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Author Topic: Are there two different versions of National Treasure? Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 11-29-2004 05:24 AM                        On an European forum, people maintain that there are two different versions of this movie, and that the overseas version is much longer because it contains 25 or so minutes of historical background info which the US version doesn't have since most people here know the background anyway. I think that's unlikely, but I am still curious how long exactly your prints are.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-29-2004 05:38 AM                        the one i saw (in the u.s.) ran 2:10:55 not including ratings band. the imdb doesn't list any alternate versions. however they list a running time of 100 minutes. maybe it's the u.s. version that is 30 minutes longer because americans know less about their own history than do people of other nationalities. carl  |  IP: Logged Daniel Alt Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Lakewood, OH, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 11-29-2004 06:47 AM                     The version we ran had a number of short reels, especially reel 5. It came on eight total, which seemed at least one more than it needed. That would tend to support the theory that some footage was cut late in the game, at least.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 11-29-2004 06:50 AM                        Running time in the UK is 130minutes 58 sec according to the BBFC who classified it last THursday  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 11-29-2004 08:49 AM                        Interesting that you should bring this up. The newspaper movie synopsis here listed the running time at 1:40. The actual running time was over 2 hours. I didn't clock it or anything, but my guess is it came in at pretty close to 2:10.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 11-29-2004 08:53 AM                        I wasn't timing the print I saw last Friday, but that sounds about right. I can't think of any 'historical background' section that could easily be cut without disrupting the plot, though. Most of the historical information is built into the dialogue scenes (about the one aspect of the film that was done quite well, I thought). I suppose you could cut the odd shot or dialogue sequence here and there if you were careful about it.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-29-2004 01:09 PM                     Dick's running time sounds about the same as ours, so at least the US/UK 'versions' are the same.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 11-29-2004 02:43 PM                        I might not have seen a standard UK print - I saw the film at an advance preview (it hasn't been released here yet). There was no British censor certificate at the start, though the print did look new.  |  IP: Logged Barry Martin Expert Film Handler Posts: 203 From: Newington, CT USA Registered: Jul 2002 posted 11-29-2004 10:55 PM                        Ours runs about 2 hours 15 minutes with 8 minutes of non-attatched trailers, so with credits and all figured 2 hours 10 minutes sounds about right.  |  IP: Logged

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