Jack Nicholson was an actor ablaze in this 1970 character study, playing his role of the talented but tormented pianist (hence the title) with the energy and ferocity of a caged tiger. The scene of him playing the piano in the back of a truck as it rolls down the highway is memorable – but no scene is more iconic than the one in which he rebels against the arbitrary rules at a highway diner by demonstrating a very novel way to place his food order the way he wants it. “I’ll have a chicken salad sandwich…”