200+ minute movies (1 Viewer)

[Arman]

1900 - Italy:318 min / Argentina:250 min / Australia:248 min / USA:245 min

Giant - 201 min.

Doctor Zhivago - UK:200 min (1992 re-release) / Sweden:200 min (1998 re-release)

Nixon - USA:212 min (director's cut)

Restored version but still fall short of 200
Spartacus - USA:198 min. (1991 restored version)

 

[Arman]

The one I've seen this year was the one I forgot

Fritz Lang's

Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler - 297 min (restored version) / USA:231 min (video version)

 

[george kaplan]

Well I just sorted the dvds in my excel file. I own Gettysburg, but not Gods & Generals.

 

[Seth Paxton]

I did the same thing (Access dB), but I didn't start entering running times till a few years ago so I missed Giant (I have the Canadian release from a few years ago). I need to go back and rectify the missing rt's but there are just so many and I'm lazy.

 

[RodneyT]

LOL. Agreed.


I have looked at the posts here, and of the movies and mini series' listed, not one of them is a bad one. Is it true that the longer the film, the better it is, generally speaking? Not including Titanic, of course.

Also, it would appear that a vast majority of the longer films ever made are not made in Hollywood? maybe that lack of pressure helps a film's success?

personally, i enjoy a long film if it draws you in and makes you unaware of the time you spend watching it.

 

[Dennis Castro]

The original Solaris.

 

[RodneyT]

never seen it. heard its as boring as watching grass grow. any truth in that?

 

[David Norman]

1990 Guiness Book of World Records:

Longest Film:

The longest film ever made was the 85-hour {The Cure for Insomnia} in
1987. It was directed by John Henry Timmis IV and premiered in its
entirety at the School of Art Institute, Chicago, on Jan 31, 1987.


Jacques Rivette's Out One runs about 12 hours.

HEIMAT, which runs 15 hours 40 minutes, has also been shown theatrically,
but over two days

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

The exciting parts anyway. The car ride sequence is perhaps less entertaining that watching grass grow.

 

[BrianShort]

I'd have to agree about the original Solaris. It is indeed about as much fun to watch as grass growing, paint drying, etc. Yet I watched it all anyway. It took me a couple of evenings though, I just couldn't take it all in one sitting.

Brian

 

[RodneyT]

Heavens Gate being one example of this.....

 

[Alexey]

Ä'Àðòàíüÿí è Òðè Ìóøêåòåðà / D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers

 

[BretWeaver]

I believe the film version of McTeague was over 10 hours long but the majority of the film has been lost since its creation.