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by **Laplace** » April 19th 2005 1:48 pm

Hi all. I hope this is ok to post.

The Cannes Film Festival web site announces that they will be showing EIII with a duration of 2 hours and 20 minutes.

(http://www.festival-cannes.com/index.php?langue=6002#selection)

They post the opening movie for the competition to be LEMMING, but no word on the rumour that EPIII will open the festival.

by **Zidious** » April 19th 2005 3:03 pm

Longer != better

by **Zéyann** » April 19th 2005 3:13 pm

that's shorter than AotC. Shit.

by **ManaByte** » April 19th 2005 3:18 pm

Laplace wrote:They post the opening movie for the competition to be LEMMING, but no word on the rumour that EPIII will open the festival.

Star Wars Episode III is opening the film festival, not in the competition. It's not in competition at all, which is why it is listed later. It isn't a rumor that it's opening the festival, it's been officially confirmed in the past.

by **Wrath Mania** » April 19th 2005 3:20 pm

AOTC would have flowed alot better had they cut MORE out (not as much as the IMAX version, but still quite a bit).

2 h 10 minutes is fine.

by **Duke** » April 19th 2005 3:27 pm

Laplace wrote:They post the opening movie for the competition to be LEMMING, but no word on the rumour that EPIII will open the festival.

ROTS will be screened on sunday at 7:00 PM in Palais du Cinema. And the press screening will be on sunday morning.

At least press release says so.

by **SeekUp52577** » April 19th 2005 3:30 pm

I thought the IMAX was better. (I remember they cut some of the meadow scenes and that made me smile)

As for length, I always thought Lucas said that this would be the shortest of the trilogy so I'm not surprised, nor am I caring. The time is good.

by **Lysander Meridith** » April 19th 2005 3:38 pm

I didn't like the IMAX as well as the regular cut. I remember thinking Palpatine almost completely disappeared from the film.

by **ManaByte** » April 19th 2005 3:38 pm

Fatboy Roberts wrote:I forget Wrath, is it you and me who are the only two who think the IMAX cut is better?

No, the IMAX cut should be the official AOTC cut.

by **Wrath Mania** » April 19th 2005 3:50 pm

Fatboy Roberts wrote:I forget Wrath, is it you and me who are the only two who think the IMAX cut is better?

You, me and Pabs.

by **robbie_20002002** » April 19th 2005 4:01 pm

I'm still holding out for the length as reported by the BBFC when they rate it for us UK'ers before i call it 'official'

http://www.bbfc.co.uk

by **Laplace** » April 19th 2005 4:03 pm

Thanks for the corrections, Duke...

I think that 2.10 is ok for the movie. I would love to see more, though...
:heavymetal:

by **darthvodka** » April 19th 2005 4:13 pm

Longer woulda suited me too but I still think it'll rock. Nice Av Robbie, looks like Palps is spanking the crap outa Plo!!

Hurt him baby, whackizzasss!!!

by **robbie_20002002** » April 19th 2005 4:18 pm

I'd love to say it's my work Vodka, but it's from the TV spots thread. All credit goes to Slemn3. Though i'd much rather have had this one, if it wasn't a little on the large side:

Back on topic, most UK cinemas still have Sith's length at 2hr 20mins. As long as the movie works well, 2hr 10 or 2hr 20, i'll be happy.

by **Ascovel** » April 19th 2005 4:21 pm

I didn't see the IMAX cut. Is there really more thought behind it then just cutting out some random non-action scenes?

by **CoGro** » April 19th 2005 4:24 pm

When is Cannes?

by **robbie_20002002** » April 19th 2005 4:28 pm

Cannes runs 11th May til the 22nd CoGro.

Article on UK yahoo news:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050419/325/fgnz3.html

by **buzzfunk** » April 19th 2005 4:34 pm

Well the arclight theaters list ROTS 2:21...sounds much more like it.

2:10...is short. And how is this official? The cannes website time is speculation like every other site. Unless the OS has it, its not offical.

by **CoGro** » April 19th 2005 4:36 pm

nice. Thank you.

Apparently some of the major media sources have seen the movie - Time, Rolling Stone, etc. - anybody know anything about this or know when the TIME ROTS issue will be coming out?

by **robbie_20002002** » April 19th 2005 4:43 pm

Not 100% sure. The last issue was released on April the 25th, it's a weekly magazine so first May issue will 1st May i think. Whetether that's the ROTS mag i don't know. I would have thought if magazine writers had seen the film an official esque review would have leaked by now.

by **jad** » April 19th 2005 4:49 pm

I don't recall. Did the OS have an official running time announcement for AOTC?

by **FightingWithClay** » April 19th 2005 6:09 pm

Maybe it's 2:10 without credits, 2:20 with credits.

by **Thundercracker** » April 19th 2005 6:22 pm

AOTC was 2:15 without the credits so 2:10 for ROTS sounds about right. Hey, as long as it flows well, gets across all the information it needs to get across and doesn't have any of the bizarro edits in the fight scenes like AOTC did, it'll be fine by me.

by **Gregory DG** » April 19th 2005 6:35 pm

After reading the novel, I hope they take out or shorten all the "Anakin talks to different people." It's about 1/3 of the whole book.

by **buzzfunk** » April 19th 2005 6:52 pm

Well the same people who editing AOTC are working on ROTS. Unless Lucas really listened to Spielbergs and coppelas comments, why would it have a perfect pacing? If you get what i man...

