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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 10-24-2001 01:50 PM
Upcomingmovies.com lists it at 165 minutes:
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/fellowshipofthering.html Another "fan" site agrees with that running time:
http://www.theonering.net/movie/faq/page08.html And another site:
http://www2.ringbearer.org/docs/3943.html But, as with all movies, last minute edits and credit changes can change the running time up until the final cut is delivered to the lab for printing, a week or two before the film is in theatres. ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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Mike Jones
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 108
From: Birmingham, MI, USA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 10-26-2001 01:55 AM
Funny you should mention this.
New Line set up a special press teaser screening on Thursday in the 12 largest markets. Luckily my theatre was fortunate enough to get a copy. The reel was about 25 minutes long. It contained approximately 5 minutes of clips in trailer format, followed by a 15 minute action scene and then another 5 minutes of trailer clips.I am NOT a fan of the books, but this thing was amazing. It shocked me how well produced it was. Look out for Dec. 19. As for the running time, it's slightly over 2.5 hours. The 3 hour version of which you speak is the rated R version that will be included on the DVD. Harry Potter on the other hand officially has a running time of 150 minutes exactly. Since when is a movie, marketed largely to children, this long?? It's absurd! Fortuantely for those guys here who make showtimes, its very convienent. Every 3 hours...not too shabby.
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Zach Zagar
Film Handler
Posts: 45
From: Jefferson City, MO
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 10-28-2001 11:01 AM
However, on the bright side of the long showtimes, Hollywood generally allows a 4 show run per day, versus the average 5. That being said, sometimes long movies, with less runs allows you more drop/clean/whatever you each call it, time in between shows.4 shows also only means 4 rushes. Just keep Rings away from Potter by 1/2 hour the whole day (should be possible, unless you're one of those unfortunate souls with 6 PRINTS OF HARRY!). ------------------
If ya smell, what the Zach is cooking. Zach Zagar, the most electrifying man in theater entertainment today.
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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)
Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 02:04 PM
With out doing any research I would tend to agree that during economic difficulties the movies would get longer. However today with the theatres charging higher prices, where you use to be able to escape your troubles for under a dollar, I think forking over $6.00 for a matinee people will pass the box office by. You can rent three films for $6.00 of less at your local video store. We may be our own worst enemy. By the way Carl, you look just like Zach and Mike. Are you related?
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Will Kutler
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1506
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 10-31-2001 06:31 PM
Some of those old "B" movies are stupid, nostaligic and fun to watch. Bullwinkle was still the good ole cold war jokes and not made over like the new Batman films. Anyone remember the Batman movie from the 1960s w/ Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesear Romero, Burgess Meridith .....and the Batmobile and Bat Cycle by George Barris!? Some of the younger members of this forum might wonder who George Barris is--a legend in automobile customization! Barris now owns most of the cars he built for Hollywood including the Munsters, Beverly Hillbilly Wagon, ET Bicycle, Batmobile and Batcycle and many many more. A few years ago he brought the cars from the Munsters on the Tonight Show w/Jay Leno and started them up--grugingly--but with an audience ovation--all I can say is WOW! Anyhow, even though those films were stupid, they were still much, much better than today's crap! Thats my opinion and I'm sticking to it! 
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Michael Hunt
Film Handler
Posts: 63
From: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 10-31-2001 07:17 PM
Well, I've just screened Lagaan, to a predominantly Hindi audience... as some of you may know, its about three and three quarters hours long, and that's without the intermission...Just about every 'Bollywood' movie I've screened has been about three hours long, with or without the interval, and boy, did we get some flak from the audience the one time we showed a feature without an intermission (we'd removed it due to lack of space on our 5-deck platter)... When I was a kid, I'd go to my local cinema and get a supporting feature, cartoons, adverts and the main feature for my cash - but that was the early 70's and unless the film was extremely popular, you could go in part way through the first screening, and stay all day... managed about six hours of a Bond film and extras once, before being asked to leave... I would say that 1977 George Lucas film kinda stopped that, but it was actually Superman, which was screened in the smallest of the local flix auditoria... kinda miss queuing around the block for movies... Pity that the old cinema closed when its operators opened a six screen just out of town... Its a megapub now.... ------------------
Uncle to JEDI Hunt,
honest!
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