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1976
Marathon Man is a 1976 American suspense thriller film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted by William Goldman from his 1974 novel of the same title. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller. The film is about "Babe" Levy (Hoffman), a Columbia University graduate student and distance runner who becomes unwittingly embroiled through his brother in a plot by Nazi war…
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Image "Marathon Man" is a thriller film directed by John Schlesinger and released in 1976, based on the novel of the same name written by William Goldman, the story is set in the world of espionage and intrigue. The protagonist, played by Dustin Hoffman, is a college student doing his doctorate at Columbia University who spends part of his free time preparing to run marathons named Thomas "Babe" Levy. After h…More
Thrillers can have plots that are simple and plots that are complicated. New Hollywood auteurs, known for attempting new and unconventional things, often preferred the latter. One of the best-known examples is *Marathon Man*, a 1976 film directed by John Schlesinger, arguably the most successful of all New Hollywood thrillers. The plot is based on the novel by famous Hollywood script doctor William Goldman. It begin…More
There are going to be some spoilers in here because I actually would like to discuss some elements of the film that might give away a bit of the story. Therefore, if you don't want to know anything about the movie I will come straight out and say that I think you should see this movie because even though it is more than 40 years old it is much better than a lot of the movies made today with much higher budgets and f…More
