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. 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 dreary Atlantic City and into a real-estate scam, events spiral toward tragedy. The King of Marvin Gardens, also starring a brilliant Ellen Burstyn as Jason’s bitter aging beauty-queen squeeze, is one of the most devastating character studies of the seventies.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photogaphy László Kovács, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Selected-scene commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson
- Reflections of a Philosopher King, a 2009 video piece with Rafelson and actress Ellen Burstyn
- Afterthoughts, a 2002 interview with Rafelson, about the film, produced by Rafelson, Kovács, and actor Bruce Dern
- Theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Available In
Collector's Set
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photogaphy László Kovács, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Selected-scene commentary featuring director Bob Rafelson
- Reflections of a Philosopher King, a 2009 video piece with Rafelson and actress Ellen Burstyn
- Afterthoughts, a 2002 interview with Rafelson, about the film, produced by Rafelson, Kovács, and actor Bruce Dern
- Theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Cast
- Jack Nicholson
- David Staebler
- Bruce Dern
- Jason Staebler
- Ellen Burstyn
- Sally
- Julia Anne Robinson
- Jessica
- Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers
- Lewis
- Charles LaVine
- Grandfather
- Josh Mostel
- Frank
Credits
- Director
- Bob Rafelson
- Screenplay
- Jacob Brackman
- Story
- Bob Rafelson
- Story
- Jacob Brackman
- Executive producer
- Steve Blauner
- Producer
- Bob Rafelson
- Associate producer
- Harold Schneider
- Director of photography
- Lázló Kovács
- Editing
- John F. Link II
- Casting
- Marion Dougherty Associates
- Art director
- Toby Carr Rafelson
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