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Simon Kinnear Total Film. A minor-key marvel. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 15, 2013. Emma Simmonds The List. The King of Marvin Gardens reminds us of the diversity and dynamism of the ...
The King of Marvin Gardens is a 1972 American drama film. It stars Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn and Scatman Crothers. It is one of several collaborations between Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson. The majority of the film is set in a wintry Atlantic City, New Jersey, with cinematography by László Kovács.
Synopsis. Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, which might be just another of his pie-in-the-sky schemes. Inevitably, complications begin to pile up.
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''I promised I would tell you...why I never eat fish.''The King of Marvin Gardens is a Bob Rafelson film from 1972, written by Jacob Brackman and Rafelson. R...
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"The king of Marvin Gardens" ist ein inhaltlich dunkel gehaltenes Drama von 2 grundverschiedenen Brüdern, die aber beide mit dem Leben nicht klarkommen. Die stark charakterzentrierte Story dieser beiden Verlierer, gespielt vom alten Traumpaar Jack Nicholson und Bruce Dern, setzt der Director B. Rafelson atmosphärisch dicht gestaltet und mit ...
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Jul 26, 2022 · The King of Marvin Gardens was one of the final films produced by BBS, the revolutionary production company Rafelson cofounded, which had already given us Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces and Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show (1971). At the time, Marvin Gardens must have seemed a disappointment, but seen today it looks like the movie that ...
The King of Marvin Gardens is a 1972 American drama film. It stars Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn and Scatman Crothers. It is one of several collaborations between Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson. The majority of the film is set in a wintry Atlantic City, New Jersey, with cinematography by László Kovács.
