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127' or 132'?

posted 10 years ago by jls8972
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IMDB + Maltin's guide makes it 132' for this film duration. My dvd makes it to 127 (and announces "approximately 126'" on the box!). This is the UK zone 2 20Century Fox 2003 ed, so this is Pal, but the Pal thing should makes a longer duration, not a shorter one, or am I all mixed up? Are there 6' missing or not? Thanks in advance, I think of course IMDB+Maltin mention the Ntsc duration. As I read there was a tv version Lumet signed "Alan Smithee" I thought maybe this was this 6' shorter version for tv, but it's signed "Sidney Lumet" so... Thanks if you know something!...

[–] ghtx 8 years ago

I just watched it on DVD and it was 132 minutes. I was watching a region 1/US disc.

[–] jls8972 8 years ago

and I must have been out of my mind cause the pal speed-up makes a shorter duration not a longer! so it's perfectly normal a z2 pal dvd makes Q&A 126' as a ntsc in a z1 dvd makes it 132'
pal speed-up is 4,2%
132-4.2%= 126' (about)
thanks!
jls