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Written by James M. Tate / 7/31/2020 / No comments / action , dustin hoffman , espionage , john schlesinger , laurence olivier , marc lawrence , marthe keller , nazi , richard bright , roy scheider , seventies , thriller

RUSHING THROUGH 'MARATHON MAN' STARRING DUSTIN HOFFMAN

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dustin Hoffman & Marthe Keller in MARATHON MAN Year: 1976</u></td></tr>
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The epitome of a Thriller, John Schlesinger's MARATHON MAN <i>can</i> be a letdown with the teaming of two legends — one very old, the other, at that time, part of a fairly new crop of intense method actors. And we'll get the "Why don't you try acting" elephant out of the room — which was Olivier's famous quip to Hoffman as he needed to run a block before getting into character...<br>
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Then again, Dustin <i>is </i>the title<i> </i>character, and not just standing around reciting Shakespeare — spending most of the picture completely winded/exhausted from either jogging around New York's Central Park or being chased throughout the last half when this Thriller turns into a straight-out Action flick: Which <i>isn't</i> the best part of MARATHON MAN as Roy Scheider plays Dustin's older brother "Babe" in the most suspenseful scenes: he's some kind of secret agent, eventually connecting with his passive New York collegiate sibling after being introduced in Paris, France, where director Schlesinger (reunited with MIDNIGHT COWBOY star Hoffman) evokes a fair amount of nail-biting Hitchcockesque tension as things either explode or seem just about to... <br>

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RUSHING THROUGH 'MARATHON MAN' STARRING DUSTIN HOFFMAN

Dustin Hoffman & Marthe Keller in MARATHON MAN Year: 1976 The epitome of a Thriller, John Schlesinger's MARATHON MAN can be a l...

ROBERT SHAW & MALCOLM MCDOWELL 'FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kino Lorber Blu Ray Cover for FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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In a brief encounter with Malcolm McDowell at an autograph show, upon a 
friend mentioning this particular 1970 film, Malcolm rolled his eyes, and spoke bluntly of his working stint with Robert Shaw — how it was a 
grueling four month shoot since the very unpredictable actor had a 
penchant for the bottle, and Malcolm finished with: “But I loved him.”<br>
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Well this sort of love/hate relationship exists between Shaw’s 
coldblooded, experienced MacConnachie and McDowell’s naïve yet wily 
young Ansell: two escaped convicts — with a mysterious past only partially learned through sparse, pulpy, existential dialogue — on the run in an unnamed country... <br>

action, adventure, escape, helicopter, malcolm mcdowell, robert shaw, seventies

ROBERT SHAW & MALCOLM MCDOWELL 'FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE'

Kino Lorber Blu Ray Cover for FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2 In a brief encounter with Malcolm McDowell at an autograp...

TRAIPSING THROUGH LINDSAY ANDERSON'S 'O LUCKY MAN!'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's O LUCKY MAN! Rating: ****</u></td></tr>
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Typecast as an offbeat lunatic, Malcolm McDowell is the Anthony Perkins of England, and O LUCKY MAN is to A CLOCKWORK ORANGE what Orson Welles' THE TRIAL is to PSYCHO... as McDowell's more breezy and naïve Mick Travis tours England in what's a road movie dotted with just about every quirky/dreamlike bulwark imaginable... <br>
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Ranging from being witness to a lethal auto accident to a nuclear power plant's time-ticking emergency meltdown to a rural hospital using humans as lab rats (or sheep), McDowell is, once again, the perfect cinematic pawn... <br>

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TRAIPSING THROUGH LINDSAY ANDERSON'S 'O LUCKY MAN!'

Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's O LUCKY MAN! Rating: **** Typecast as an offbeat lunatic, Malcolm McDowell is ...

SWORD & DINOSAUR SEQUEL 'THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Awesome Looking Matte Painting from THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT Year: 1977 </u></td></tr>
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Not a respected cult film like THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, what's here is a kind of laidback hangout sequel centering more on that land's PEOPLE, and is basically a Fantasy version of FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE as an assorted, eclectic group just kind of traipses around rugged terrain for most of the picture...<br>
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The action comes in halfway through for our main heroes Patrick Wayne and Sarah Douglas, a one-dimensional yet dependably stalwart journeyman and a quirky British photographer, along with a plump, likeable middle-aged English bloke (Thorley Walters) and a funny pilot (Shane Brimmer): the latter staying back at camp randomly shooting pterodactyl, waiting for his group to return...<br>

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SWORD & DINOSAUR SEQUEL 'THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT'

Awesome Looking Matte Painting from THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT Year: 1977 Not a respected cult film like THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, wha...

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Written by James M. Tate / 7/31/2020 / No comments / action , dustin hoffman , espionage , john schlesinger , laurence olivier , marc lawrence , marthe keller , nazi , richard bright , roy scheider , seventies , thriller

RUSHING THROUGH 'MARATHON MAN' STARRING DUSTIN HOFFMAN

Written by James M. Tate / 7/10/2020 / No comments / action , adventure , escape , helicopter , malcolm mcdowell , robert shaw , seventies

ROBERT SHAW & MALCOLM MCDOWELL 'FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE'

Written by James M. Tate / 7/07/2020 / No comments / cult , dark comedy , drama , ensemble , helen mirren , lindsay anderson , malcolm mcdowell , music , politics , road movie , seventies , thriller

TRAIPSING THROUGH LINDSAY ANDERSON'S 'O LUCKY MAN!'

Written by James M. Tate / 7/01/2020 / No comments / action , adventure , dana gillespie , david prowse , dinosaur , doug mcclure , fantasy , patrick wayne , richard leparmentier , sarah douglas , sequel , seventies , shane brimmer

SWORD & DINOSAUR SEQUEL 'THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT'

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