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Marvin's Room
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
1996 · Directed by Jerry Zaks · 98 min · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
A story about the years that keep us apart... And the moments that bring us together.
Crew
- Screenplay: Scott McPherson
- Cinematography: Piotr Sobociński
- Edited by: Jim Clark
- Music: Rachel Portman
- Production design: David Gropman
- Produced by: Scott Rudin, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal
Cast
- Meryl Streep as Lee Wakefield Lacker
- Diane Keaton as Bessie Wakefield
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Hank Lacker
- Robert De Niro as Wallace "Wally" Carter
- Hume Cronyn as Marvin Wakefield
- Gwen Verdon as Ruth Wakefield
- Hal Scardino as Charlie Lacker
- Dan Hedaya as Robert "Bob" Carter
- Margo Martindale as Charlotte Samit
- Cynthia Nixon as Retirement Home Director
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Tribeca Productions, Miramax, Scott Rudin Productions
- Budget: $23,000,000
- Box office: $12,803,305
- Themes: florida, sibling relationship, based on play or musical, sister, leukemia, reunion, cancer, bone marrow transplant, estranged sister
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