Hollywood Half-Time

Where is the intermission?

The use of film intermissions is a lost practice in present day feature films. For many audience members this can become a frustrating and uncomfortable experience especially during long duration films. The purpose of Hollywood Half-Time is to suggest the best possible intermission period for viewers. Below is a list of long duration films (including extended/ director’s cuts) categorised by decade. Happy film viewing everyone!

The Intermission Purpose

– Wonder why films have or should have intermissions?

Intermission Title Scenes

– See official film intermission title cards.

The Top (XY) Actors of Hollywood All-time

Roadshows and Epic Films: A Definition

– What is considered a Roadshow or an Epic Film? (Coming Soon)

About/ Film Criteria & Acknowledgements

– About me and what qualifies a film to be added to the database.

The Top (XX) Actors of Hollywood All-time

Newly Added Films This Month Highlighted In Yellow

2020s

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025), Buhubali: The Epic (2025), One Battle After Another (2025), F1: The Movie (2025), Kuang ye shi dai (2025), The Secret Agent (2025), Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025), Resurrection (2025), The Brutalist (2025), The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024), Wicked: Part 1 (2024), Horizon: An American Sega: Chapter 1 (2024), Kinds of Kindness (2024), Dune: Part 2 (2024), Love is Crazy (2024), Kalki 2898-AD (2024), The Goat Life (2024), The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024), Fighter (2024), About Dry Grasses (2023), Anatomy of a Fall (2023), Animal (2023), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (2023), The Delinquents (2023), ¡Que viva México! (2023), Close Your Eyes (2023), Napoleon (2023), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), Asteroid City (2023), Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning: Part One (2023), Oppenheimer (2023), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), God Is a Bullet (2023), Beau Is Afraid (2023), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023), Babylon (2022), Avatar: Way of the Water (2022), The Fabelmans (2022), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), TÁR (2022), The Kashmir Files (2022), Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022), Master (2021), Leila’s Brothers (2022), Pacifiction (2022), Blonde (2022), Elvis (2022), RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt (2022), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), The Batman (2022), K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022), God’s Crooked Lines (2022), Drive My Car (2021), The Story of My Wife (2021), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), West Side Story (2021), House of Gucci (2021), Eternals (2021), Dune: Part 1 (2021), The Last Duel (2021), No Time To Die (2021), Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021), Minnal Murali (2021), Jai Bhim (2021), Leave No Traces (2021), Soorarai Pottru (2020), The Eight Hundred (2020), Out of Dark (2020), Hamilton (2020), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Da 5 Bloods (2020)

2010s

Avengers: Endgame (2019), It: Chapter 2 (2019), The Irishman (2019), A Hidden Life (2019), Le Mans ’66 (2019), Doctor Sleep (2019), Midsommar (2019), A Herdade (2019), The Painted Bird (2019), The Traitor (2019), So Long, My Son (2019), Labyrinth of Cinema (2019), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Dragged Across Concrete (2018), Suspiria (2018), Never Look Away (2018), Manmarziyaan (2018), Our Time (2018), Peterloo (2018), La Flor (2018), An Elephant Sitting Still (2018), The House That Jack Built (2018), The Wild Pear Tree (2018), Blade Runner: 2049 (2017), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), Mektoub, My Love (2017), Star Wars: Episode VIII-The Last Jedi (2017), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Maanagaram (2017), The Square (2017), Silence (2016), The Wailing (2016), American Honey (2016), Toni Erdmann (2016), O.J.: Made in America (2016), The Handmaiden (2016), Sieranevada (2016), Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), The Woman Who Left (2016), Dangal (2016), Wiener-Dog (2016), The Revenant (2015), Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), The Hateful Eight (2015), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), Happy Hour (2015), The Martian (2015), Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), Drishyam (2015), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), The Search (2014), PK (2014), Boyhood (2014), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), Interstellar (2014), Winter Sleep (2014), The Great Beauty (2013), Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013), Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), Prisoners (2013), The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Cloud Atlas (2012), Les Misérables (2012), Holy Motors (2012), Laurence Anyways (2012), What the Day Owes the Night (2012), Barfi! (2012), Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), Beyond the Hills (2012), Lines of Wellington (2012), The Act of Killing (2012), Celluloid Man (2012), Margaret (2011), The Tree of Life (2011), Once Upon a Time in Antolia (2011), The Turin Horse (2011), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), The Tragedy of Man (2011), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Robin Hood (2010), Black Venus (2010), Into the Darkness (2010), Little White Lies (2010), The Yellow Sea (2010), My Name Is Khan (2010), The Town (2010)

