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    America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

    America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary on the BBS company who released some of the best films of the 1970s.

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  • 1983
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    Notre Dame de la Croisette

    Notre Dame de la Croisette

    6 1983 HD

    A woman goes to Cannes and, lost in its chaos and unable to obtain tickets, ends up watching it on television from her hotel room.

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  • 2010
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    Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

    1 2010 HD

    The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

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  • 2010
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    Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'

    Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'

    6 2010 HD

    A video piece featuring director Bob Rafelson and actor Jack Nicholson, discussing the production of the film "Five Easy Pieces" (1970).

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  • 2002
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    Afterthoughts

    Afterthoughts

    6 2002 HD

    A 2002 video piece featuring director Bob Rafelson, cinematographer László Kovács, and actor Bruce Dern discussing style and...

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  • 1997
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    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    6.6 1997 HD

    Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the...

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  • 1970
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    Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

    7.106 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1976
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    Stay Hungry

    Stay Hungry

    5.7 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1982
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    Mora

    Mora

    4.5 1982 HD

    A reporter travelling to Latin America witnesses a murder through the lens of his camera.

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  • 1994
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    Wet

    Wet

    3.9 1994 HD

    The attractive Davida enters a shop shortly before off-time and wants to buy a bathtub. Just the manager is still there. As business is not well, he...

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  • 2002
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    Porn.com

    Porn.com

    4.6 2002 HD

    Veteran film director Matty Bonkers, a Hollywood legend, arrives in Berlin for an honorary retrospective tribute. While introducing his film Mockery,...

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  • 1998
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    Poodle Springs

    Poodle Springs

    5.4 1998 HD

    Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.

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  • 2002
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    No Good Deed

    No Good Deed

    5.3 2002 HD

    While doing a friend a favour and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a...

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  • 1981
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    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    6.523 1981 HD

    The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

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  • 1981
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    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    6.523 1981 HD

    The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

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  • 1976
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    Stay Hungry

    Stay Hungry

    5.7 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1976
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    Stay Hungry

    Stay Hungry

    5.7 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1976
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    Stay Hungry

    Stay Hungry

    5.7 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1996
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    Blood and Wine

    Blood and Wine

    5.727 1996 HD

    A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife...

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  • 1990
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    Mountains of the Moon

    Mountains of the Moon

    6.4 1990 HD

    The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen...

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  • 1990
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    Mountains of the Moon

    Mountains of the Moon

    6.4 1990 HD

    The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen...

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  • 1970
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    Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

    7.106 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1992
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    Man Trouble

    Man Trouble

    4.9 1992 HD

    A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients.

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  • 1968
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    Head

    Head

    6.1 1968 HD

    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and...

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  • 1968
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    Head

    Head

    6.1 1968 HD

    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and...

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  • 1972
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    The King of Marvin Gardens

    The King of Marvin Gardens

    5.8 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1987
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    Black Widow

    Black Widow

    6.157 1987 HD

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But...

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  • 1959
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    The World of Sholom Aleichem

    The World of Sholom Aleichem

    1 1959 HD

    This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and...

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  • 1996
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    Tales of Erotica

    Tales of Erotica

    4.1 1996 HD

    A series of erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings.

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  • 1972
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    The King of Marvin Gardens

    The King of Marvin Gardens

    5.8 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    The King of Marvin Gardens

    The King of Marvin Gardens

    5.8 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1996
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    Blood and Wine

    Blood and Wine

    5.727 1996 HD

    A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife...

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  • 1981
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    Modesty

    Modesty

    1 1981 HD

    Bob Rafelson: Self-portrait

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  • 1994
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    Wet

    Wet

    3.9 1994 HD

    The attractive Davida enters a shop shortly before off-time and wants to buy a bathtub. Just the manager is still there. As business is not well, he...

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  • 1970
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    Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

    7.106 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1968
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    Head

    Head

    6.1 1968 HD

    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and...

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  • 1970
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    Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

    7.106 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 2002
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    Porn.com

    Porn.com

    4.6 2002 HD

    Veteran film director Matty Bonkers, a Hollywood legend, arrives in Berlin for an honorary retrospective tribute. While introducing his film Mockery,...

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  • 1973
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    The Mother and the Whore

    The Mother and the Whore

    7.4 1973 HD

    Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous...

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  • 1971
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    The Last Picture Show

    The Last Picture Show

    7.6 1971 HD

    High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having...

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  • 1966
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    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    6.5 1966 HD

    Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid...

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  • 1970
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    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    6.5 1970 HD

    Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid...

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  • 1970
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    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    6.5 1970 HD

    Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid...

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  • 1970
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    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    5 1970 HD

    Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town.

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  • 1970
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    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    6.5 1970 HD

    Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    1 1970 HD

    A series of dramas inspired by famous paintings.

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E26

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    6.5 1970 HD

    Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid...

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