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- Of the performances by Brando and Scott in The Formula, Steve Shagan reportedly stated: "I sensed a loss of purpose, a feeling that they didn't want to work any more and had come to think of acting as playing with choo-choo trains." [10]
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The Formula is a 1980 mystery film directed by John G. Avildsen. It was produced and written by Steve Shagan, who adapted his own 1979 novel The Formula. It stars Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Marthe Keller, John Gielgud, G. D. Spradlin, and Beatrice Straight.
The Formula is a 1980 mystery film directed by John G. Avildsen. It was produced and written by Steve Shagan, who adapted his own 1979 novel The Formula. It stars Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Marthe Keller, John Gielgud, G. D. Spradlin, and Beatrice Straight.
The Formula: Directed by John G. Avildsen. With George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Marthe Keller, John Gielgud. The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of World War II, is sought after by some who aim to sell it, and by others who wish to destroy it.
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- Crime, Thriller
- John G. Avildsen
- 1980-12-19
Dec 19, 1980 · AS Marlon Brando and George C. Scott, two tubby titans, square off for their final confrontation in ''The Formula,'' Mr. Brando utters the film's best line. This is it, in its entirety:...
Jun 4, 2008 · In 1980, it certainly sounded like an irresistible package - George C. Scott and Marlon Brando, two of cinema's most celebrated performers and the only two to have ever snubbed the Academy for winning the Best Actor Oscar®, paired for the first time onscreen in an adaptation of a best-selling suspense novel with America's dependency on foreign ...
Single high point: when Scott leans in at the end, looks Brando in the eye, and says, "if I didn't have a son I love and who still loves me, I'd blow your fucking brains all over that map on the wall."