2000s

Avatar (2009), 3 Idiots (2009), 2012 (2009), Watchmen (2009), Enter the Void (2009), Mr. Nobody (2009), Inglorious Basterds (2009), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Magadheera (2009), Funny People (2009), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), A Prophet (2009), Baaria (2009), The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Australia (2008), Sita Sings the Blues (2008), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Christmas Tale (2008), Sex and the City (2008), Love Exposure (2008), Flood (2007), The Simpsons Movie (2007), Grindhouse (2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Zodiac (2007), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Like Stars on Earth (2007), 12 (2007), Lust, Caution (2007), American Gangster (2007), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Superman Returns (2006), The Departed (2006), Inland Empire (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006), Rang De Basanti (2006), Southland Tales (2006), Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006), Lady Chatterley (2006), Colossal Youth (2006), What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole (2006), The Da Vinci Code (2006), The Good Shepherd (2006), Munich (2005), King Kong (2005), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The New World (2005), Walk the Line (2005), Chatrapathi (2005), Veer-Zaara (2004), Alexander (2004), Downfall (2004), Ray (2004), The Aviator (2004), Troy (2004), Life is a Miracle (2004), Cold Mountain (2003), Dogville (2003), The Corporation (2003), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), The Best of Youth (2003), Gods and Generals (2003), LOTR: Return of the King (2003), The Last Samurai (2003), LOTR: The Two Towers (2002), Gangs Of New York (2002), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Windtalkers (2002), LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Pearl Harbor (2001), Ali (2001), The Majestic (2001), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), Asoka (2001), Who Knows? (2001), Black Hawk Down (2001), Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), Amores perros (2000), Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), Gladiator (2000), Almost Famous (2000), Eureka (2000), Sentimental Destinies (2000), Trolösa (2000), Platform (2000), Yi-Yi (2000), Princes et Princesses (2000), The Patriot (2000)

1990s

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Any Given Sunday (1999), Magnolia (1999), The Insider (1999), Sunshine (1999), Titus (1999), The Green Mile (1999), Topsy-Turvy (1999), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), The Emperor and the Assassin (1999), Time Regained (1999), The Grandfather (1998), Armageddon (1998), Meet the Deedles (1998), The Legend of 1900 (1998), Meet Joe Black (1998), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Horse Whisperer (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998), Beloved (1998), Jackie Brown (1997), Boogie Nights (1997), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Titanic (1997), The Postman (1997), Amistad (1997), Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997), Hamlet (1996), The English Patient (1996), Independence Day (1996), Breaking the Waves (1996), Comment je me suis disputé… (ma vie sexuelle (1996)), Underground (1995), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Ulysses’ Gaze (1995), Waterworld (1995), Braveheart (1995), Casino (1995), Heat (1995), Nixon (1995), Wyatt Earp (1994), Queen Margot (1994), Pulp Fiction (1994), Hoop Dreams (1994), Sátántangó (1994), Farewell My Concubine (1993), Louis, enfant roi (1993), Germinal (1993), Gettysburg (1993), Schindler’s List (1993), Short Cuts (1993), Blood In, Blood Out: Bound by Honor (1993), The Firm (1993), Malcolm X (1992), Scent of a Woman (1992), Indochine (1992), Far and Away (1992), The Best Intentions (1992), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), JFK ( 1991), At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991), Until the End of the World (1991), Ruan Ling Yu (1991), La Belle Noiseuse (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), Van Gogh (1991), A Brighter Summer Day (1991), Mat (1990), Dances With Wolves (1990), Godfather Part III (1990)

1980s

The Abyss (1989), The Asthenic Syndrome (1989), A City of Sadness (1989), Salaam Bombay! (1988), Time of the Gypsies (1988), On the Silver Globe (1988), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Bird (1988), Camille Claudel (1988), The Big Blue (1988), Cinema Paradiso (1988), The Bengali Night (1988), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Hôtel Terminus (1988), Resan (1987), Little Dorrit (1987), Pelle the Conqueror (1987), Cry Freedom (1987), Empire of the Sun (1987), The Last Emperor (1987), Sherman’s March (1985), Aliens (1986), Betty Blue (1986), The Color Purple (1985), Out of Africa (1985), 16 Days of Glory (1985), When Nature Calls (1985), Shoah (1985), Come and See (1985), Ran (1985), Repentance (1984), Dune (1984), Chain Gang (1984), Carmen (1984), Amadeus (1984), A Passage to India (1984), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Right Stuff (1983), Scarface (1983) Gandhi (1982), Fanny and Alexander (1982), That Day, On The Beach (1983), Strange Brew (1983), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Sophie’s Choice (1982), Parasite (1982), Les uns et les autres (1981), Man of Iron (1981), Reds (1981), Ragtime (1981), Das Boot (1981), Prince of the City (1981), Heaven’s Gate (1980), The Big Red One (1980), Kagemusha (1980), Lion of the Desert (1980)

1970s

Apocalypse Now (1979), Tess (1979), Caligula (1979), Stalker (1979), Legend of the Mountain (1979), The Tin Drum (1979), Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979), The Deer Hunter (1978), Superman (1978), The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978), New York, New York (1977), Soldier of Orange (1977), Man of Marble (1977), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Other Side of Moonlight (1977), 1900- Novecento (1976), Voyage of the Dammed (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Edvard Munch (1976; 1974), Fellini’s Cassanova (1976), Shout at the Devil (1976), Face To Face (1976), The Message (1976), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), The Promised Land (1975), Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975), The Travelling Players (1975), Deewaar (1975), Sholay (1975), The Magic Flute (1975), Dersu Uzala (1975), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Barry Lyndon (1975), Nashville (1975), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Godfather Part II (1974), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Luther (1974), Earthquake (1974), Scenes from a Marriage (1974), The Deluge (1974), Celine and Julie go Boating (1974), O Lucky Man! (1973), Papillon (1973), Tom Sawyer (1973), Lost Horizon (1973), Ludwig (1973), The Mother and the Whore (1973), A River Called Titas (1973), Gol Maal (1979), The Iceman Cometh (1973), The Cowboys (1972), The Ruling Class (1972), The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972), Man of La Mancha (1972), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Young Winston (1972), Solaris (1972), 1776 (1972), The Godfather (1972), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Great Waltz (1972), The New Land (1972), Out 1: Spectre (1972), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Anand (1971), Wild Rovers (1971), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), The Emigrants (1971), Boy Friend (1971), A Touch of Zen (1971), A Fistful of Dynamite (1971), Un burattino di nome Pinocchio (1971), Out 1 (1971), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), Patton (1970), Darling Lili (1970), Scrooge (1970), Tchaikovsky (1970), Song of Norway (1970), Mera Naam Joker (1970), Husbands (1970), Tora Tora Tora (1970), Ryan’s Daughter (1970), The Adventurers (1970), Woodstock (1970)

1960s

Paint Your Wagon (1969), Hello Dolly (1969), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Stewardesses (1969), Sweet Charity (1969), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969), The Red Tent (1969), The Damned (1969), The Battle on the River Neretva (1969), L’amour fou (1969), Le chagrin et la pitié (1969), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Krakatoa, East of Java (1968), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Profound Desires of the Gods (1968), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Half a Sixpence (1968), Oliver! (1968), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Finian’s Rainbow (1968), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Star! (1968), The Lion In Winter (1968), Funny Girl (1968), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Lucia (1968), Hour of the Wolf (1968), Playtime (1967), Marketa Lazarová (1967), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Custer of the West (1967), The Comedians (1967), The Happiest Millionaire (1967), Doctor Dolittle (1967), Camelot (1967), Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), The Bible: In the Beginning (1966), Grand Prix (1966), Hawaii (1966), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Pharaoh (1966), Andrei Roublev (1966), The Three Sisters (1966), Here is Your Life (1966), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Cinerama’s Russian Adventure (1966), Khartoum (1966), The Sand Pebbles (1966), The Blue Max (1966), The Hallelujah Trail (1965), In Harm’s Way (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Great Race (1965), The Saragossa Manuscript (1965), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), Help (1965), Othello (1965), Tokyo Olympiad (1965), Lord Jim (1965), Red Beard (1965), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), Battle of the Bulge (1965), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), The Sound of Music (1965), My Fair Lady (1964), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), The Golden Head (1964), The Carpetbaggers (1964), Becket (1964), Cheyenne Autumn (1964), Richard Burton’s Hamlet (1964), Sangam (1964), Kwaidan (1964), I am Cuba (1964), Circus World (1964), Mary Poppins (1964), Cleopatra (1963), It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Cardinal (1963), Best of Cinerama (1963), America America (1963), The Victors (1963), The Great Escape (1963), The Leopard (1963), How The West Was Won (1962), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Lolita (1962), The Longest Day (1962), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962), Hartari (1962), The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (1962), The Music Man (1962), The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grim (1962), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962), The Counterfiet Traitor (1962), Sodom and Gomorrah (1962), The Guns of Navarone (1961), El Cid (1961), Judgement at Nuremberg (1961), King of Kings (1961), West Side Story (1961), Gunga Jumna (1961), Barabbas (1961), A Majority of One (1961), Scent of Mystery (1961), The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer (1961), September Storm (1960), Sunrise At Campobello (1960), Can-Can (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), Pepe (1960), La dolce vita (1960), Holiday in Spain (1960), The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Exodus (1960), Spartacus (1960), The Alamo (1960)

