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Thomas Babington "Babe" Levy is a history student and distance runner who seeks to rehabilitate the memory of his father, who committed suicide during McCarthyism. During a training session in Central Park, Babe witnesses a fiery car accident that kills Klaus Szell, the brother of Nazi war criminal Christian Szell.
Even though the Academy mostly ignored Marathon Man, Schlesinger managed to film one hell of a film, a brilliantly tense and ceaselessly exhilarating thriller that perfectly echoed the dark themes of McCarthyism and Nazism, inspiringly worshiping the quality of relentless perseverance needed to survive in such a harsh environment.
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After the murder of his older brother, a New York history student is hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds. Thomas "Babe" Levy, whose brother Henry James "Doc" Levy is an oil business executive, is a Ph.D. candidate in History at Columbia University.
David Goggins (born February 17, 1975) is an American retired United States Navy SEAL. He is also an ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, public speaker, author of two memoirs, and was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame for his achievements in sport. [5] .
Feb 27, 2023 · Hoffman is Thomas “Babe” Levy, a budding marathoner who is pursuing his doctorate in history at Columbia University. He’s tortured by the suicide of his father, a victim of Joseph McCarthy’s witch hunt, and rarely sees his older brother “Doc” (Scheider), who Babe thinks is a globe-trotting oil exec.
Jun 6, 2021 · Marathon Man is a 1976 thriller film directed by John Schlesinger and written by William Goldman, an adaptation of his 1974 novel. The film stars Dustin Hoffman and costars Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, and Marthe Keller. Olivier was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the antagonist, Dr. Christian…
“Marathon Man” is almost all people and predicaments — or, more exactly, one person and his unending series of predicaments. We meet him during his ritual morning long-distance run: A graduate student named Babe (Dustin Hoffman) who has all sorts of frustrations bottled up inside.
