The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) [R]

Release Date:
October 12, 1972

Original Title:
The King of Marvin Gardens

Alternate Titles:
A Marvin Gardens királya
Castillos de arena
El rey de Marvin Gardens
Jeg køber Rådhuspladsen
O Dia dos Loucos
O vasilias ton Marvin Gardens
Vain unelmilla on siivet

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
BBS Productions
Columbia Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
PL: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 103

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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Art Direction:
Toby Carr Rafelson

Casting:
Fred Roos

Director:
Bob Rafelson

Director of Photography:
László Kovács

Editor:
John F. Link

Executive Producer:
Steve Blauner

Foley Artist:
Kitty Malone

Hairstylist:
Dorothy Byrne

Producer:
Bob Rafelson
Harold Schneider

Production Design:
Toby Carr Rafelson

Second Assistant Director:
Michael Haley

Sound Effects:
James Nelson

Sound Mixer:
Tom Overton

Writer:
Jacob Brackman
Bob Rafelson

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