Marathon Man (novel): Difference between revisions

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{{infobox Book | <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books]] -->

| name = Marathon Man

| title_orig =

| translator =

| image = <!-- prefer 1st edition -->

| image_caption =

| author = [[William Goldman]]

| illustrator =

| cover_artist =

| country = [[United States]]

| language = [[English language|English]]

| series =

| genre = [[Conspiracy thriller]] [[novel]]

| publisher = [[Delacorte Press]]

| release_date = [[1974]]

| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])

| english_release_date =

| pages = 309 pp

| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])

| isbn = ISBN 0-440-05327-7

| pages = 309 pp

| isbn = ISBN 0-440-05327-7

| preceded_by =

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}}

{{Infobox_Film

| name = Marathon Man

| image = Marathon_man.jpg

| caption = ''Marathon Man'' film poster

| writer = [[William Goldman]]<br>(novel and screenplay)

| starring = [[Dustin Hoffman]]<br>[[Laurence Olivier]]<br>[[Roy Scheider]]

| director = [[John Schlesinger]]

| producer = [[Sidney Beckerman]]<br>[[Robert Evans (film producer)|Robert Evans]]

| music = [[Michael Small]]

| editing = [[Jim Clark (film editor)|Jim Clark]]

| cinematography = [[Conrad Hall]]

| editing = [[Jim Clark (film editor)|Jim Clark]]

| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]

| released = [[October 6]], [[1976]] ([[United States]]USA)

| runtime = 125 minsmin.

| language = [[English language|English]]

| music country = [[MichaelUnited SmallStates]]

| language = [[English language|English]]

| budget = N/A

| budget = Unknown

| imdb_id = 0074860

| amg_id = A31373

| imdb_id = 0074860

}}

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In [[1976]], ''Marathon Man'' was made into a film starring [[Dustin Hoffman]] as the protagonist, Babe, and [[Laurence Olivier]] as Nazi dentist and war criminal, Dr. Szell. Olivier was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] and he won a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] in the same category. The film is nearly identical to the novel because [[William Goldman]] also wrote the screenplay (although the film and the novel have different endings). Legendary Finnish runner [[Paavo Nurmi]] was referenced in the 1974 novel Marathon Man, as the idol of the protagonist. The movie adaptation replaced Nurmi with Ethiopian Olympian [[Abebe Bikila]].

Both the novel and the film are known for a graphic scene in which the Nazi dentist tortures Babe by drilling into his teeth, without [[anesthetic]], and repeatedly asking the question, "Is it safe?" Babe does not know what the question means nor the identity of his inquisitor. The dentist offers him [[oil of cloves]] as positive inducement to cooperate.

Although the film was not the first feature film production to use the [[Steadicam]] (the distinction going to ''[[Bound for Glory]]''), it was earliest feature ''released'' which used it, predating both ''Bound for Glory'' and ''[[Rocky]]''.

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== External links ==

* {{imdb title|id=0074860|title=Marathon Man}}

* {{amg title|id=A31373|title=Marathon Man}}

* {{rotten-tomatoes|id=marathon_man|title=Marathon Man}}

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