Who was he ? (2)

[79.]

This mythical marathonian was seen in the movie
Marathon Man.
Who was he?
( Very easy )

[5k Guy]

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Abebe Bikila, if memory serves me.

I read the book a half dozen times but only saw the movie once.

[79.]

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Right...

[az2]

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and what famous director shot the marathon footage which appeared in Marathon Man??

[az2]

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time to leave work, so here's the answer..

Ichikawa

and you can get the movie too..

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 34-6107340

[gh]

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Is it safe?

[hj197steve]

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>Is it safe?

Hey ! That's my line that I was going to post... you beat me to it !!

If you are at the dentist and he says that, GET OUT OF THERE.

[5k Guy]

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My brother-in-law is a dentist and an old movie buff. Says that to me every time I sit down in his chair. Still gives me a chill. (LOL)

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Never read the book, but I did have a dental appointment scheduled the day after I saw the movie. I rescheduled. Tony said he got a lot of that.

[gh]

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Aiyeee!!! I had my first dental appointment in like 10 years scheduled for the day after. I had to get up and leave the theater!

I was always amazed that in the course of a couple of years that Olivier played a character broadly drawn as Mengele then came back and played a character drawn as Wiesenthal hunting Mengele. And he was perfect on both ends of course.

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Sir Larry was one of the greatest ever. I have never seen his movies of Shakespearean plays, but an oscar for Hamlet couldn't happen today (maybe if Braham [spelling] had edited his complete version). I especially enjoyed Olivier with Caine in Sleuth. Good stuff.

[Pego]

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He was perfect both in Hamlet and Richard III. I saw them as a teenager. It was an experience for lifetime.

[marknhj]

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But Kenneth Brannah's version of Henry V was much more realistic in a down-and-dirty way. When there's nothing on TV and I'm bored I sometimes watch his "St. Crispens Day" speech, it's an all-time great motivational speech. The French still haven't forgiven us for the following slaughter!

[gh]

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Wasn't there a marvellous St. Crispen's sendup on "Black Adder," perhaps by Brian Blessed?