Movie Marathon Facts & Figures

As we are about to set forth on our movie watching journey (we have the first movie, Ben Hur, waiting for us at home), I have compiled a list of facts and figures as a primer of sorts for you to read and to find out what it is exactly we are set out to accomplish. Enjoy the Movie Marathon Facts & Figures and come back often to see our reviews as we climb towards the highest ranked movie of all time, Citizen Kane.

Facts & Figures
- Of the 100 movies on the list, only 20 of them were released during Crystal’s lifetime. As for Jason’s lifetime, you just have to add two more to that total – The Deer Hunter (1978) and Apocalypse Now (1979).

- Crystal has already seen 16 movies on the list and Jason has already seen 21. The 21 does not include the first three hours of Gone with the Wind that he saw before falling asleep. With that, his total would amount to 21¾.

- Although the list is called 100 Years… 100 Movies, the actual span of time from the oldest to the newest movie is only 85 years. Of those 85 years, only 60 years are actually represented on the list.

- Speaking of years, three different years account for four movies apiece – 1969 (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy, The Wild Bunch), 1976 (All The President's Men, Network, Rocky, Taxi Driver), and 1982 (Blade Runner, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Sophie's Choice, Tootsie).

- The period of time from 1950 to 1979 accounts for over half of the list with a total of 53 movies. The most popular is the 1970’s, as there are a total of 20 movies on the list from that decade. What is even more amazing is that seven of those 20 movies went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The other 13 are all Best Picture nominations.

- While we are on the subject of the Oscars, 28 of the movies on the list have won the Best Picture award, while another 44 were nominated. That leaves out 26 that didn’t at least get nominated, while two were released before the Academy Awards were first handed out in 1929 – Intolerance (1916) and The Gold Rush (1925).

- The approximate time for all 100 movies is 212:22. Yes, that is 212 hours. If you figure that out, it is just a little less than 4 hours short from being nine complete days.

- Eight of the movies pass the three hour mark, with Gone with the Wind being the longest, clocking in at 3:53. On the other end of the spectrum, Duck Soup barely passes to 60 minute mark at 1:08. The average running time of the movies is 2:07, with only Unforgiven hitting that mark exactly.

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