BB17-012 — The King of Marvin Gardens
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YEAR: 1972
FILM STUDIO: BBS Productions / Columbia Pictures
TAGLINE: A superb metaphor for what has often been called “The American Dream”!
DIRECTOR: Bob Rafelson
CAST: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson, Scatman Crothers
GENRE: Drama
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POSTER DESIGN FEATURES: Original Australian daybill with a distinctive orange, black and white geometric layout. Photographic images of Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn are arranged within rectangular panels, while an Atlantic City building and small silhouetted figures appear across the upper design. The bold black title and restrained colour palette give the poster a strong early-1970s graphic style.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Original Australian daybill for Bob Rafelson’s 1972 American New Wave drama The King of Marvin Gardens, starring Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn. The film followed Rafelson and Nicholson’s acclaimed Five Easy Pieces and has developed a lasting reputation as an important character-driven work of 1970s American cinema. The Australian daybill is a particularly appealing format for collectors of Nicholson memorabilia and New Hollywood cinema.