- Release Date: 1971
- Runtime: 90 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: William Tepper, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Bruce Dern ... see all
- Director: Jack Nicholson
- Plot: Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And... Read more
User Reviews
Member of the cast
Sep 25, 2007
cbljsteers - imdb.com
Sep 25, 2007cbljsteers - imdb.com
As a member of the cast, I was a member of the band at all the basketball games, I would like to let the world know after being in the movie, that we were not allowed to see it since... Full review
Drive, He Said - GEM!
May 19, 2007
Maggie B - yahoo.com
May 19, 2007Maggie B - yahoo.com
Director Jack Nicholson never always amazes me! He's been working in every corner of the film industry his whole career. Don't miss this little gem of a film with Bruce Dern.... Full review
Drive, He Said - GEM!
May 19, 2007
miggs2822 - yahoo.com
May 19, 2007miggs2822 - yahoo.com
Director Jack Nicholson never always amazes me! He's been working in every corner of the film industry his whole career. Don't miss this little gem of a film with Bruce Dern.... Full review
Where can I get a copy?
Dec 26, 2006
bobpetow - imdb.com
Dec 26, 2006bobpetow - imdb.com
This was a very interesting movie, as it was Jack Nicholson's directorial debut, and included several other stars before they "became big" such as Bruce Dern and Karen Black. I was an extra in this movie when filmed on the... Full review
Dull and pointless, with annoying characters
Oct 22, 2006
pbyhistorian - imdb.com
Oct 22, 2006pbyhistorian - imdb.com
I went to see this movie at our college theater thirty years ago because I liked Bruce Dern in Silent Running and Family Plot. To this day (sorry Jack Nicholson), it is still the dullest movie I've ever seen. It... Full review
A real icon for the late 60's college experience
Mar 25, 2006
lbeach104 - imdb.com
Mar 25, 2006lbeach104 - imdb.com
Good luck finding this film to even watch - it's not yet released on tape or DVD. I saw on release in the early '70's, was lucky enough to catch it via American Cinematheque's preservation efforts, and it still has... Full review
a film that finds strengths and weaknesses in it's share of conventionality and unconventionality
Jul 04, 2004
Filmjack3 - imdb.com
Jul 04, 2004Filmjack3 - imdb.com
As Jack Nicholson's directorial debut, Drive, He Said displays at the least that he is a gifted director of actors. Even when the story might seem to lose its way to the audience (and to a modern audience - if... Full review
tour de force
Oct 22, 2002
terrancethecritic - imdb.com
Oct 22, 2002terrancethecritic - imdb.com
Basketball can be a funny game. Or business, perhaps? There are baskets and hookers just like in the real sixties. This modern-day reinactment confronts society head-on, warts-n-all, and we (the collective EYE) are the better for it. Bruce Dern, as... Full review
An almost perfect depiction of the American college experience in the late 60s-early 70s, Nicholson's directorial debut has been unfairly neglected-- and deserves a new audience!
Dec 01, 2001
titov - imdb.com
Dec 01, 2001titov - imdb.com
This may be the only film that actually comes close to capturing on film the essentially uncapturable world of the American college experience of the late 60s-early 70s. Go ahead, name another movie that even approaches this one: "Getting Straight"?... Full review
Drive, He Said
Jul 13, 1999
Tim Cox - imdb.com
Jul 13, 1999Tim Cox - imdb.com
Some dazzling basketball sequences, but the script about a disilluiosned youth lacks polish all the way through. Dern is perfect as the edgy basketball coach. Nicholson directed (debut) and co-wrote the film with Jeremy Larmer, based on his novel.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jun 17, 2004Combustible Celluloid
This film is a fascinating....Nicholson's love of the game comes through in the beautiful basketball footage, anticipating his future courtside Lakers seats.....slowly goes crazy and Bruce Dern co-stars in a solid performance as Hector's coach..... ... Full Review
News
Drive, He Said
suntimes.com –
1972-01-01
Release Date: 1972 Ebert Rating: *** By Roger Ebert Jan 1, 1972 Jack Nicholson's DRIVE, HE SAID is a disorganized but occasionally brilliant movie about two college students and the world they, and we, inhabit. ... Full Article


