Marathon Man
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Time Out says
Adapted by William Goldman from his own novel, this thriller is quite effective in its basic set pieces, even if the overall thrust seems a trifle ponderous. Hoffman plays a graduate student catapulted into a confrontation with grim former concentration camp Jew-killer Szell (Olivier, giving a rather circumscribed if impeccable performance). The pointlessly obscure construction and numerous loose ends make the triviality of the plot all the more annoying, and Schlesinger should have resisted the grossly over-used Central Park locations. Best moment is a compelling night sequence centering on the use of dentistry as a grisly method of torture.Author: DP
Release details
UK release:
1976
Duration:
126 mins
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Director:
Cast:
Richard Bright, Fritz Weaver, Marthe Keller, William Devane, Roy Scheider, Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman, Marc Lawrence
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