Drive, He Said is an American motion picture released by Columbia Pictures, based upon the 1964 novel of the same title by Jeremy Larner. The film is mainly notable as the first directorial effort of Jack Nicholson after his success as an actor in Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces . It stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, and regular Nicholson collaborators Robert Towne and Henry Jaglom in leading roles. Towne and Jaglom are better known as screenwriter and director, respectively. Familiar faces such as David Ogden Stiers and Cindy Williams were also featured in small supporting roles. It was... filmed on the campus of the University of Oregon and other locations in Eugene, Oregon. The film is an examination of libidinous basketball star Hector Bloom , and contrasts his sporting prowess on the court to his bedroom antics. Most notably, Hector has an affair with his favorite professor's wife Olive that goes nowhere. This, and many other events, occur within a heated early 1970s backdrop of university politics, sporting hijinx, and anti-war sentiments. The film was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
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