Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room is a 1996 film based on the play of the same name by Scott McPherson. The play, which was directed by David Petrarca, was adapted for the screen by McPherson and directed by Jerry Zaks. McPherson died of AIDS in 1992. It stars Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn, Gwen Verdon, Hal Scardino and Dan Hedaya. Original music for the film was provided by Rachel Portman and has Carly Simon singing the ... More

Initial release date:

  • Dec 18, 1996

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 38 min

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Also known as:

  • Marvin's Room,
  • Marvins Room,
  • Hadro Shel Marvin,
  • La habitación de Marvin,
  • Marvin'in odasi,
  • As Filhas de Marvin,
  • Duas Irmãs,
  • Le refuge,
  • La stanza di Marvin,
  • Marvins Töchter,
  • Marvin szobája,
  • Marvinova soba,
  • Marvinin tyttäret,
  • Reencuentro,
  • Simples secrets,
  • Stagones agapis,
  • Pokój Marvina,
  • My Room,
  • Marvins döttrar

Film

Directed by

Jerry Zaks

Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is a German-born American stage and television director, and actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing The House of Blue Leaves, Lend Me A Tenor, and Six Degrees of Separation and the Tony Award for Best...

Tagline:

  • A story about the years that keep us apart... And the moments that bring us together.
  • Open your heart. There's room.

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1996
  • Feb 9, 1999
  • May 3, 2011
  • Jan 15, 2002
  • Dec 18, 1996
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 38 min
  • 1 h 35 min
  • 1 h 39 min
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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film Nominees

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 1,771
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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Adapted From

Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room is a play by written by Scott McPherson that premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on 15 November 1991, and later adapted for a film of the same title in 1996 . The play is based upon McPherson's experiences with AIDS in his family, and later when his lover, activist Daniel...

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