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  1. The King Of Marvin Gardens (1972) Vid Video. 1.25K subscribers. Subscribed. 2. 139 views 1 year ago ATLANTIC CITY. released October 12, 1972 Jack Nicholson as David Staebler ...more.

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  2. 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.

  3. Jul 26, 2022 · Long live The King of Marvin Gardens. It’s 50 years since Bob Rafelson’s quiet indictment of the hollowness of American dreams was released.

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    For his electrifying follow-up to the smash success Five Easy Pieces, Bob Rafelson dug even deeper into the crushed dreams of wayward America. Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern play estranged siblings David and Jason, the former a depressive late-night-radio talk show host, the latter an extroverted con man; when Jason drags his younger brother to a dr...

    Bob Rafelson’s The King of Marvin Gardens makes its debut on Blu-ray in Criterion’s America Lost and Foundbox set, presented with a new 1080p/24hz transfer in its original aspect ratio of about 1.85:1 on this dual-layer disc. The film has a very subdued look so it’s never allowed to truly pop off screen, but this transfer, done by Sony, renders the...

    Like most of the PCM mono tracks found in the America Lost and Foundbox set, the one here presents easy to hear, clean sound with intelligible dialogue, but it’s a little flat and lifeless, with no real power. It is a quiet film, never calling attention to itself but the soundtrack on a technical level is quite tame.

    Criterion’s America Lost and Foundbox set is basically a complete history lesson on BBS Productions and the supplements found on each disc in this set are primarily about the production company as a whole, though each disc still contains supplements that focus on their respective films. The King of Marvin Gardens presents a modest collection of sup...

    America Lost and Foundis one of the more fascinating box sets to come from anyone, offering a comprehensive look at one of the more important and interesting production companies to ever get into the business, making an impact that can still be felt today. This is probably the most “middling” release in the set. It has a strong transfer but a light...

  4. Aug 5, 2019 · Director Bob Rafelson’s intriguing but dreary drama about one’s sense of reality and dreams, is scripted by Jacob Brackman and is colorfully photographed by Laszlo Kovacs. The cinematographer captures the decaying offseason wintry desolate boardwalk scene and the crumbling buildings in the city.

  5. Articles related to The King of Marvin Gardens. Interviews. Ellen Burstyn at 90: the New Hollywood icon looks back at her 1970s classics. By Anthony Frajman.

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  7. Overview. 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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