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The King of Marvin Gardens. 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 ...
Mar 15, 2013 · “King of Marvin Gardens”, director Bob Rafelson’s dreary 1972 drama (not based on the Monopoly Game, though it’s referenced more times than you think – “he was hustling numbers on Baltic Avenue when I met him”), is one of those movies in which not much happens.
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.
104 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1972. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1972. 4 min read. Bob Rafelson’s “The King of Marvin Gardens” is a perversely satisfying movie, it works after going out of its way not to, and a very eccentric one.
1972 · 1 hr 44 min. R. Drama. The story of how a man’s get-rich-quick scheme—to build a resort with embezzled money from his mobster boss—ends in tragedy for all involved. Subtitles: English.
- Bob Rafelson
- January 1, 1972
- Jack Nicholson
The King of Marvin Gardens: Directed by Bob Rafelson. With Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson. A daydreamer convinces his radio personality brother to help fund one of his get-rich-quick schemes.
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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.
