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5.7/10
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The star player of a college basketball team starts to go off the rails with an illicit love affair and his roommate going crazy to avoid the war draft.The star player of a college basketball team starts to go off the rails with an illicit love affair and his roommate going crazy to avoid the war draft.The star player of a college basketball team starts to go off the rails with an illicit love affair and his roommate going crazy to avoid the war draft.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Michael Warren
- Easly
- (as Mike Warren)
Lynette Bernay
- Dance Instructor
- (as Lynn Bernay)
Joseph Walsh
- Announcer #1
- (as Joey Walsh)
David Ogden Stiers
- Pro Owner
- (as David Stiers)
Mireille Machu
- Secretary
- (as I.J. Jefferson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJack Nicholson's solo directorial debut. It was one of two post-Easy Rider (1969) Nicholson films that weren't released on any kind of home video until 2010. That year, the Criterion Collection released this movie and A Safe Place (1971) on DVD and Blu-ray as part of their "America Lost And Found - The BBS Story" box set.
- GoofsDuring the second basketball game, the writing on the Ohio Leopards jerseys frequently changes from "Leopards" to "Ohio" on a shot by shot basis.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits are typed so small, one can hardly read them. Sometimes the letters in the names are blurred because of their ultra-small size.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)
Featured review
One of only three films Jack Nicholson directed. This film was kind of a dud at the time, which probably explains why Nicholson's secondary career never flowered. I have to say, he did have some talent as a director. Unfortunately, Drive, He Said isn't that good of a film. Well directed, but still a bit of a bore. William Tepper plays a college basketball star (in Ohio, as the whole film is meant to make the audience think of Kent State). His roommate, Michael Margotta, is a hippie activist who is about to be drafted. Karen Black, who made a big splash opposite Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces, plays a faculty wife with whom Tepper is having an affair. The big problem with the film is that Tepper is pretty boring and Margotta is extremely annoying. There are some good scenes, but it just doesn't come together. This one is more a candidate for rewatch than A Safe Place (which is on the same Criterion disc), though. I felt like there was something I wasn't getting. I may not have entirely liked it, but it was intriguing.
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- Budget
- $800,000 (estimated)
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