Film
The King of Marvin Gardens
Sun, May 4, 2014
- 4:30PM
- 9:15PM
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RUN TIME: 104min
RATED: R
FORMAT: DCP
GENERAL ADMISSION: $13
MEMBERS: $8 (Movie Moguls free)
STUDENTS/SENIORS:
$9 (Students 29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)
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Sunday May 04, 2014
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Part of
BAMcinématek 2014
series Ellen Burstyn
Directed by Bob Rafelson | 1971
With Bruce Dern, Jack Nicholson, Ellen Burstyn
"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."
—Roger Ebert
Bob Rafelson’s follow-up to Five Easy Pieces is another moody character study and one of the most uncompromising films of the 70s. Wheeling and dealing hustler Jason (Bruce Dern) convinces his introspective, downer radio-host brother David (Jack Nicholson) to join him in Atlantic City, where he’s engaged in some shady dealings with the mob to buy a Hawaiian island. Their doomed adventure is set against the bleakly beautiful ruins of the decaying resort town, captured by László Kovács’ luminous cinematography.
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