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<blockquote data-quote="fanboy2000" data-source="post: 2883133" data-attributes="member: 19998">While I was at it...I grabed the top 10 grossing movies from 1985Back to the Future: 116Rambo: First Blood Part II: 94Rocky IV: 91The Color Purple&nbsp; &nbsp; : 154Out of Africa: 161Cocoon:&nbsp; &nbsp; 117Witness: 112The Goonies: 114Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment&nbsp; &nbsp; : 97A View to a Kill: 126Average&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Running Time: 118.2Shortest Running Time: 91Longest&nbsp; &nbsp; Running Time: 161Some choice Classics:Casablanca: 102The Ten Commandments: 220Gone With the Wind: 222Citizen Kane: 119Romeo and Juliet (1968): 138West Side Story: 152The Producers (1968): 88The Producers (2005): 134 (Not a classic, but a useful comparison.)Lord of the Rings (Animated): 132Superman (1978): 143 cut to 127 for video, and then restored to 153 in 2000In my list self-selected classics, I find it interesting that most of the movies I picked were over two hours. Of the three that are under two hours, only The Producers (1968) is a favorite. Cassablanca and Citizen Kane are there because they are classics, whatever else I might think of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fanboy2000, post: 2883133, member: 19998"] [b]While I was at it...[/b] I grabed the top 10 grossing movies from 1985 Back to the Future: 116 Rambo: First Blood Part II: 94 Rocky IV: 91 The Color Purple : 154 Out of Africa: 161 Cocoon: 117 Witness: 112 The Goonies: 114 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment : 97 A View to a Kill: 126 Average Running Time: 118.2 Shortest Running Time: 91 Longest Running Time: 161 Some choice Classics: Casablanca: 102 The Ten Commandments: 220 Gone With the Wind: 222 Citizen Kane: 119 Romeo and Juliet (1968): 138 West Side Story: 152 The Producers (1968): 88 The Producers (2005): 134 (Not a classic, but a useful comparison.) Lord of the Rings (Animated): 132 Superman (1978): 143 cut to 127 for video, and then restored to 153 in 2000 In my list self-selected classics, I find it interesting that most of the movies I picked were over two hours. Of the three that are under two hours, only [i]The Producers[/i] (1968) is a favorite. [i]Cassablanca[/i] and [i]Citizen Kane[/i] are there because they are classics, whatever else I might think of them. [/QUOTE]

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