Movie
Marvin's Room
Overview
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
Details
- Release date
- 1996-12-18
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Tribeca Productions, Miramax, Scott Rudin Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Kelly Ripa as Coral
- John Callahan as Lance
Crew
- Jerry Zaks - Director
- Scott McPherson - Screenplay
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