Watchmen Running Time

by Liam on December 3, 2008 · 14 comments

watchmendrmanhatten During an interview with SCI FI Wire Zack and Deborah Snyder, the husband-and-wife directing/producing team of Watchmen, revealed that the film’s final length hasn’t been approved yet, but that it is getting shorter.

“We’re getting really close,” producer Deborah Snyder said in a telephone interview on Nov. 18. “We’re at two hours and 35 minutes.”

Director Zack Snyder added: “The movie’s pretty long … compared to 300, which was an hour and 58 minutes. The director’s cut [of Watchmen] is about three hours and 10 minutes long. It has even more than the theatrical version as far as the detail that gets even closer to the graphic novel.”

I guess this means the Watchmen DVD will be well worth the money with more than 30 minutes of extra footage. However, i’m sure the fans would rather see the whole thing on the big screen.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/PhilGibson PhilGibson

    What is this obsession with making films short? Movies should streatch out like a live show. People LIKE long films if the script can live up to it. Just look at The Lord of the Rings.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/PhilGibson PhilGibson

    What is this obsession with making films short? Movies should streatch out like a live show. People LIKE long films if the script can live up to it. Just look at The Lord of the Rings.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/steven-kim/ Steve

    I have to agree with the previous post; three hours, ten minutes is a fine movie length if the movie is good enough. The Return of the King was one of my favourite movies ever, and I love the Extended version even more which bumps it up to nearly (perhaps even over) 4 hours.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/steven-kim/ Steve

    I have to agree with the previous post; three hours, ten minutes is a fine movie length if the movie is good enough. The Return of the King was one of my favourite movies ever, and I love the Extended version even more which bumps it up to nearly (perhaps even over) 4 hours.

  • Walter

    I agree to you both. Short movies are good but longer movies are better.

  • Walter

    I agree to you both. Short movies are good but longer movies are better.

  • Anonymous

    Ditto on the death to the narrow minds. If your attention span is too short for a 3 hour movie, stay home.

  • http://www.intensedebate.com/people/bsergent bsergent

    Ditto on the death to the narrow minds. If your attention span is too short for a 3 hour movie, stay home.

  • http://www.entertonement.com/clips/46226/Retribution Watchmen Sound Clips

    Wow 3 hours? Awesome!

  • http://www.entertonement.com/clips/46226/Retribution Watchmen Sound Clips

    Wow 3 hours? Awesome!

  • Anonymous

    Ditto on the death top the narrow minds. If you're attention span is too short for a 3 hours movie, stay home.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/bsergent bsergent

    Ditto on the death top the narrow minds. If you're attention span is too short for a 3 hours movie, stay home.

  • Some Guy

    Mmm, I totally agree. One of the things that ruined the movie The Golden Compass was it's ridiculously shortened running time. Some films suit 90 minutes but others suit 3 hours and over. When your establishing a world that is different from ours (like it is in Watchmen or Lord of the Rings or The Golden Compass) you need time to draw your audience into that world, then pile on top of that the intricacies of the plot and character development, a movie like this should be over 3 hours. 2h 35m isn't a short film by any means but to get the full effect, you want as much as possible. After all, nobody want's a film that's all exposition. Damn Fox.

  • Some Guy

    Mmm, I totally agree. One of the things that ruined the movie The Golden Compass was it's ridiculously shortened running time. Some films suit 90 minutes but others suit 3 hours and over. When your establishing a world that is different from ours (like it is in Watchmen or Lord of the Rings or The Golden Compass) you need time to draw your audience into that world, then pile on top of that the intricacies of the plot and character development, a movie like this should be over 3 hours. 2h 35m isn't a short film by any means but to get the full effect, you want as much as possible. After all, nobody want's a film that's all exposition. Damn Fox.