Making off of MARATHON MAN

[radiotelefonia]

This TV promo for the John Schlesinger film is far more interesting and better produced than most of what it is usually done for other films, to a point that it feels like a documentary instead of lengthy commercial.

[Ray Faiola]

I have a 16 of this, as well as the feature. Excellent featurette.

[earlytalkiebuffRob]

But did anyone else see it, as I did, paired at a local cinema with MY LITTLE CHICKADEE?

[Jonathan]

But did anyone else see it, as I did, paired at a local cinema with MY LITTLE CHICKADEE?

Surely it should have been coupled with Fields' THE DENTIST?

[Frame Rate]

But did anyone else see it, as I did, paired at a local cinema with MY LITTLE CHICKADEE?

Surely it should have been coupled with Fields' THE DENTIST?

My guess is that either the booker or the exchange simply got the two Fields films confused -- and shipped the wrong one!

No doubt there were no 35mm prints of GREED available at that time.

[earlytalkiebuffRob]

On occasion the Palace Cinema would schedule contrasting films and I suspect the idea would have been to gather audiences for both films. I had passed on MARATHON MAN on first release and would not have seen it unless paired with something of more appeal. Unfortunately the majority of Academy films were not shown that way, and when I commented on it, was met with a shrug. Certainly THE DENTIST was available in the 1970s as I saw it at a Film Society viewing session, and GREED was available also, at least when I saw it at Southampton in 1975.

Another oddball double was Derek Jarman's JUBILEE with THE GOLF SPECIALIST. In my case the ploy worked as I hadn't fancied seeing JUBILEE, but found it better than I had feared...

[The Blackbird]

"Is it safe?"