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G | 212 min | Adventure, Drama. After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet. Votes: 253,776 | Gross: $74.70M.
A list of 73 films compiled on Letterboxd, including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), King Kong (2005), Seven Samurai (1954), The Godfather: Part II (1974) and West Side Story (1961). About this list: Intermissions were a standard feature in very long movies, right up to the 1980s, as were overtures. Movies also had printed programmes for their ...
Not included are films where an overture is used to present the credits, or underscored scenes that are already part of the plot. Often, but not necessarily, these films also include an intermission with entr'acte, followed by exit music (after the credits). This list documents the rise and fall of the Overture/Roadshow practice over film history.
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A list of 59 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Spartacus (1960), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Godfather: Part II (1974), Stalker (1979) and Queen Elizabeth (1912). About this list: I like films with intermissions. And it's actually useful to know, too, before starting a film. EDIT: OK this is obviously not 100% comprehensive, rather ...
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Intermissions in early films had a practical purpose: they were needed to facilitate the changing of reels. When Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth ( The Loves of Queen Elizabeth ), starring Sarah Bernhardt , opened on July 12, 1912, in the Lyceum Theatre in New York City , the four reel film was shown in four acts, with an intermission at each ...
