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The King of Marvin Gardens was shot almost entirely on location in Atlantic City in the winter months of 1972. It is therefore of considerable historical significance as a visual record of the very last days of the city's "classic era" resort architecture.
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.
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 was shot almost entirely on location in Atlantic City in the winter months of 1972. It is therefore of considerable historical significance as a visual record of the very last days of the city's "classic era" resort architecture.
Jul 26, 2022 · It’s no small irony, then, that Rafelson’s greatest film is also, without question, his quietest: the 1972 drama The King of Marvin Gardens, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, has at its centre David Staebler (Nicholson), a morose, bespectacled radio monologuist in Philadelphia, with a rather dweeby wardrobe (think cardigan ...
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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1972 USA Directed by Bob Rafelson Produced by Bob Rafelson Written by Jacob Brackman Featuring Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn
