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Warm & Fuzzy · 03-19-2003, 10:31 PM

Does anyone know which is the longest running movie?

*MIBabe03* · 03-19-2003, 11:28 PM

I have no idea, although I thought The English Patient was long.

~*Hannah_Lee*~ · 03-19-2003, 11:38 PM

Lord of the Rings and Pearl Harbor are both 3 hours long

Titania · 03-20-2003, 12:11 AM

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Originally posted by ~*Hannah_Lee*~
Lord of the Rings and Pearl Harbor are both 3 hours long

Gone with the Wind is longer than that, but i dont think its the longest...

AnaheimPMWitch · 03-20-2003, 12:14 AM

wasnt Titanic three and a half hours long??

Unwanted Angel · 03-20-2003, 12:56 AM

The Green Mile was 4 hours long and so was Stephen King's IT.

Brian · 03-20-2003, 12:59 AM

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Originally posted by Titania

Gone with the Wind is longer than that, but i dont think its the longest...

Gone With the Wind isn't the longest. It's 3 hours and 44 minutes. I know two movies that are longer than that: Cleopatra (with Elizabeth Taylor and Rex Harrison, plus some other actor I can't remember at this exact moment) at 4 hours and 2 minutes and Gettysburg at 4 hours and 14 minutes.

Brian · 03-20-2003, 01:01 AM

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The Green Mile was 4 hours long and so was Stephen King's IT.

Wrong. The Green Mile was 3 hours and 9 minutes and It was around three hours but neither movie was 4 hours.

Janice · 03-20-2003, 01:14 AM

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Originally posted by Titania
Gone with the Wind is longer than that, but i dont think its the longest...

At 4 hours, I wouldn't be surprised if GWTW is the longest movie. Now I'm curious.

Brian · 03-20-2003, 01:23 AM

One movie that comes to mind, even though it isn't the longest, is Heaven's Gate. Anybody ever hear of that movie? It was a 1981 bleak anti-western bomb that cost $44 million to proudce and grossed only $1.5 million. It was almost 3 and a half hours long but cut down to 149 minutes. It was called by one reviewer as "Gone With the Wind...without the wind." It bankrupted United Artists and resulted in the sale of the studio to MGM. And the director of this film was the same guy that brought us the Oscar-winning "The Deer Hunter", Michael Cimino!

Since then, he has found it almost impossible to find work.

dlemond · 03-20-2003, 02:12 AM

Though it was a documentary, "Shoah," a movie about the holocaust, was over 9 hours long.

It was in theaters, I think they showed it all in one day. They must have had 2 - 3 intermissions.

I don't know if that's the longest, but it's gotta be close.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0090015

Crimson and Clover · 03-20-2003, 01:01 PM

well it was made for tv but Roots is like 10 hours long

Kitt · 03-20-2003, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by Janice

At 4 hours, I wouldn't be surprised if GWTW is the longest movie. Now I'm curious.

I think The Ten Commandments and Cleopatra were longer. But, like all of us, I'm just guessing.

Warm & Fuzzy · 03-20-2003, 05:47 PM

I just did some research...

"The Cure for Insomnia" is the world's longest running movie, which ran for 85 hours. It's in the Guiness Book of World Records.

Kitt · 03-20-2003, 06:05 PM

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I just did some research...

"The Cure for Insomnia" is the world's longest running movie, which ran for 85 hours. It's in the Guiness Book of World Records.

I fell asleep during the 3rd hour of that movie. So I didn't know it was THAT long. That record will stand longer than Cal Ripkins 'most games played without a day off' record.

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Brian Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Posts: 20,451	One movie that comes to mind, even though it isn't the longest, is Heaven's Gate. Anybody ever hear of that movie? It was a 1981 bleak anti-western bomb that cost $44 million to proudce and grossed only $1.5 million. It was almost 3 and a half hours long but cut down to 149 minutes. It was called by one reviewer as "Gone With the Wind...without the wind." It bankrupted United Artists and resulted in the sale of the studio to MGM. And the director of this film was the same guy that brought us the Oscar-winning "The Deer Hunter", Michael Cimino! Since then, he has found it almost impossible to find work.

03-20-2003, 02:12 AM	#11
dlemond Hey, I know you. Moderator Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 03, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 6,751	Though it was a documentary, "Shoah," a movie about the holocaust, was over 9 hours long. It was in theaters, I think they showed it all in one day. They must have had 2 - 3 intermissions. I don't know if that's the longest, but it's gotta be close. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0090015

03-20-2003, 05:47 PM	#14
Warm & Fuzzy Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 02, 2001 Posts: 10,254	I just did some research... "The Cure for Insomnia" is the world's longest running movie, which ran for 85 hours. It's in the Guiness Book of World Records.