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Marvin's Room is a 1996 American drama film directed by Jerry Zaks. The script was written by John Guare and based on the play of the same name by Scott McPherson, who died in 1992.
Marvin's Room: Directed by Jerry Zaks. With Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro. After seventeen years, a fiercely independent woman and her rebellious son return home and together they turn the family she left behind upside down.
Marvin's Room rises above the pack of dysfunctional family dramas thanks to an impeccable cast that includes Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Read Critics Reviews
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Years ago, the fiercely independent Lee took off for Ohio, while her older sister Bessie stayed home to look after their bedridden father, Marvin. Lee has troubles of her own, including her mischievous son Hank, who has a knack for burning down the neighborhood when she's not looking.
Jan 10, 1997 · Marvin’s Room. Drama. 98 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 1997. Roger Ebert. January 10, 1997. 5 min read. There is a line of dialogue that comes late in “Marvin’s Room” and contains the key to the whole film. It is spoken by a woman who has put her life on hold for years, to care for a father who “has been dying for 20 years–slowly, so that I ...
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow. Jerry Zaks. Director. Scott McPherson. Screenplay.
1h 38m. Years ago, the fiercely independent Lee took off for Ohio, while her older sister Bessie returned to the family's Florida home to look after their bedridden father Marvin and his lovably child-like sister Ruth.
Dec 18, 1996 · Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee (Streep) left home ... and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie (Keaton) to care for their father, Marvin (Cronyn). But now Lee is returning with her teenage son (DiCaprio), for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down.
Dec 15, 1996 · Originally produced by Chicago’s Goodman Theatre in l990, and later in New York, “Marvin’s Room” is a personal play by Scott McPherson, who died of AIDS in l992, at the age of 33.
With an all-star cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, and Robert DeNiro, Marvin's Room tells the funny and stirring tale of one family's journey to reconnect.
