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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 ...
The King of Marvin Gardens. 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. It backs into its real subject in much the same way that “ Five Easy Pieces “, Rafelson’s previous film, did.
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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- Drama
- Bob Rafelson
- 1972-10-13
The King of Marvin Gardens ★★½ 1972 (R) Nicholson stars as a radio personality who prefers to reminisce about his life and family back home rather than play records. When Nicholson returns for a visit he finds brother Dern, king of the get-rich-quick schemers, working for a black crime syndicate.
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.
The King of Marvin Gardens. For his electrifying follow-up to the smash success Five Easy Pieces, Bob Rafelson dug even deeper into the crushed dreams of wayward America.
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