1950s

Ben-Hur (1959) , The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Big Fisherman (1959), Porgy and Bees (1959), The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity (1959), The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959), The Young Lions (1958), Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich (1958), The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), The Big Country (1958), The Year Long Road (1958), South Pacific (1958), South Seas Adventure (1958), Search for Paradise (1957), The Bridge Over The River Kwai (1957), Raintree Country (1957), Mayabazar (1957), A Farewell to Arms (1957), Mother India (1957), Peyton Place (1957), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Giant (1956), War and Peace (1956), The Ten Commandments (1956), Seven Wonders Of The World (1956), King And I (1956), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956), Helen of Troy (1956), High Society (1956), Richard III (1955), Oklahoma! (1955), Battle Cry (1955), Son of Sinbad (1955), Guys and Dolls (1955), Cinerama Holiday (1955), A Star is Born (1954), Dial M for Murder (1954), Seven Samurai (1954), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Fatal Desire (1954), The Mad Magician (1954), Gog (1954), Drums of Tahiti (1954), Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954), Dragonfly Squadron (1954), Gorilla at Large (1954), Jivaro (1954), Dangerous Mission (1954), Southwest Passage (1954), Top Banana (1954), The Bounty Hunter (1954), Twenty-Four Eyes (1954), Sangaree (1953), Second Chance (1953), Money from Home (1953), Cease Fire (1953), The Robe (1953), The French Line (1953), Miss Sadie Thompson (1953), Flight to Tangier (1953), Fort Ti (1953), Taza, Son of Cochise (1953), The French Line (1953), The Glass Web (1953), House of Wax (1953), Those Redheads From Seattle (1953), Robot Monster (1953), Devil’s Canyon (1953), The Maze (1953), Kiss Me Kate (1953), Arena (1953), The Nebraskan (1953), I, the Jury (1953), Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953), I Was a Burlesque Queen (1953), The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953), Inferno (1953), The Wages of Fear (1953), Louisiana Territory (1953), The Moonlighter (1953), It Came From Outer Space (1953), Man in the Dark (1953), Neapolitan Turk (1953), Gun Fury (1953), Cat-Women of the Moon (1953), Wings of the Hawk (1953), Hondo (1953), This Is Cinerama (1952), Bwana Devil (1952), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Miracle in Milan (1951), The Idiot (1951), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), Quo Vadis (1951),

1940s

Samson and Delilah (1949), Hamlet (1948), The Betrayal (1948), The Red Shoes (1948), Ingrid Bergman’s Joan of Arc (1948), Mourning Becomes Electra (1947), Robinson Crusoe (1947), Duel in the Sun (1946), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Spellbound (1945), Children of Paradise (1945), Since You Went Away (1944), Wilson (1944), Henry V (1944), An American Romance (1944), This Is the Army (1943), Best Foot Forward (1943), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), The Song of Bernadette (1943), For Whom The Bell Tolls (1943), We the Living (1941), Fantasia (1940)

1930s

Gone With The Wind (1939), Marie Antoinette (1938), Lost Horizon (1937), In Old Chicago (1938), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), César (1936), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935), Everybody’s Woman (1934), Cavalcade (1933), The Sign of the Cross (1932), Grand Hotel (1932), Hell’s Angels (1930), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

