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Directed by John Schlesinger
USA 1976
Is it safe? From the best-selling novel by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the Presidents Men, Misery) comes one of the most daring and affecting thrillers ever brought to the screen. Dustin Hoffman (Papillon) plays the likable graduate student and marathon runner of the title, unwillingly trapped in a killing game of intrigue involving a Nazi fugitive, Christian Szell. Laurence Olivier (Sleuth) received an Academy Award nomination for his chilling portrayal of Szell, who turns dental instruments into tools of torture with dispassionate ease. Directed by John Schlesinger (Billy Liar, Midnight Cowboy, The Day of the Locust), Marathon Man moves with nail-biting suspense to its gripping, fever-pitched conclusion. Featuring Roy Scheider (Jaws), William Devane (Rolling Thunder), Marthe Keller (Black Sunday) and the extraordinary cinematography of Conrad Hall (Electra Glide in Blue). *** Doc Levy (Roy Scheider) is an American secret agent who has been running interference between the U.S. government and escaped Nazi war criminal Szell (Laurence Olivier). Believing that Doc has stolen a valuable cache of gems, Szell emerges from his South American hiding place and heads for New York. He has Doc killed, then kidnaps Doc's in-the-dark brother, Babe (Dustin Hoffman). Repeating the phrase "Is it safe?" over and over, Szell, a onetime concentration camp dentist, tries to extract information from Babe by performing sadistic "oral surgery" upon him. Babe, who still doesn't know about the gems, escapes, breaking his own self-imposed rule of non-violence to defend himself against his pursuers and gearing up for sadistic revenge. |
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Theatrical Release: October 6th, 1976
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Runtime | 2:05:22.681 | |
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1.85:1 2160P 4K Ultra HD Disc Size: 88,372,203,902 bytesFeature: 87,911,289,600 bytes Video Bitrate: 76.48 MbpsCodec: HEVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1945 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1945 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) DTS-HD Master Audio English 1557 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1557 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
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Subtitles | English (SDH), None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1.85:1 2160P 4K Ultra HD Disc Size: 88,372,203,902 bytesFeature: 87,911,289,600 bytes Video Bitrate: 76.48 MbpsCodec: HEVC Video
Edition Details: 4K Ultra HD disc NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson DISC 2 (Blu-ray): Brand New 2022 HD Master From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson The Magic of Hollywood: Original Making of Marathon Man (21:15) Going the Distance: Remembering Marathon Man (29:07) Rehearsal Footage (21:06) Theatrical Trailer (2:39) 10 TV Spots (5:53) 2 Radio Spots (1:05)
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On their
4K UHD,
Kino offer the options of 2.0 channel and 5.1 surround bump tracks
(24-bit) in the original English language. The surround has a few keen
separations. There are some aggressive conflicts (Scheider's Henry 'Doc'
Levy fighting with Chen etc.), explosions - car crash etc. that are
fairly passively realized ('mentally' rather than gore) via the audio in
Marathon Man
but a suspenseful, effective, score by
Michael Small (Puzzle
of a Downfall Child,
Klute,
The
Drowning Pool,
Black
Widow,
Child's
Play,
Night Moves,
The Driver,
The Star Chamber) with
the director-requested theme of "pain, and the endurance of pain". Both
discs offers optional English (SDH) subtitles - and like all
4K UHD, is region FREE,
playable worldwide while the
Blu-ray
is Region 'A'-locked.
The
4K UHD disc has a new
audio commentary by film historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson.
They talk about John Schlesinger - really known as an 'arthouse' director,
the impressive cast, the Goldman script (from his own novel) - how he wrote
four versions of the screenplay, the gritty looks of the film, the New York
locations, Michael Small's score, producer Bob Evans, DoP Conrad Hall and
much more. They are always worth listening to.
The
Blu-ray has
the feature in 1080P, the new commentary and a few
featurettes; the 20-minute Magic of Hollywood: Original Making of
Marathon Man, 1/2 hour Going the Distance: Remembering Marathon Man,
20-minutes of rehearsal footage (mostly Marthe Keller and Hoffman) and
theatrical trailer are all on the original DVD and
Blu-ray.
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