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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.
Oct 10, 2024 · Saturday, October 12 @ 11:30 AM / Music Box Theatre — 3733 N Southport Ave. Tickets: $11 at the door or purchase in advance. Directed by Bob Rafelson • 1972.
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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Crime. 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.
May 21, 2013 · In 1972, two years after their generation-defining study of masculinity ‘Five Easy Pieces’, director Bob Rafelson and star Jack Nicholson reteamed for this them.
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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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.