1920s

The Broadway Melody (1929), Girl in the Moon (1929), Show Boat (1929), Hollywood Revue (1929), The Dessert Song (1929), Rio Rita (1929), Paris (1929), Sally (1929), The Jazz Singer (1927), Chicago (1927), Napoleon (1927), Metropolis (1927), Wings (1927), The King of Kings (1927), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), The Big Parade (1925), Greed (1924), Janice Meredith (1924), The Thief of Bagdad (1924), The Wheel (1923), The Covered Wagon (1923), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), The Ten Commandments (1923), Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922), The Man from M.A.R.S. (1922), Orphans of the Storm (1921), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)

1910s

J’accuse (1919), Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Through the Ages (1916), Birth of a Nation (1915), Cabiria (1914), Queen Elizabeth (1912)

Films Split Into Parts

Wicked (2024/2025), Horizon: An American Sega: Chapter 1/ 2 (2024/2025), Rebel Moon (2023/2024), Fast X (2023/2024), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023/????), Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning/Final Reckoning (2023/2025), Dune: Part 1/2/3 (2021/2024/????), The Avengers: Infinity War/End Game (2018/2019), It (2017/2018), Baahubali 2: The Beginning/ Conclusion (2015/2017) Hunger Games: Mocking Jay (2014/2015), Nymphomaniac (2013/2014), The Hobbit Trilogy (2012/2013/2014), Twilight: Breaking Dawn (2011/2012), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2010/2011), Che: A Revolutionary Life (2008), Kingdom of War (2007), Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 (2003/2004), Joan the Maid (1994), Little Dorrit (1987), War and Peace (1965/1966), The Human Condition Trilogy (1959/1961), Tikhiy Don (1957/1958) Ivan the Terrible (1944), Die Nibelungen (1924), Dr. Mabuse; der Spieler (1922)

Consecutive Prequels and Sequels

Halloween Ends (2022)/Halloween Kills (2021)/Halloween (2018), The Incredibles II (2018)/The Incredibles (2004), The Muppets: Most Wanted (2014)/The Muppets (2011), Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)/Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009), The Thing (2011/1982), Crank: High Voltage (2009)/Crank (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008)/Casino Royale (2006), The Matrix: Revolutions (2003)/The Matrix: Reloaded (2003), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)/Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)/Mortal Kombat (1995), Back to the Future III (1990)/Back to the Future II (1989), The Karate Kid 2 (1986)/The Karate Kid (1984), Friday the 13th Part IV (1984)/Friday the 13th Part III (1982)/Friday the 13th Part II (1981), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)/Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Halloween II (1981)/Halloween (1978)

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67 thoughts on “Hollywood Half-Time”

  1. Another question but, Have you ever reconsidered where an Intermission should go into a film after you already made an entry? Like you realize that maybe thats not a good place to pause the film and this place is better. Or are you generally confident with your choices.

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    1. There has been the odd film that I have changed, but once I post the page I usually keep that suggested intermission (my personal opinion). I do keep the comments section open on each films page in order for others to chime in. I have had suggestions for other intermission points in films. Unless the film has an official intermission, a break in film can be debated.

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  2. I recently watched a film called Kokuho that came out this year and it is 174 minutes long. Could you add this to the database? Also while not chapters, The film is seperated into certain years which makes finding an intermission much easier.

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  3. Could you add Resan: The Journey and Edvard Munch? Both are directed by Peter Watkins.

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    1. I can add both, I am worried about being able to track down a full version of Resan, I see it is on youtube but only 18/ 19 parts have been posted. Do you know of any other sites that might carry it?

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  4. Hello, I think you should add Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein: it’s 150 minutes long and is already divided in two acts (Victor’s and the Creature’s tale respectively).

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  5. Could you add “I am Cuba” to this list, Though it is not 150 minutes long (It’s 141 minutes), It is seperated into two parts. On Youtube (Mosfilms channel), The Part 2 title card appears around an hour and 8 minutes into the film.

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  6. Hello, I recently watched a film called “That Day, On The Beach” by Edward Yang that clocks in at 166 minutes or 2 hours and 46 minutes. Could you add this film to your database?

