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Ian Price
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99

posted 07-24-2002 08:59 PM

So I violated one of the forum rules by asking for the running time for XXX in the Film Information section before the opening date. Sorry!

I still need to know the running time for XXX by tomorrow. This information will help me make a decision for Friday morning. I haven't been able to find the running time for this film in all of my usual places. I tried IMBD, Film Journal and all of the associated websites connected with the film.

By opening day of XXX I will no longer be interested in the running time. Most of the time I am happy to be ignorant of these facts. Most of the time I figure a film is 2 hours and that's close enough.

So if anybody has this information, great! But if it can't be answered, Sorry I asked!

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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 07-24-2002 09:20 PM

Sorry

, I checked every place I know of and no one seems to have a run time for this. Are you seriously considering booking this incredible piece of

? Are you hoping the title will bring in the perverts?

However long it is, I can almost guarantee it will be too long, by at least an hour and a half.

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John Daily
Film Handler

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From: Upstate, NY, USA
Registered: Jul 2002

posted 07-24-2002 11:08 PM

I dunno; Vin Deisel is an incredible draw in my neck of the woods. Women love him, and guys (at least movie-going guys in their teens and twenties) want to be him. While this is probably studio-generated buzz, the word is that this is going to be this generation's Bond series (yes, there's already talk of XXX2).

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

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John Hawkinson
Film God

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From: Cambridge, MA, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 07-24-2002 11:52 PM

If you really need to know so badly, Ian, I suggest
you call Sony. You could probably call TES too, but I bet they don't know yet (but you'd be surprised).

[...]
OK, I called TES (4567). They don't know the running time (yet), but they did say that it's 6 reels.

So I'd suggest you call 310 244 8007 (Sony) if you really have a good reason to wanna know...

--jhawk

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Steve Kraus
Film God

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From: Chicago, IL, USA
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posted 07-24-2002 11:57 PM

I'm a little unclear on why it's a no no to ask for info prior to opening. Since I rarely screen a film *after* opening this is pretty much the only time this information is of interest to me. And why I generally only post to that section when a particular film has some special characteristic or once in a while I simply have a whim to.

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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
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posted 07-25-2002 12:12 AM

It's because requests were being put in for EVERYTHING way, way ahead of time. Then, by the time the first trade show or public screening came up, the request was a couple of pages back and we started to have double threads going.

Once someone on these forums handles a print, they post what they know at that point. For a situation like Ian's, posting here in GL or Yak works fine and will get a much quicker response. Most people don't check the FITA forum for info someone needs quickly either. If Ian's post had remained in FITA, I'll bet there wouldn't be a single reply yet (not that these have answered his question, but at least John has provided enough info to let Ian know it is under 2 hours.)

By the way, since you are in a special situation of running screenings, you especially can help people get the info extra early.

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Ian Price
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From: Denver, CO
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posted 07-25-2002 12:50 PM

So I called that number at Sony Pictures that John posted, and spoke to Wendy. Apparently it's the number of her desk. But she was very helpful and told me that the running time for XXX is 114 minutes or 1 hour 54 minutes for those who are math impaired like me.

My reason for asking is that the exhibitor's screening is tomorrow, Friday, July 26 at 9:30 AM. Some of my staff wanted to go but we need to be back to our theatre by opening at Noon. The theatre where XXX is playing is 36.6 miles away and might take 44 minutes or an hour and a half if traffic is f**ked. 9:30 AM is an unusual time for an exhibitor's screening to begin; normally they start at 10:00 AM or 2:00 PM. I figure that it's starting early because that theatre will have Goldmember with an early showtime and want us out of the building.

So even with the early start time, with the movie being essentially two hours long and the drive taking perhaps 45 minutes that still leave us 15 minutes late for work. But if the highway is clear, we could make it one time. So do we go? Or is this piece of not worth the effort?

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Jesse Skeen
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From: Sacramento, CA
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posted 07-25-2002 01:36 PM

Why are they calling this "XXX" when it has nothing to do with porn??

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 07-25-2002 01:37 PM

Have you seen the trailer?
Doesnt look worth it to me.
Id just wait or not see it at all.

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Ian Price
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From: Denver, CO
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posted 07-25-2002 02:10 PM

There's different kinds of porn now.

You got your sex porn, ski porn (Warren Miller), surf porn, airplane porn (Discovery Wings Channel), and Projection Porn (The Boston Light & Sound website).

XXX is stunt porn.

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Dave Williams
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From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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posted 07-25-2002 02:44 PM

For the X impaired, here is a short X lesson...

XXX was a fake rating created by the porn industry...

X is the term for Extreme sports...

XXX is the name of a non porn movie starring Vin Diesel as an extreme sports person to the extreme, or times three, or XXX...

And it doesn't matter if the movie is crap. It will kill all comers at the box office, Vin Diesel has tremendous draw, for the reasons stated earlier in this thread.

It will be much like Fast and the Furious, as it is produced and directed by the same guy, Rob Cohen if I am not mistaken. So if you hated that, you will probably hate this. But that film raked in the cash, and so will this.

Dave

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Peter Dougherty
Film Handler

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From: Maspeth, NY, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 07-25-2002 05:43 PM

quote:
There's different kinds of porn now.
You got your sex porn, ski porn (Warren Miller), surf porn, airplane porn (Discovery Wings Channel), and Projection Porn (The Boston Light & Sound website).

Don't forget Weather Porn (a.k.a. Torn-Porn) on Discovery and TLC !

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Mark Lensenmayer
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From: Upper Arlington, OH
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posted 07-25-2002 08:19 PM

There's also Food Porn, defined by some chef's as the FRENCH LAUNDRY COOKBOOK by Thomas Keller. If you see this in a book store, check it out...absolutely beautiful.

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
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From: Houston, TX, USA
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posted 07-25-2002 11:13 PM

furniture porn

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Manny Knowles
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From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 07-26-2002 11:08 AM

And then there's sugar-coated porn...

A whole lot of people (men and women) are going to rush out to see this movie for no other reason than the sheer fact that Vin Diesel is in it. You could say that "guys want to be him" but, in my opinion, that's just another way of saying "they think he's hot."

The stunts are certainly a draw, no question. But when analyzing why Vin Diesel has a following, it's always going to boil down to some form of physical admiration. Call it what you want, it's lust. Pure and simple.

They knew just what they were doing when they named this flick. This will be a moist-fest.

Grab some napkins and enjoy your symptom...er...movie.

(let the flaming begin)

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