What's the longest film you've ever watched in one sitting?

[NightTrain]

In my case, it was the director's cut of "1900," which if memory serves ran something like five-and-a-half hours. And I wasn't bored for a moment! I also watched all of the unedited FANNY & ALEXANDER, which is about the same length, on a single night.

The longest film I've ever watched in more than one sitting was SHOAH, a nine-hour documentary about the Holocaust, made in the early '80s. I believe I watched that one in two sittings, 24 hours apart.

[CanuckAmok]

1. "The Kingdom"

Lars von Trier's 5 hour movie about a haunted hospital.

Not bored for a moment!


Second-up would have to be "The Saragaso Manuscript". It probably wasn't much longer than 2 1/2 hours, but it felt like an eternity. It was billed as "Jerry Garcia's favorite movie"...and I have to wonder what he was on.

[u4ic]

36. Me, too!

Loved the Kingdom!

[mark414]

2. i watched all 3 LOTR special editions in one sitting

i was house sitting in suburban chicago and high as hell the entire day

what a great day

[Not_Giving_Up]

7. I did that too

Loooong movies, but I love them!

[blueraven95]

3. Does Pride and Prejudice count?

The one with Colin Firth. I think it was actually a mini-series, but I didn't know it at the time. I started it at 10:00 pm and it finished at 4:00 am. So, I watched it as one movie....but I doubt it was supposed to be seen that way.

[NightTrain]

5. Sure, why not?

What the hell, I try to be inclusive! :hi:

[pres2032]

4. Gods and Generals

[last_texas_dem]

26. At the theatre, Gods and Generals

3-1/2 hours, I think... And I actually didn't think it was as horrible as everyone said. It wasn't spectacular or anything, but it kept my attention and I felt the "whitewashing" accusations directed towards it were overblown.

At home, the longest is "The Beatles Anthology". I taped the three installments on TV back in the 7th grade and watched them all back-to-back once. That was about six hours. However, the version that's available in stores has several more hours of footage.

[pres2032]

40. i liked G and G too.

I think you have to see it as though it was written decades ago when dialogue was the driving force behind movies, and not action.

[Rowdyboy]

6. "Lonesome Dove" was on for like 118 hours one Sunday afternoon....

I watched most of it (maybe 9-10 hours in real time)

[Tom Kitten]

8. Seven Samurai

I think the uncut version is three and a half hours...not bored one second!

Also "Stalker" by Tarkovsky...that one threw me for a loop...

I really want to see the "Sorrow and the Pity" also...

[Elidor]

18. Beautiful picture. Where is that?

It looks like paradise.

[Tom Kitten]

22. Well thank you...It's somewhere near

Forest Grove, Oregon, the day after Thanksgiving 2003...It's Schaeffer Vineyards (every year a bunch of us get together and visit the wineries)...I took it myself, thanks! It was a glorious day...last year it was totally foggy all day long!

[Fenris]

9. "Apocalypse Now: Redux"

202 minutes long

I'm not a big fan of really long movies.

[CanuckAmok]

10. There's a reason those scenes were missing from the original.

That's one example of a movie which wasn't improved by the addition of "lost" scenes.

[Fenris]

11. It actually made less sense, if that were at all possible.

[CanuckAmok]

12. It unnecessarily "lightened" Willard up.

After seeing (and loving) the original, the scenes of him stealing surfboards and laughing it up with the crew of the PBR Streetgang were just so...embarrasing, somehow.

[Fenris]

14. Yeah. I can see why he kept it out of the original.

I have no idea why he added it back in though.

[kariatari]

25. I just watched that week for the first time.

The horror...The horror!

[bhobbhobbins]

13. cure for insomnia marathon baby!!!

hang with that!

[NWHarkness]

15. The Sorrow and the Pity

At the Detroit Film Theater, in one of those little tiny 1930s seats. My back was stiff for a week.

[Elidor]

16. I watched "Reds" in its entirety, which weighs in at 3.14 years

Original theatrical release. It's not a bad movie, but it has the effect of making each minute last for at least a week. I'd probably enjoy it better now that I'm an old fart.

2001: A Space Oddysey was about five minutes shorter. If it wasn't for Hal, nobody would even remember that fucking movie anymore. And rightly so. I don't care if Kubrick was a genius: he was also a fucking WANKER.

[phaseolus]

21. It wasn't quite that long...

I rented it about 10 years after it was released & tried watching it when I was tired. I only remember about 35 minutes of it...

The longest one I've seen in the theaters was probably The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Hours and hours of boring, interminable softcore masquerading as art, with maybe 20 minutes of interesting political stuff in there somewhere. Yccck.

I saw Fanny and Alexander in the theaters and enjoyed it so much it didn't seem all that long to me...

[Sporadicus]

17. The Entire First Season of 'Six Feet Under' on DVD Over Xmas Break n/t

[texas1928]

19. it was not a movie but we watched Band of Brothers

from start to finish. it took most of the day.

[ironflange]

20. Once Upon a Time in America

The long version, it runs about 4 1/2 hours, and it jumps around in time so much you have to give it your undivided attention. Great film. The short version, however, is a disaster.

[DainBramaged]

24. One of my all time favorites. Worth the sitting.

[tcoursen]

43. Fell asleep

Does it count if you fall asleep during the movie?

I fell asleep watching this movie. I didn't care for this one as much as I liked Leone's other movies.

[enigmatic]

23. "Our Hitler"

7 1/2 hours, if I remember correctly; fascinating film, though...

[Historic NY]

27. Gone with the Wind and Gods & Generals......

[Hardrada]

28. War and Peace , USSR version, 1969 or so.

7 hours long and this was the "cut version." Originally it was 11 hours!! The battles must have lasted as long as they did in real life!
And it was a good thing I'd read the book since there were a huge number of characters to keep track of.

[mordarlar]

29. All three LOTR extended versions with my obsessed 12 yr old.

[fujiyama]

30. I saw the Return of the King

Extended Edition in one sitting. That was probably the longest of the extended edition films, coming in at about 4 1/2 hours. I also spent about 2 hours after that going through various extras, even keeping the film rolling through the credits. They had some music that wasn't in the CD soundtrack.

When I purchase the set of all three, I'll probably sit and watch them all together.

[DerekG]

31. LOTR trilogy/The Godfather trilogy

Roughly eleven and ten hours, respectively.

[Awsi Dooger]

32. The first 5 minutes of Batman

Felt like 5 months. I guess that was summer '89. I was stuck in a cramped theater in North Lake Tahoe and couldn't believe I had to endure another 2 hours of that crap.

[annonymous]

33. Dances with Wolves.

I made the mistake of ordering a large soda and after the movie was over I had to make a mad rush to the bathroom.

[AllegroRondo]

34. I sat through Shogun in one night

It was 12 hours, I believe. But it was a mini-series, so Im not sure if it counts.

[Padraig18]

35. "Reds"

After it was over, I wanted to take to the street with torches and pitchforks and burn Republican Party headquarters!

:evilgrin:

[Steve Nash is god 13]

37. LOTR 3 i think it was like 3-4 hours or something like that n/t

[FrankBooth]

38. Once Upon a Time in America, Directors Cut

Almost 4 hours long.

[bif]

39. 1900

[tcoursen]

41. Das Boot

The director's cut DVD version of Das Boot is real long as well. I think it is about 4 hours.

[Worst Username Ever]

42. All ten Band of Brothers episodes (10+ hours)

Not a film, but I did it on a Saturday. They are so GOOD!

[edbermac]

44. I once watched Showgirls 10 times in a row....

Does that count?