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  7. Hello, it’s me again. As someone below has alredy suggested, there’s another movie that deserves its spot in your database: Out 1 Noli Me Tangere, by Jacques Rivette (it’s twelve-to-thirteen hours long).
    To top that, there’s also the Heimat saga (just check its runtime and you’ll see).

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    1. Don’t forget Out 1 Spectre too. While it’s mostly just a highly condensed (It’s 4 hours) cut of the original, There are scenes not present in Noli Me Tangere.

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    2. I have added Out 1 (1971). The Heimat Sega is an interesting one as the films are split into episodes making it fall into a mini-series (which I have excluded from the database at this time). However the Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013) can be included as it is one feature film not split into episodes. Thanks again for researching.

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      1. In my opinion the whole Heimat saga is an extremely borderline example as it’s apparently presented as a movie but at the same time no theatre on Earth would screen it as a movie, so it can only be seen split in parts (as I read the parts were both projected in theatres and screened on television). I still consider each installment of the saga a movie. You’re welcome, though. I’ll suggest new movies as soon as I find new ones.

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        1. Maybe it’s the same reason why you didn’t include silent serials such as Les Vampires, which is treated as a single movie but its serial format prevents it from being included in your database.

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  8. Would you add “L’Amour Fou” by Jacques Rivette? Its runtime is over four hours.

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      1. If you thought that was long, Wait til you see Jacques Rivette’s longest film “Out 1”. Definitely just begging to be on this database.

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  9. I would like to make a correction. “The Battle of Baktan Cross” official name is “One Battle After Another”

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  10. Could you add “Miracle in Milan” (1951)? It’s an Italian movie with a runtime of one hour and thirty-six minutes and it’s split in two acts (“primo tempo” and “secondo tempo”). Part one ends with “Fine primo tempo” (so you can add it at your intermission titles list) and it’s placed at about fifty minutes.
    Thank you.

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      1. Anytime.
        P.S. So, are you going to add it to the title scenes list too? As I said, there’s a “End of part one” title followed by “Part two”.

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  11. Asking out of curiosity but, How do you watch a film? Do you watch it in a single sitting or multiple times and how do you determine where to put the intermission?

    And what’s your favourite film that is listed here? (Optional)

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    1. Yes I try to watch the film in its entirety as the details of the film are most fresh in my mind. Occasionally I will have to watch a film more than once to determine the best intermission based on my opinion. If the film is very long (4+ hours), I tend to watch half one night then the second half the next day. The most recent film I had to watch multiple times was Inside the Yellow Coconut Shell (2023) as it was a very slow moving plot.

      The way I determine an intermission point is to first research to see if there was ever an intermission included in the theatrical release that may have been removed from the home release. If there is not an official intermission point then I view a film as two Acts (like they would do in a stage production). I ask myself where in the films plot does the story seem to change (i.e., change in character development, change in setting, a time lapse within the plot, or major cliffhanger).

      Some films have a fade to black or a musical score that ends the scene in silence. This can also sometimes be used if the plot is complex or does not align with the films duration (e.g., you would not want a film to have a 140 min first part and a 20 min second part). I also tend to make the first part have a longer runtime than the second, but sometimes this is not always possible.

      I’ll be honest some films can be quite tricky and can cause debate as to where one might put the intermission. I love to hear others insights which is why I keep the comments open on each page so we can have these discussions.

      Favourite film on the database, I’ll be honest when I first started the database I had only seen maybe 50 of the films. Many of the films I have reviewed are for the first time especially the foreign language films. My favourite film on the database (one I could watch non-stop everyday) would be Scarface (1983). My favourite foreign language film is Downfall (2004). A film that really surprised me after watching, was the film trilogy The Human Condition (1959/1961). But there are plenty of great films on the database!

      What is your favourite film listed on the database?

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  12. Would you add And quiet flows the Don (1957) and As I was moving ahead I occasionally saw brief glimpses of beauty (2000)? The former is a Soviet epic directed by Sergei Gerasimov (it was released split in three parts, the first two in 1957 and the third one in 1958), while the latter is an autobiographical experimental documentary by Jonas Mekas. I think they’d make good new entries in your database.

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        1. Technically each part was released at different times (kinda similar to the film the Human Condition), even though it is considered one entire film.

