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The king of Marvin Gardens / Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Jacob Brackman ; story by Bob Rafelson and Jacob Brackman ; produced and directed by Bob Rafelson ; a BBS production.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781604653601
  • ISBN: 1604653604
  • ISBN: 9781604653489 (set)
  • ISBN: 1604653485 (set)
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Blu-ray edition.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.
Box set includes accompanying guide, America lost and found : the BBS story (111 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.).
Issued as part of a 6-Blu-ray boxed set with: Head; Easy rider; Five easy pieces; Drive, he said; A safe place; The last picture show.
Special features: 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, Kov©Łcs, and actor Bruce Dern; theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Laszlo Kovacs ; editor, John F. Link II.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson, Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers.
System Details Note:
Blu-ray, Region A, widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio) presentation; mono.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD player.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Subject: Brothers > New Jersey > Atlantic City > Drama.
Losers > New Jersey > Atlantic City > Drama.
Mafia > New Jersey > Atlantic City > Drama.
Criminals > New Jersey > Atlantic City > Drama.
Atlantic City (N.J.) > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Albright Memorial Library BR KING (Text) 50686014025329 Main Floor Available -


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