The King of Marvin Gardens Page #2

Synopsis: 'It's Monopoly out there'. Jason Staebler, The King of Marvin Gardens, has gone directly to jail, lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is also a dreamer who asks his brother, David, a radio personality from Philadelphia to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island - asking him to believe in yet another of his dreams, yet another of his get-rich-quick schemes. But luck is against them both and the game ends badly - real life reduced to radio drama.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Bob Rafelson
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
1972
103 min
282 Views


Listen, I would like to see my brother.

I'm sure you can understand, I'm -

Oh, Davey, he was supposed to be here.

David. Okay? I mean, it was nice of you

to come down and everything...

but, uh, no one's

called me Davey in 10 years.

Naturally you're irritated.

But is it my fau -

Oh, just a minute.

They're here. Hold on.

Fine.

Okay, just this little row.

Make a straight line.

Okay, you know the song, right?

You got the song?

Now, on the downbeat, okay?

By the sea, by the sea

By the beautiful sea

You and me

You and me

Come on, Davey. Jason's waiting.

[Humming]

[Humming Continues]

That's all, boys.

[Men Chattering, Laughing]

[Chuckling]

You look like a priest in that wardrobe.

- [Chattering Continues]

- Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Come on!

Give me a break here now, huh?

Same old David, huh?

You notice how it's Monopoly out there?

Remember Boardwalk,

Park Place, Marvin Gardens?

- Go directly to jail?

- Well, that's me.

Don't pass go, don't collect $200.

Jason, is there something I should do?

Yeah.

Give me your pen.

I'm gonna give you an address.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Come on, now!

Give me a break!

[Chuckles]

My brother's in town! All right. Wow.

I'm giving you an address here.

It's about a five

or a 10-minute jitney ride.

When you get there,

ask for a man named Lewis.

- Lewis.

- Right.

Tell him you're my brother, and I want

my ass out of here before sundown.

Nothin' on the record.

[Chuckles]

And be... polite.

Then meet me on the boardwalk.

Take in the sights, look around.

I'll find you. Hmm?

[Wind Whistling]

- Go around the other way.

- I'm Jason's brother.

I said, go around the back.

What can we do for ya?

Jason said, uh,

that I should only talk to Lewis.

- If that's okay.

- [Phone Ringing]

[Sighs]

[Ringing Stops]

- Have a seat in here anywhere.

- Thank you.

[Door Opens]

- [Door Closes]

- [Men Chattering]

[No Audible Dialogue]

Listen, you don't have to push people.

[Phone Ringing]

[Ringing Continues]

[Chattering Continues]

- Well, can you think of more to service you now?

- [Chuckles]

You know I'm goin' to up and do it for ya.

That's what I'm like.

Well, I just wanted to tell you

how much I appreciate -

Well, how 'bout you just consider

us appreciated... up the ass.

- Yeah, well, you know, man,

I don't like to make trouble -

- You're not in trouble with me.

- I'm not a troublemaker. I just -

- Yeah, I understand.

- I just want to say thank you.

- Okay. I understand.

Thank you. I really mean that.

I don't need thanks,

and I don't want no thanks!

Thanks.

[Door Closes]

You see,

I'm a generous sort of a gentleman.

What's the message?

Well, Jason said

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Jacob Brackman

Jacob Brackman (born 1943) is an American journalist, writer, and musical lyricist. After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for Newsweek as a journalist. He remained there for six months and was then hired by The New Yorker. He subsequently worked as a film critic at Esquire magazine from 1969 until 1972. He met Carly Simon in 1968 when they were both working as counselors at a summer camp in the Berkshires. The two became close friends. Most of Simon's albums include one or two songs co-written with Brackman; typically, Simon writes the music and Brackman writes the lyrics. Among the dozens of songs they have written together are the top ten hits, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (1971) and "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (1974), both of which were sung by Simon. The lyrics to the Broadway musical King of Hearts were also written by Brackman, and so, too, were the screenplays for The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) and Times Square (1980). He has also collaborated musically with James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Dr. John, Fred Astaire, Michel Polnareff and Dionne Warwick. He was the executive producer for the acclaimed Terrence Malick film, Days of Heaven (1978). He married the late Mindy Jostyn, and co-authored the lyrics on her CDs. Jacob Brackman has been an influence to many other artists, including Welsh rock group the Manic Street Preachers. See article on the film Times Square for more. more…

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