The two struck up a partnership, forming Raybert Productions.

The following year he also producedPeter Bogdanovich’sThe Last Picture Show.

Bob Rafelson directed his last feature,No Good Deed, in 2002 and then retired from film altogether.

LOS ANGLES, CA - 1990: Academy Award-nominated film director, Bob Rafelson, poses at an editing machine during a 1990 Los Angeles, California, photo portrait session. Actors Jack Nicholson and Karen Black both won Academy Awards starring in Rafelson’s 1970 film “Five Easy Pieces.” (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

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MORELIA, MEXICO - OCTOBER 26: (L-R) Filmmakers Carlos Reygadas, Bob Rafelson and Cristian Mangiu pose with their de movie theater during a press conference as part of the XV Morelia International Film Festival at Cinepolis on October 26, 2017 in Morelia, Mexico. (Photo by Pedro Gonzalez Castillo/Getty Images)

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