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11-20-2004, 12:10 PM
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What is the shortest theatrically released major film?
I'm working on my own feature film right now and it is a single location stage shoot. It is very very difficult to get much more than 50-60 pages out of this which I think with action will translate to about 65-70 minutes including credits.
Now I'm not so arrogant as to expect a national release, but I just need a guideline to shoot for. I know I've seen some fairly short movies before and I think I would be happy to get 70 minutes out of this. I know Open Water seemed very short and it was about 80 minutes I think.
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11-20-2004, 12:13 PM
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Wow, I came into this thread prepared to answer "It's Pat" but you're looking for a different answer.
In the more recent days (movies since 1970), the shortest film I can remember being released are kids films, with one of the Pooh movies running under 70 minutes, and the Wiggles movie was also very short. But I can't think of any film aimed at non-toddlers being less then 75 minutes.
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11-20-2004, 12:39 PM
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Three-time Oscar nominee Saludos Amigos ran a whopping 43 minutes.
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11-20-2004, 01:19 PM
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A lot of the earlier "features" from Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin, and Buster Keaton were very short.
Sherlock Jr. runs 44 min.
The Kid runs 50 min. (the 1921 version ran 18 minutes longer, due to slower film speed, and extra material)
Shoulder Arms runs 46 min.
Also, Tod Browning had some very short films...
Freaks is only 62 min. long.
The Unknown is 49 min. (possibly due to two scenes not surviving in the remaining print)
Mark of the Vampire is 60 min. long
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11-20-2004, 03:24 PM
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Recently there was HIGHWAYMEN, which ran 75 minutes.
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11-20-2004, 06:02 PM
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I liked Highwaymen.... It wasn't a good movie technically...but I still liked it. 
Back on topic: Phonebooth was short.. sub 70 minutes i think
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11-20-2004, 07:28 PM
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Back on topic: Phonebooth was short.. sub 70 minutes i think
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The official runtime with credits was 81 minutes.
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11-20-2004, 07:51 PM
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Walking Tall, the remake, ran 85 minutes with credits.
Now if you've seen the film, you know that the credits ran almost 15 minutes.
So in honesty, minus credits, the film was around 70 minutes in length.
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11-20-2004, 10:03 PM
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Master of Disguise was really short - 80 minutes WITH credits, about 70 minutes WITHOUT them...
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11-21-2004, 12:45 PM
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Saludos Amigos - 43.
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11-21-2004, 02:59 PM
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Well I'm very happy that if I can film 70 minutes out of my script that is still a marketable film!
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