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Marvin's Room is a 1996 American drama film directed by Jerry Zaks. The script was written by John Guare and based on the play of the same name by Scott McPherson, who died in 1992.
Marvin's Room: Directed by Jerry Zaks. With Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro. After seventeen years, a fiercely independent woman and her rebellious son return home and together they turn the family she left behind upside down.
After seventeen years, a fiercely independent woman and her rebellious son return home and together they turn the family she left behind upside down. Years ago, the fiercely independent Lee took off for Ohio, while her older sister Bessie stayed home to look after their bedridden father, Marvin.
Bessie (Diane Keaton) and Lee (Meryl Streep) are sisters who have remained apart for nearly 20 years due to radically different personalities and life paths. Bessie remained in Florida to care for...
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What “Marvin’s Room” argues is that Lee, by fleeing the sick people at home, may have shortchanged herself, and that Bessie, “chained” to the bed of her slowly dying father, might have benefitted.
Years ago, the fiercely independent Lee took off for Ohio, while her older sister Bessie stayed home to look after their bedridden father, Marvin. Lee has troubles of her own, including her mischievous son Hank, who has a knack for burning down the neighborhood when she's not looking.
Dec 18, 1996 · A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow. Jerry Zaks. Director. Scott McPherson. Screenplay.
Marvin's Room - Apple TV. Leonardo DiCaprio drives an electrifying performance as the criminally rebellious son in this funny and stirring tale of one family's humor and heartache. Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee (Meryl Streep) left home ... and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie (Diane Keaton) to care for their father ...
Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee left home...and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie to care for their father, Marvin. But now Lee is returning with her teenage son for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down!
Dec 18, 1996 · Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee (Streep) left home ... and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie (Keaton) to care for their father, Marvin (Cronyn). But now Lee is returning with her teenage son (DiCaprio), for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down.
