Marathon Man
Marathon Man
John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) directed this gripping, entertaining 1977 thriller that centers on graduate student Dustin Hoffman (The Graduate, Tootsie). Hoffman plays a sullen and cowardly loner haunted by the suicide of his father, a suspected communist. He is drawn into a murky web of international intrigue when his brother, CIA agent Doc Levy, played by Roy Scheider (Jaws, The French Connection), is murdered by a former Nazi (Laurence Olivier) who has come to the United States to reclaim a valuable stash of diamonds. Babe (Hoffman) must confront his fears of the past as he runs for his life and tries to avenge his brother’s death at the same time. Featuring a classic torture sequence and a terrific cast that includes William Devane and Marthe Keller, this film written by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men) stands as a great entertainment and as one of the seminal films of the 1970s. –Robert Lane
Customer Review: DIAMONDS ARE NOT FOREVER
The professional reviewers never seemed to think too highly of this movie, and this amateur can’t see why. Olivier is terrific as a former Nazi, who’s forced to come out of hiding when his brother dies, leaving a veritable warchest of diamonds in a New York safe deposit box. That the diamonds were bought by this heinous dentist from tooth extractions of gold and silver from victims of Nazi concentration camps is of no matter whatever.Hoffman’s brother is hot on Zell’s (Olivier’s) trail, when the dentist confronts and stabs him to death; the victim falling at Hoffman’s feet. That does it; no more graduate work, no more training for road races until Hoffman’s brother’s death is avenged.While the path to Zell is fraught with pain, duplicity,and danger, Hoffman..well,see for yourself! You’ll be highly entertained, even if the “experts” weren’t.
Customer Review: Can I give it 6 stars?
What more can be said……This movie has been out long enough for everybody to have already seen it.
Better then 5 stars.
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Customer Review: a garden of hauntingly beautiful tablaux
The Garden is a collagefilm, combining images, shot on super 8 with a soundtrack by long time collaborator Simon Fisher Turner that consists of music, noises, soundcapes and spoken words; it's a sort of follow up to Jarman's The Last of England (1987) in which he used the same techniques. The result is nevertheless nothing like 'the same' but inspiring new and of a staggering beauty. A gay couple represents Jesus and through a series of surreal and absurd visuals, the passion and condemning of Christ is being represented. There is no story told out loud, it's within the subconscious of the movie itself, and within that of the viewer. Never has a 'homemovie' been so professionally done that is is suitable for a large (cinema) audience, and yet, it's still one of the most personal cinematic confessions a filmmaker can create; in this paradox lies its true power.
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DISC 1: DVD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROSES
Learn to plant bare root and container-grown rose bushes for long-term flowering, the right timing and correct techniques for pruning, the importance of fertilizers for plant growth and flowering, pest, and disease control, and much more.
DISC 2: DVD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDEN PLANTS
Learn how to choose and care for your garden plants, including everything from planting and seeding to pruning and feeding. You will also find excellent advice on controlling major garden pests, how to provide color throughout the year, and much more.
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Learn how to turn a bare-earth plot into a lush, beautiful garden, including everything from planting and selecting the right tools to soil preparing, laying a new lawn, and planting. You will also find the best long-term approach to dealing with an overgrown garden!
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Customer Review: Poirot at His Best!
These are 2 of the greatest Poirot episodes to open the 3rd series of the show in 1991. How Does Your Garden Grow?- Poirot is asked to open the Chelsea Flower Show. Whilst there, he meets an elderly lady who is keen to talk to him, before they meet to talk however she is dead. Poirot must uncover the truth. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery- The book of this episode is only 10 pages long and a little dull- not so this! The scenery, acting and story in this episode is even better than usal. A member of a Bank believes his life is in Danger just before he travels on the Queen Mary. It is belived that someone wants to steal the Liberty Bonds he is taking to New York. As a result, Poirot and Hastings travel on the ship to (despite Poirot’s fears of sea sickness!) However a tragedy does occur, and Poirot is left with a truly baffeling case! Anybody at any age should love this video. Not to be missed!
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