Marathon Man - December 18, 1976

Continuing the celebration of running my first marathon by looking at movies about running, today's entry is the classic thriller Marathon Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Sir Lawrence Olivier.

Hoffman plays a graduate student who sees his brother murdered and is chased down by former Nazi dentist Szell (Olivier) who mistakenly believes Hoffman knows the whereabouts of some smuggled diamonds.

While not specifically about running, Dustin Hoffman's character is, in fact, a marathon runner in the movie.

Other running movies:
Running
Chariots of Fire

Running - November 1, 1979

Celebrating my first marathon this past Sunday so I am looking at movies about running, or just have RUN in the title.

Today's movie is Running, starring Michael Douglas. Douglas plays a marathon runner who's so obsessed with going to the Olympics that his personal life falls apart. It's pretty good, but the end is brutal and heart wrenching and awesome all at the same time.

Other running movies:
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire - December 25, 1981

I ran my first marathon yesterday. Well, first and probably only marathon. It was pretty tough. So to celebrate this accomplishment this week we are looking at movies and their ads that are about running. However, movies about running are a little scarce, so I'm also including some movies that have RUN in the title.

This is the ad for Chariots of Fire, famous for its theme song and how spectacularly boring it is.  It's about two marathon runners competing in the 1924 Olympics.  This ad appeared on Christmas Day, 1981.