• Director(s)

    John Schlesinger

  • Production Year

    1976

  • Release date

    22/03/2013

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    125m

  • Cast

    Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence, Allen Joseph, Tito Goya, Ben Dova, Lou Gilbert

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Film

Marathon Man

Contains strong language, violence, nudity and scenes of torture

A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent.…

A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent.

violence
There is a bloody fight scene in a hotel room between the protagonist's brother and an assassin. As the assassin tries to garrotte his victim with a metal wire, a hand is raised to block it. There is some sight of the wire cutting into the hand and causing blood to spurt from it. Then the assassin gets into a fight with the man, who ends up killing him by breaking his back against his knee. The film contains two scenes of torture in which the main character finds himself strapped into a chair as an ex-Nazi tortures him with dental implements. The impact of the torture is shown through facial expressions of extreme pain and sounds of screaming by the main character.
language
The film contains some uses of strong language ('f***', 'motherf**ker'), as well as some milder bad language (e.g. 'bastard', 'ass', 'shit').
nudity
There is some sexualised nudity as the main character's female lover is shown with her bare breasts exposed.

  • Director(s)

    John Schlesinger

  • Production Year

    1976

  • Release date

    22/03/2013

  • Genre(s)

    Thriller, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    125m

  • Cast

    Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence, Allen Joseph, Tito Goya, Ben Dova, Lou Gilbert

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Contains strong language, violence, nudity and scenes of torture
Classified Date:
25/03/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures UK
violence
There is a bloody fight scene in a hotel room between the protagonist's brother and an assassin. As the assassin tries to garrotte his victim with a metal wire, a hand is raised to block it. There is some sight of the wire cutting into the hand and causing blood to spurt from it. Then the assassin gets into a fight with the man, who ends up killing him by breaking his back against his knee. The film contains two scenes of torture in which the main character finds himself strapped into a chair as an ex-Nazi tortures him with dental implements. The impact of the torture is shown through facial expressions of extreme pain and sounds of screaming by the main character.
language
The film contains some uses of strong language ('f***', 'motherf**ker'), as well as some milder bad language (e.g. 'bastard', 'ass', 'shit').
nudity
There is some sexualised nudity as the main character's female lover is shown with her bare breasts exposed.
Classified Date:
06/10/1976
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Cinema International Corp. UK
Classified Date:
11/03/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Classified Date:
04/03/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Classified Date:
21/02/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
CIC Video
Classified Date:
06/09/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)

  • Classified date

    25/03/2013

  • BBFC reference

    BFF043660

  • Language

    English