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Thursday, November 23, 2017
Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother Podcast #2: Marathon Man
I got to pick the film we discussed this week on the multi-generational Yippee-Ki-Yay-Mother Podcast. I chose John Schlesinger's paranoid thriller Marathon Man from 1976, which was written by two-time Academy-Award winner William Goldman, based on his own novel. The film stars Dustin Hoffman as a graduate student, who inadvertently becomes involved in international intrigue with the death of his brother, played by Roy Schneider. Sir Laurence Olivier plays a Nazi war criminal who is forced out of hiding to secure a cache of diamonds from a bank in New York. The film is a classic showdown of acting styles personified by Hoffman and Olivier. If you ask me, Olivier wins. The film is perhaps best known for the following scene between the two of them. (Warning: If you have a fear of dentists, this scene may trigger you.)
Strangely, I find that scene more enjoyable since Dustin Hoffman has been accused of sexual harassment. In this podcast, we discuss how the sexual harassment scandal affects our own viewing habits. You can watch our podcast here:
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