( Log Out / When Ape goes to the bathroom and doesn’t come back Doc goes to investigate and finds that he’s been killed while on the toilet by two assassins. ( Log Out / Post was not sent - check your email addresses! and have always been fascinated with it. Error: Twitter did not respond. If you’re not familiar it’s a paranoid 70’s thriller about college guy named Babe, for some reason, (Dustin Hoffman) who’s training to run marathons who gets caught up in his brother’s spy job of transporting diamonds for an old Nazi (Laurence Olivier). He understands killing Ape was their job, but doing it while he was on the toilet with his pants down was unconscionable. Doc was also gay. Switching Channels: Shark Tank Edition (1/31/14), The Industry Episode 22: Christopher Reeve’s Two Picture Deal. “The land of plenty,” Szell says with utter disdain upon his arrival in chaotic, strike-plagued New York City. Doc is easily the most compelling character in both, and the fact we lost out on a 9 minute right scene with him is a shame. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Doc doesn’t make it much further than that in movie and we’re left with Babe to deal with the aftermath. I’m not sure who to petition or who to bother about it, but somewhere deep in the vaults of Paramount Pictures this scene must still exist. ( Log Out / “They were always so confident … Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The real crime in Marathon Man has nothing to do with Nazis, diamonds and dental work. Reply. “I’m Peter Janeaway but my friends call me Janey.” The book makes Doc’s sexuality way more obvious. Steve F. says: July 28, 2019 at 5:13 am Goldman must have realized how great his character creation was, he wrote a followed up novel about a resurrected Doc that becomes a killing machine called Brothers. The guy is old and on the way out he knows it. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page. Has anyone checked? Babe and Doc are divided up for every scene of Babe at school and awkwardly dating a European gal (Marthe Keller) is followed by a scene with Doc running around Paris doing spy stuff. Covering Movies, Television and Other Life Altering Issues. There’s not enough Doc! It’s been 38 years now, it’s time to put this out in the world. There’s plenty of violence, blood and it’s most famous for the dental torture scene but for me my favorite part of Marathon Man is Hoffman’s spy brother Doc, played by Roy Scheider. He’s said the cut is the detriment of the movie because it shows us a vulnerable side of Doc.and without the scene Doc comes off as a “superstud”. This also happens in the novel Marathon Man, however he spares their lives giving them with the lesson of leaving a man with his dignity. Doc is easily the most compelling character in both, and the fact we lost out on a 9 minute right scene with him is a shame. ( Log Out / However, this scene of Doc defending a Doc spy’s honor would only make him more awesome. Here here!Roy Schider is effen man and I have been wanting to see this scene I saw and read Marathon Man. He’s right, Doc does seem like a superstud until the moment he doesn’t. He loses and goes crazy on the two assassins, likely killing them. And this is where the problem is. Doc is onto her game and cleverly exposes her, though Babe doesn’t believe it. However there is a small consolation prize out there somewhere. Thanks! For more Hollywood history check out my podcast The Industry here. My favorite scene in the movie is the dinner the two of them have with Babe’s new girlfriend. Putting this clip out on YouTube or even on a new DVD of Marathon Man would help right a great wrong and spotlight one the most underrated movie characters in history. He’s meeting people at operas, killing an Asian dude in his hotel room and just being a general badass. In fact, once Olivier enters the scene in the film’s second half, Marathon Man perks up whenever the veteran actor is on screen. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Change ). The real crime is denying us more of Doc. Filmed and cut from the movie is an 8 1/2 minute scene in which Doc meets an aging spy named Ape at an airport bar. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. It’s just not right. Someone out there must have it. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Thanks for commenting! The movie moves as two separate films for the first half or so. I first saw it when I was a kid, about nine years old I think (which by the way, Marathon Man is not a movie for nine-year old kids!) William Goldman, the writer of the book and screenwriter of the movie, thinks it was cut because the scene was too violent. We needed an entire movie with this character and instead we get only 60% or so. It doesn’t really end well for anybody. Here here!Roy Schider is effen man and I have been wanting to see this scene I saw and read Marathon Man. Doc shows up to visit Babe and you realize these guys are brothers. Maybe it’s lying around producer Robert Evans house somewhere. Dustin Hoffman, Marathon Man, Missing Scene, Paramount Pictures, Robert Evans, Roy Scheider. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I love the move Marathon Man. Only referenced once in the film “get your arse over here Janey” – Janey being Janeaway the do anything for money thug. She’s a fraud, keeping an eye on Hoffman in case Doc does some funny business with Olivier’s Nazi. Then halfway through the movie you see the connection.
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