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Old 03-19-2012, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008 View Post
The current LEGAL definition of a FEATURE is a mininum of 84 minutes prior to credits. This came from a legal case in the 1990s where indie films getting funds from pay channels like HBO and Cinemax were ripping off their investors by putting out movies with 60 minutes of film and 20 minutes of credits.....
Does anyone know how IMDb records running time then? It is total or without credits?

And that's a pretty big gap between short film and feature. I don't even know what it'd be called.
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