Event Details
Novelist and screenwriter William Goldman adapted the screenplay for this suspenseful thriller from his own nail-biting novel. Dustin Hoffman stars as “Babe” Levy, a New York graduate student unexpectedly thrust into a plot of government intrigue involving Nazi war criminals because of his brother’s (Roy Scheider) secret identity as a government agent. Laurence Olivier costars as the iconic villain Dr. Szell in an Oscar-nominated role that was referenced in popular culture for many years and included on the American Film Institute’s 100 Years… series lists for both villains and quotes.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1976 | 125 min. | USA | Color | English | Rated R | 4K DCP
DIRECTED BY: John Schlesinger
WRITTEN BY: William Goldman
WITH: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane