Longest movie that has been released in theatres in the US?

[chuckywang]

I was having this discussion with my roommate cause he just saw this 3 hour, 30 minute Indian movie. Anybody know what the longest movie that has been released in theatres in the US?

 

[Farang]

"longest film ever released u.s." + Google = http://answers.yahoo.com/quest...=20080104162407AAycJ6Y

 

[dbk]

Return of the King was pretty damn long. I don't think it's 3 hours 30 mins long.

 

[KK]

titanic is the longest one I was dragged to.

 

[homercles337]

Dr Zhivago?

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: homercles337
Dr Zhivago?

Eh .. only 3 hours 17 minutes long.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: homercles337
Dr Zhivago?

Eh .. only 3 hours 17 minutes long.

There are plenty of productions of various Shakespeare pieces that are well into the 6 hour area. King Lear comes to mind, but i digress, it was never a film release in the theaters. BBC only.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Farang
"longest film ever released u.s." + Google = http://answers.yahoo.com/quest...=20080104162407AAycJ6Y

I saw the LOTR marathon mentioned in that link.

It was fun but soooo long!

 

[andylawcc]

Godfather?

 

[Mo0o]

Gone with the Wind?

 

[conehead433]

Ben Hur

 

[Iron Woode]

and the winner is:

Heaven's Gate

219 min long

 

[Jhill]

This is the longest movie ever. There is a mile between the 2 S'

(goddamn I think I am losing it)

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Farang
"longest film ever released u.s." + Google = http://answers.yahoo.com/quest...=20080104162407AAycJ6Y

The person who asked that question apparently didn't understand her own question, because the one she picked as the best answer was retarded. She asked for the longest movie, and the response was a miniseries and a trilogy.

Someone in that thread mentioned Gone with the Wind at 238 minutes, but IMDB indicates that is the DVD version; the original is 226 minutes.

Gods and Generals was 231 minutes (3 hours 51 minutes). I saw it in the theater opening night.

 

[conehead433]

Actually it's Andy Warhol's Sleep at 5 hours.

 

[Iron Woode]

this answers everything:

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/16343

 

[Capt Caveman]

Gettysburg - 254mins

Had a ten minute intermission it was so fooking long.

 

[conehead433]

Or it may be Andy Warhol's Empire at 485 minutes.

 

[conehead433]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
this answers everything:

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/16343

Released in theaters?

 

[CellarDoor]

The uncut version of Das Boot is 293 minutes. The first time I watched it at home I remember watching 2 hours, falling asleep for 2 hours and then waking up to watch the last hour.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: conehead433

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
this answers everything:

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/16343

Released in theaters?

Various long movies have been made purely for the sake of being long, like the 85 hour Cure For Insomnia. Given that it's just made up of bits of petry recitals, rock concerts and pornography, most people wouldn't class it as a real film.

Edgar Reitz' excellent 15 hour 40 minute film Heimat was made to be shown on TV in episodes, but it has been shown in marathon cinema screenings as has Rainer Werner Fassbinder's acclaimed Berlin Alexanderplatz (15 hour 20 mins). Reitz has made two sequels: Heimat 2 runs 25 1/2 hours, Heimat 3 a mere 12. Heimat 2 has the Guinness World Record for 'Longest Film Commercially Shown In Its Entirety'.

Other good long films are Christine Edzard's 6 hour film of Little Dorrit (starring Derek Jacobi and Alec Guinness), Abel Gance's Napoleon (originally 9 hours, although only a 7 1/2 hour version survives), Claude Lanzmann's 9 1/2 hour Holocaust documentary Shoah and Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Condition (10 hours). All the films mentioned here (apart from Cure For Insomnia) are well worth seeing.

more than likely none have been shown in NA.

 

[conehead433]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: conehead433

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
this answers everything:

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/16343

Released in theaters?

Various long movies have been made purely for the sake of being long, like the 85 hour Cure For Insomnia. Given that it's just made up of bits of petry recitals, rock concerts and pornography, most people wouldn't class it as a real film.

Edgar Reitz' excellent 15 hour 40 minute film Heimat was made to be shown on TV in episodes, but it has been shown in marathon cinema screenings as has Rainer Werner Fassbinder's acclaimed Berlin Alexanderplatz (15 hour 20 mins). Reitz has made two sequels: Heimat 2 runs 25 1/2 hours, Heimat 3 a mere 12. Heimat 2 has the Guinness World Record for 'Longest Film Commercially Shown In Its Entirety'.

Other good long films are Christine Edzard's 6 hour film of Little Dorrit (starring Derek Jacobi and Alec Guinness), Abel Gance's Napoleon (originally 9 hours, although only a 7 1/2 hour version survives), Claude Lanzmann's 9 1/2 hour Holocaust documentary Shoah and Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Condition (10 hours). All the films mentioned here (apart from Cure For Insomnia) are well worth seeing.

more than likely none have been shown in NA.

The OP specified having been released in theaters. Many of these weren't.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: conehead433

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: conehead433

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
this answers everything:

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/16343

Released in theaters?

Various long movies have been made purely for the sake of being long, like the 85 hour Cure For Insomnia. Given that it's just made up of bits of petry recitals, rock concerts and pornography, most people wouldn't class it as a real film.

Edgar Reitz' excellent 15 hour 40 minute film Heimat was made to be shown on TV in episodes, but it has been shown in marathon cinema screenings as has Rainer Werner Fassbinder's acclaimed Berlin Alexanderplatz (15 hour 20 mins). Reitz has made two sequels: Heimat 2 runs 25 1/2 hours, Heimat 3 a mere 12. Heimat 2 has the Guinness World Record for 'Longest Film Commercially Shown In Its Entirety'.

Other good long films are Christine Edzard's 6 hour film of Little Dorrit (starring Derek Jacobi and Alec Guinness), Abel Gance's Napoleon (originally 9 hours, although only a 7 1/2 hour version survives), Claude Lanzmann's 9 1/2 hour Holocaust documentary Shoah and Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Condition (10 hours). All the films mentioned here (apart from Cure For Insomnia) are well worth seeing.

more than likely none have been shown in NA.

The OP specified having been released in theaters. Many of these weren't.

I know.

I vaguely remember seeing clips of that Napoleon movie back in the day.

 

[ChaoZ]

King Kong felt pretty damn long.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: homercles337
Dr Zhivago?

Eh .. only 3 hours 17 minutes long.

When Dr Zhivago was made it was not at all unusual to have movies run 3 - 3.5 hours. They would stick a 10 minute intermission in there for you to take a break rather than chop out large pieces to fit the movie into a 1.5 hour window.