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Magpie
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Oct 7 2012, 6:03pm
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not knowing a thing about film making...
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I wonder if constraints similar to those that figure into print medium can be at play in film medium. For example, the way books are constructed means that the page numbers are multiples of certain numbers. It might be multiples of 4. So when I'm considering how long a catalog is going to be, it can be 48 pages long or it can be 52 pages long but it cannot be 49 pages long. If I only have 49 pages of content, I will have to arrange for a 52 page book to printed and leave 3 pages blank. Or come up with 3 more pages of content. Or stretch my 48 pages of content into 52 pages. 4 seems like an easy number to work with but I think it can be larger than 4. Like 8, or 16. So editors will be told, 'your book will be X number of pages long' and that is what they must work in. Also, depending on how postcards or business cards are printed, there sheet is laid out with maybe 12 cards on on sheet. So if I order 100 cards, they will need to print 108 cards or 96. Again, the factors can be larger so the difference between what the customer wants and what the vendor will need to print can be larger. I've had my print reps tell me that customers are so insistent on receiving a certain number of printed products and absolutely no more (convinced that they will be charged for 'more') that the printer merely quotes on the job based on the larger number, prints the larger number, and then tosses the excess. The point I'm posing or pondering here is: is there some factor that figures into how long a movie can be before it bumps up against a constraint that is either impossible or difficult to surmount, or surmounting it is complicated and/or more expensive (in a way that might push a project out of budget)? I tend to think not... because there are lots of movies longer than this and the technology is changing so much that it would be hard to find similar constraints present in 2001 and 2012. But still, it would interesting to know.
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When are we likely to know the running length?
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 4 2012, 5:46pm
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Trawling TORn archive again
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DanielLB
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Oct 4 2012, 5:58pm
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Except that that information is wrong!
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 4 2012, 6:14pm
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That's the best I could do :-)
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DanielLB
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Oct 4 2012, 6:17pm
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I do appreciate it!
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 4 2012, 6:19pm
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Oh it's alright Voronwë!
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DanielLB
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Oct 4 2012, 6:21pm
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I can't find anything
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 4 2012, 6:25pm
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You have high hopes indeed!
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DanielLB
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Oct 4 2012, 6:40pm
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That was supposed to be 2001
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DanielLB
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Oct 4 2012, 9:48pm
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I heard just barely over 2 hours
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stoutfiles
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Oct 4 2012, 6:33pm
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Well, my local cinema DOES list it as a 2hr film ... so who knows //
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Arandir
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Oct 4 2012, 6:39pm
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Where did you hear this? {NT}
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 5 2012, 1:17am
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It's the 123 minute runtime rumor
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stoutfiles
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Oct 5 2012, 3:30am
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I was hesitating to create this thread myself ! //
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Fàfnir
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Oct 4 2012, 5:59pm
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I'd say
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Welsh hero
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Oct 4 2012, 6:08pm
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I'm not looking for estimates
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 4 2012, 6:12pm
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Didn't mean to be rude!
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 4 2012, 8:19pm
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We will know on the 28th of November ...
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Arandir
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Oct 4 2012, 6:28pm
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Thanks, Arandir
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 4 2012, 6:32pm
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Lol good one DJ. //
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Xanaseb
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Oct 4 2012, 7:48pm
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Probably a few weeks prior to release.
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Estel78
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Oct 4 2012, 6:34pm
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Thanks, Estel
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 4 2012, 6:35pm
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As late as possible
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dave_lf
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Oct 4 2012, 7:12pm
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Well tickets go on sale Nov. 7th
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The Grey Pilgrim
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Oct 4 2012, 9:44pm
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Ah, good point!
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 4 2012, 10:10pm
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The running time is entirely dependent upon...
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Owain
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Oct 4 2012, 11:21pm
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I guess we'll soon find out
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Tim
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Oct 5 2012, 12:57am
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I wont say they are bad because of running time
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Sinister71
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Oct 5 2012, 1:20am
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People have not decided the films are bad because of the possible shorter running time
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 5 2012, 1:26am
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I didn't say they have decided that...
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Tim
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Oct 5 2012, 3:40am
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Not necessarily bad....
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Sunflower
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Oct 5 2012, 7:47am
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I'll moan non-stop if it is less than 2.5 hours
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DanielLB
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Oct 5 2012, 7:00am
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FOTR
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Magpie
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Oct 5 2012, 4:25am
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That's exactly what I was looking for!
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 5 2012, 1:38pm
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Thanks! So possibly mid November
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burgahobbit
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Oct 5 2012, 2:56pm
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Thanks, magpie
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macfalk
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Oct 5 2012, 4:24pm
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I'm not sure if any earlier reports were incorrect, so much...
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Magpie
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Oct 5 2012, 5:22pm
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Good point. //
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Tim
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Oct 5 2012, 8:40pm
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Yes, but also
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stoutfiles
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Oct 6 2012, 2:56am
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I was just saying that ...
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Magpie
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Oct 6 2012, 3:58am
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Contacted my local cinema
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Carne
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Oct 7 2012, 12:13am
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Wow!
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 7 2012, 12:22am
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Norway
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Carne
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Oct 7 2012, 12:24am
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Thanks
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 7 2012, 12:33am
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I'll try to ask some more cinemas here and see if they confirm the same
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Carne
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Oct 7 2012, 12:35am
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Great! //
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 7 2012, 12:37am
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I would take such infos from theaters with a huge grain of salt. //
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Estel78
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Oct 7 2012, 12:37am
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I do, but ...
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 7 2012, 12:57am
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I've never bought tickets so early...
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Estel78
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Oct 7 2012, 1:08am
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Great news, if true.
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DanielLB
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Oct 7 2012, 9:04am
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Same story as FOTR and TTT, lol
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burgahobbit
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Oct 7 2012, 4:33pm
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not knowing a thing about film making...
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Magpie
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Oct 7 2012, 6:03pm
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It's not a hard and fast rule
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Fardragon
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Oct 7 2012, 9:06pm
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I think its going to be
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Elenorflower
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Oct 7 2012, 10:36pm
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