Day 12 - 15th January
Snacks eaten - Dirty junk food. Oopsies
Film 12 - Marathon Man
Directed by John Schlesinger
Year - 1976
Based on a novel by William Goldman, this thriller stars Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier and Roy Scheider. Unbeknownst to Babe (Hoffman), his brother works secretly for the U.S government who believes a Nazi war criminal is planning to steal some very valuable diamonds. When his brother (Scheider) is killed, Dr Szell (Olivier) proceeds to seek out Babe for any information told to him by his brother before he died.
Olivier is horrifying in his role as the Nazi officer who has tremendous dentistry skills which are definitely not approved by the BDA. Any film portraying Jewish and Nazi conflict can feel very sinister and Marathon Man is no exception. Fast paced and frustratingly suspenseful, this film hosts a talented cast and has not become a short lived victim of its era. As nail biting today as it was 35 years ago. Well I can only imagine.
So we are now one day away from my next film, my favourite film of all bloody time!!! ...... JAWS! I'm gonna need a bigger blog.
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