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Marvin & Tige: Directed by Eric Weston. With John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams, Gibran Brown, Denise Nicholas. Marvin is a heavy-drinking widower who's seen better days and now ekes out a living at odd jobs.
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- Drama
- Eric Weston
- 1983-12
Marvin & Tige (1983), also titled Like Father & Son, is an American drama film directed by Eric Weston and written by Wanda Dell and Eric Weston based on a novel by Frankcina Glass. Marvin (played by John Cassavetes ), a heavy-drinking widower who has seen better days and makes a living taking odd jobs, meets suicidal youngster Tige.
A movie that starts strong and grows progressively cornier and more predictable. Down-on-his-luck widower Marvin (John Cassavetes) meets Tige (Gibran Brown), an 11-year-old boy distraught in the ...
- Eric Weston
- Drama
- John Cassavetes
"Marvin & Tige" is a movie that has been so completely overtaken by tragic events that it is impossible to view it in the spirit in which it was made. It tells the story of a friendship between two survivors: an 11-year-old black street kid and an alcoholic middle-aged white bum. The movie takes place in Atlanta. It was filmed in 1982 and then; of course the tragic series of Atlanta child ...
Marvin & Tige. 1983 · 1 hr 44 min. PG. Drama. The life of a hard-drinking widower eking out a living with odd jobs takes a dramatic turn when he meets an 11-year orphan on the brink of suicide. Subtitles: English. Starring:John CassavetesBilly Dee WilliamsGibran BrownDenise NicholasFay HauserGeorgia AllenJerry PensonCharles DardenMay K ...
- Eric Weston
- January 1, 1983
- 103 min
Synopsis. Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists.
- 104 min
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Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists.
