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Movie Reviews of Marathon Man
Movie Review: Is it Safe?
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best thrillers ever made. Period. The Marathon Man, The Godfather 1 & 2, The Deer Hunter, Close Encounters of the third Kind, Star Wars, Animal House, French Connection, Apocolypse Now, etc, etc. Filmed during the time when filmakers were known as artists and filmaking was called an art. That has all changed now in conservative Hollywood, where filmakers are now known as profiteers and filmaking is called a business. These days, the studio honchos know that if you just put a high paying actor/actress in a high budget film with a decent script...it'll work. Who needs a great script or good reviews when the film is grossing over $100 million or more at the box office. Right?Movie Review: They Don't Make'em Like This Anymore!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the most suspenseful movies I've seen in a long time. Aside from the stirring performances of Dustin Hoffman, Lawrence Olivier and William Devane, the cinematography and editing reminded me that they used to make movies for adults. The Dvd comes with a few interesting extras: actor rehearsals, "the making of the movie" circa 1976 (Producer Robert Evans hosts), a present day retrospective 30 years later(Once again, Hosted by Producer Robert Evans), and the trailers for the film itself(showing, in my opinion, how they used to edit better quality previews that didn't give the entire movie away)Movie Review: One of my top 200 cult movies !
Summary: 5 Stars
The opening sequence in which we watch two old man discussing and offending one each other in the middle of New York City is terrific .
You will find a lot of excitement in this passionate thriller about double agents and elderly Nazis . The script is heavy puzzled and the violence spills very often along the film but at the end you gratify this entry .
Olivier plays a cruel dentist who will torture Dustin Hoffman making famous the expression : Isn't it safe? such as an operatic obstinate .
And the rest runs for you my dear reader . Based on William Goldman 's novel.
Movie Review: A Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
It is almost a cliche - the line "Is it safe?" and the related fear of dentists that everyone seems to have from this movie.
A wonderful thriller with outstanding performances by Dustin Hoffman and Lawrence Olivier plus numerous others.
Hoffman gets mixed up with some rather unsavory characters who think that he has information and he is pursued relentlessly for something he cannot provide.
One of the best thrillers you will ever see.
Movie Review: Don't worry! I'm not going into that cavity!
Summary: 5 Stars
The deficiencies in the DVD notwithstanding, the film is absolutely worthwhile if you are a fan of the genre. Casting is superb, especially Olivier. The plot is rather intricate, and it will almost certainly take more than one viewing to fully appreciate it's depth. This is, of course, not a problem, when you have a film as terrific as this one. See it soon, and witness a classic from one of the best decades in the history of Hollywood.