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  13. I can’t comment on the film, But there is a mistake in regards to Blade Runner 2049. There is no other cut of the movie other than the one released in theaters. The extended cut that is mentioned is actually a workprint cut or an assembly cut that serves as a rough draft for editors to work with and is not intended for the public unless the studio decides to release it like the original Blade Runner or it gets leaked like Apocalypse Now did so please remove the “Extended” runtime on it.

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      1. Late reply but, If you get to Love Exposure eventually, There is also mention of a 6 hour cut. But similarly, That is just the assembly cut but there is a miniseries version of Love Exposure based on that assembly cut just in case you want to add it.

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  14. Hello there, I was wondering if The Simpsons Movie can be counted as a movie with intermission. After the scene where Homer finds out his family left and runs to reach them there’s a cut on a “To be continued…” line, albeit it’s only intended as a meta-joke since it’s followed by “…right now” or something like that. Given that you counted Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I wonder if The Simpsons Movie applies.

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  15. Is there a way to know when you update the database? I would like to check out new movies you add to it.

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    1. I believe if you subscribe to the website it should give you an email notification that I have uploaded a new page. I try my best to add at least 1 film per week. I will check to see if I can change the colour of the font to highlight newly uploaded films.

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  16. Hello, there’s a movie that I think should be added to your list: “The Tragedy of Man”, a 2011 Hungarian animated epic film with a running time of one hour and forty minutes.

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  17. Hello, I found a movie with intermission you could include in your database: “Un burattino di nome Pinocchio” (“A puppet called Pinocchio”), an Italian animated movie. It has running time of just ninety-three minutes but there is an intermission (it’s marked by a title card saying “Fine del primo tempo”/”End of part one” followed by another one saying “Secondo tempo”/”Part two”). I can send you the link of the movie if you wish, it’s on YouTube in Italian.

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    1. Great find devotedlyabbeac8081, i’ll add it to the list, its hard to find obscure films that actually have official built in intermissions

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  18. Hello, could you add Happy Hour (2015)? It’s a five-hour long Japanese movie. I’m not asking for a page yet (I haven’t even watched the movie) but I think it deserves its place in your website. Thanks a lot.

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  19. Hello I was wondering whether or not you’ll allow community contributions in the future or is it still just going to be you running this because there are still some movies without entries.

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    1. Yes I am still running the site. As I watch each film I will populate the page and provide my observations. I do have a comment section at the bottom of each film’s page, where community contributions can be made. It does take me some time as I have to locate the films (sometimes in various formats). I randomly watch the films stated in the database as I obtain them. Is there a specific film page you wanted me to populate?

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      1. Is there a specific film page you wanted me to populate?

        Not really. Just some films that I took interest in but didn’t have intermissions just yet but still in the database but take as much time as you need to.

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  20. Would you add “Princes and Princesses”? It’s a 2000 French animated movie (animated with silhouette animation), an anthology o different stories (six in total), directed by Michel Ocelot. The movie is very short (one our and four minutes) but it has an intermission (complete with title card saying “On fait une pause de 1 minute et on peut parler…”)
    It’s a very charming movie, it’d be a nice new entry for this website.
    Thanks.

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      1. Great, I’ll wait for it then. I could send you the intermission title card if you will. It’s an animated title card with an owl on the top turning its head in a kitchen timer fashion whilst the intermission passes, I found it very cute).

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          3. Ok, great. I hate to sound like I’m nitpicking but I saw that you mispelled the title by writing “Prince” instead of “Princes”.
            Anyway, I have a screenshot of the intermission title card with the owl facing the audience. If you prefer it, I can still send it to you (I only need to know where).
            Thanks for all your effort, I really appreciate your attention to details.

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  21. Hello there, I just joined this community and I really like the idea behind this website and how meticulous you are. Allow me to just correct a mistake about Fantasia: it’s not Leopold Stokowski the one addressing the audience, but Deems Taylor.

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  22. Big fan of your page and I have used it for many films that have intermissions. Just wanted to let you know that your Camelot (1967) one is not correct. The intermission tag actually occurs at about 1 hour 41 minutes or so following King Arthur’s monologue and the reveal of the physical Round Table. Keep up the good work.

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    1. Thank you for the support, may I ask which format you saw the intermission (i.e., DVD, Blu-ray)? I believe I based the intermission on the VHS (as it was released in a two tape cassette). I will certainly review this, thank you for your input.

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