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Marathon Man

The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink

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Clove oil and truffles en croûte are nominated, but the movie is deemed appetite-suppressing.

In the discussion (3)
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  • The clove-oil extract applied to Babe’s tooth is nominated.
  • The truffles en croûte Doc recommends to Elsa are nominated.
  • The exposed-root imagery earns the film a reverse food award because it discourages eating.
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Marathon Man

The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

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Several Conrad Hall compositions are nominated, especially the deposit box, Doc’s death, the Eiffel Tower reveal, and the soccer ball outside the opera.

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  • Szell opening the deposit box is nominated.
  • The wide waterworks confrontation is nominated.
  • The red steps and fountain around Doc’s murder are nominated.
  • The camera moving through a window to reveal Doc’s Paris balcony and the Eiffel Tower is nominated.
  • The soccer ball rolling to Doc outside the opera is selected for its unexplained menace.
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When I Would Have Died

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The bathroom entrapment and revelation of dental tools are the proposed death points.

Flex pick · Chris Ryan

In the discussion (3)
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  • One participant says the bathroom entrapment would be the likely death point, possibly by drowning or self-harm to avoid torture.
  • Another participant also chooses the bathroom because the window offers no escape.
  • The dental tools and Szell’s accent are said to be enough to cause a fatal panic or prompt a request for immediate death.
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The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

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Elsa and the unexplained farmhouse detour are selected as the film’s weak links.

In the discussion (3)
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  • Elsa is selected because her allegiance to Szell feels insufficiently signaled.
  • The novel reveals Elsa’s allegiance after her first library meeting, making her danger explicit earlier.
  • The farmhouse detour is criticized as poorly motivated and unnecessary.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

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Cuts to Doc’s action, the farmhouse, childhood flashbacks, stalking, discarded diamonds, the dated Nazi premise, Babe’s apartment, and Scheider’s missed stardom are criticized.

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  • Cutting Doc’s extended fight and reducing the violence while retaining the farmhouse sequence is criticized.
  • The repeated childhood flashbacks are called unnecessary beyond establishing the father’s suicide.
  • Following a woman home to initiate a date is criticized as dated.
  • Babe refusing to keep the diamonds or cash is strongly criticized.
  • The premise of active original Nazi criminals is said to have aged out of contemporary plausibility.
  • Babe’s sweaty, poorly ventilated apartment is imagined as smelling terrible.
  • Roy Scheider’s 1970s filmography is preferred to Hoffman’s, while his later aging and limited stardom are lamented.
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

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Harrison Ford is proposed for Babe in 1976 and Tom Cruise in a hypothetical 1984 version.

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  • A young Harrison Ford is proposed as a better 1976 Babe because he matches the novel’s size, running, danger, and romance.
  • Tom Cruise is proposed as the ideal Babe in a hypothetical 1984 version because the role centers on running, expertise, romance, and panic.
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Casting What-Ifs

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Richard Widmark, Charlotte Rampling, and Julie Christie are discussed as alternatives.

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  • Richard Widmark was reportedly the backup when Olivier’s health was uncertain.
  • Charlotte Rampling was reportedly Schlesinger’s preferred Elsa and is enthusiastically favored.
  • Julie Christie is mentioned as another researched Elsa possibility, though her double cross is considered less convincing.
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Marathon Man

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

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Babe is judged foolish for missing clues and refusing to shoot Szell.

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

In the discussion (4)
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  • Babe should recognize that being attacked by two older men in suits is unusual.
  • He is criticized for ignoring the connections among his murdered brother, Szell, and Elsa’s concealed German identity.
  • His refusal to shoot Szell is criticized as inconsistent after he shoots others at the farmhouse.
  • The novel reportedly has Babe shoot Szell and discard the diamonds before police take him away.
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