- Film Review
- Reviewed By Adrian Turner
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4 out of 5
Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson's follow-up to Five Easy Pieces was this often pretentious yet absorbing study of two brothers. Nicholson is a radio presenter, intellectual and withdrawn; his brother, Bruce Dern, is an aspiring property developer, brash, married to Ellen Burstyn and living in a hopeless dream world. Set in a windy, charmless Atlantic City, its original title was The Philosopher King, and the final title derives from the American version of Monopoly. Some rate Nicholson's performance as a career best, and his wistful monologues at the radio microphone are indeed brilliant; others may find the cold, cerebral atmosphere easy to resist.
Plot Summary
Crime drama starring Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn. The host of a late-night radio chat show becomes embroiled in his younger brother's get-rich-quick schemes in Atlantic City.
Cast and crew
Cast
- David Staebler
- Jack Nicholson
- Jason Staebler
- Bruce Dern
- Sally
- Ellen Burstyn
- Jessica
- Julia Anne Robinson
- Lewis
- Scatman Crothers
- Grandfather
- Charles Lavine
- Rosko
- Arnold Williams
- Surtees
- John P Ryan
- Lebowitz
- Sully Boyar
- Frank
- Josh Mostel
Crew
- Director
- Bob Rafelson
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