But in the end, sure. If they movie is well paced at 2:10 thats fine. But from reading the script and all it just seems like that they will have no other choice but to rush it a bit...then again, i could be wrong (hopefully)

by **CoGro** » April 19th 2005 6:56 pm

buzzfunk wrote:Well the same people who editing AOTC are working on ROTS. Unless Lucas really listened to Spielbergs and coppelas comments, why would it have a perfect pacing? If you get what i man...

But in the end, sure. If they movie is well paced at 2:10 thats fine. But from reading the script and all it just seems like that they will have no other choice but to rush it a bit...then again, i could be wrong (hopefully)

No. Roger Barton did not work on AOTC, and he was brought on to Episode 3 to address those problems - pacing during non action scenes.

by **CoGro** » April 19th 2005 9:07 pm

Fatboy Roberts wrote:Actually, Barton was brought on to edit the action, I thought, and Burtt, because he tightened up AOTC so well, is doing the non-action.

I don't really know, of course, but hey, it's teh Internet.

by **Dr Bass** » April 19th 2005 9:17 pm

I always thought it was the "internets."

Edit: Also Fatboy I was pretty sure barton was doing the non action scenes. I thought?

by **tlbauerle** » April 19th 2005 10:30 pm

Dr Bass wrote:I always thought it was the "internets."

Edit: Also Fatboy I was pretty sure barton was doing the non action scenes. I thought?

Holy sh!te... I just burst out laughing...another Bushism!!!

by **Obi** » April 19th 2005 10:31 pm

no jackass it was from al gore

by **Devil Dodo** » April 19th 2005 10:33 pm

I'd hardly call this a confirmation...

by **TheBrian** » April 19th 2005 11:14 pm

The length seems fine to me. AOTC was too long. I like a fast-paced movie. As long as Episode III has plenty of action and no boring ass or unnecessary scenes like Anakin talking about his feelings or some alien creature farting, I'll be happy.

by **TheBrian** » April 19th 2005 11:23 pm

Traiken wrote:I think Anakin's feelings might get shown in his turn to the Dark Side.

Sorry to break it to you.

I'm fine with angry feelings. Anger = people dying. I meant romance.

by **Nightmare721** » April 20th 2005 8:10 am

Arena Grand has it listed as 142 minutes. Could be wrong, but I felt like contributing.

ticketmasters link

by **Obie** » April 20th 2005 8:35 am

Laplace wrote:Hi all. I hope this is ok to post.

The Cannes Film Festival web site announces that they will be showing EPIII with a duration of 2 hours and 10 minutes.

(http://www.festival-cannes.com/index.php?langue=6002#selection)

They post the opening movie for the competition to be LEMMING, but no word on the rumour that EPIII will open the festival.

Well, I just checked the site, and it says that ROTS will have 2:20...

George LUCAS STAR WARS - EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH 2h20

:chewbacca:

by **ANTEsede** » April 20th 2005 2:07 pm

The Cannes site says 2h20 now. Which sounds good to me.

by **GeneralKenobi** » April 20th 2005 7:04 pm

The running time for Episode III including previews is 2hrs. 35min. Which makes the movie somewhere between 2hrs. 20 - 25 min. So yes, the info is accurate. I work at an AMC Theater in So. Cali and we have the information entered into the computer since the tickets have gone on sale.

by **buzzfunk** » April 20th 2005 8:14 pm

Yeah 2:20 sounds good.

Of course since its the last movie ever, i wouldnt mind a long movie ala LOTR...but i can live with that...

by **Zéyann** » April 21st 2005 2:25 am

140 minutes is cool. without end credits you still have 135 minutes left, that's what lucas was aiming for.

by **Misfit** » April 21st 2005 2:41 am

Yeah, I'm all for it being 2 hours and 20 minutes or so. Not too long, not too short.

by **Dark Scavenger** » April 21st 2005 9:49 am

I can live with 2:20, although i'll be buying special edition on DVD, so there will be alot more footage to watch, deleted scenes, making of EP3 etc...

by **Bandersnatch** » April 21st 2005 10:01 am

If the French say it, it must be true. :cool:

by **Dark Scavenger** » April 21st 2005 10:08 am

InsertPun wrote:but... Use caution. George's potential to screw it all up is not to be underestimated...

You reminded me of yoda, only in a different version...

''Do not understimate the power of the lucas''

by **Reptile** » April 23rd 2005 12:15 am

McCalumm (sorry for misspelling) said this in an interview at Celebration III 22 April that: - ROTS has a final running time of 2 hours 11 minutes. Lucas finished the film on Tuesday and screening it with Steven Spielberg.
Credit to TheForce.net.
That sounds very short! :mad:

by **Duke** » April 28th 2005 4:37 am

The lenght of the movie is 2:22:33 / 3900.

http://195.197.150.133/elokuvahaku/EH12 ... &lcid=1035 (Finnish only)

by SI » April 28th 2005 5:17 am

greaterunion here in Oz says 132mins.

by **Duke** » April 28th 2005 5:39 am

That link I posted is Finnish government's board of film censors.

by **infiniti** » April 28th 2005 6:17 am

What about the digital version?

by **Zéyann** » April 28th 2005 7:12 am

MSN has 2h 26m.

by **Demodex** » April 28th 2005 9:30 am

Who cares how long it is?

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Cannes Film Festival website: EIII is 2hrs 20min long

Cannes Film Festival website: EIII is 2hrs 20min long

Re: Episode III running time confirmed: 2 hrs 10 min.

Re: Episode III running time confirmed: 2 hrs 10 min.

Re: Episode III running time "confirmed" (my ass): 2 hrs 10 mins

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