Cinema Chief Pleads With Directors To Make Shorter Movies

[The Wormhole]

I've found it is possible to nurse the pop out throughout a decent portion of the movie and not have to worry about needing a bathroom break, it worked for me when I saw Oppenheimer. The down side is, the ice in the cup melts and dilutes the drink, so when you stretch out your drink over the course of a three hour movie, you're left with something which tastes kind of disgusting.

 

[Greg Cox]

JFK was the only movie I saw in theaters that I can recall had an intermission.

Back in the day, intermissions were not uncommon. Even kid's movies like CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG and DOCTOR DOLITTLE had intermissions. (I still remember the pre-intermission cliffhanger in the former, way back in 1968.).

Of course, this was back when double features were still routine. So seeing a single three or four-hour movie was equivalent to catching a double feature at an indoor theater or drive-in. With an "intermission," as it were, between the first and second features so you could got to bathroom and/or go buy more popcorn.

Triple features were less common, but hardly unheard-of. Still remember seeing the first three Bond movies in one go, and the first Planet of the Apes movies, not to mention a memorable night watching TROG, VALLEY OF GWANGI, and WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH all in one night.

I think the last movies I saw with intermissions were GANDHI and REDS, back in the eighties.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Off the top of my head, these are the double features I remember watching in theaters.
Heartbleeps b/w Time Bandits
The Black Stallion b/w Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Special Edition)
Galaxy Express 999 b/w Popeye the Sailor Man
The Late Show b/w Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Going in Style b/w The Brink's Job
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone b/w Conan the Destroyer (this one was at a drive-in)
And a few more I know I'm forgetting - mostly Disney double features.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Back in the day, intermissions were not uncommon. Even kid's movies like CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG and DOCTOR DOLITTLE had intermissions. (I still remember the pre-intermission cliffhanger in the former, way back in 1968.).

Of course, this was back when double features were still routine. So seeing a single three or four-hour movie was equivalent to catching a double feature at an indoor theater or drive-in. With an "intermission," as it were, between the first and second features so you could got to bathroom and/or go buy more popcorn.

Triple features were less common, but hardly unheard-of. Still remember seeing the first three Bond movies in one go, and the first Planet of the Apes movies, not to mention a memorable night watching TROG, VALLEY OF GWANGI, and WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH all in one night.

I think the last movies I saw with intermissions were GANDHI and REDS, back in the eighties.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail also had an intermission.





Well, it did.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail also had an intermission.





Well, it did.

Oh, you're no fun anymore.