8mm Forum: Film duration, does it effect the 8mm price when it was sold brandnew?

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Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on November 03, 2011, 07:52 AM:

I know for the extremely long films like Ben Hur or Gone with the Wind, these two film is exceptional, where the brand new price were far expensive than other films.

But I am asking films such Disney features those were mostly timed around 70 minutes (3 x 600'), were they priced by Derann cheaper than other features like Die Hard, Fugitive, Speed those were 90s minutes (5 x 400') duration?

thanks

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on November 03, 2011, 09:04 AM:

I think the Disney features were a bit more expensive than others of around the same length - probably because of the expenses and royalties involved - but still cost significantly less new than features that were in the region of two hours long.

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on November 03, 2011, 12:23 PM:

Just to fuel the discussion here, features released by Film Office were priced "by the meter", the longer the film, the more expensive it was. Even 400ft reels had different prices. For instance, the "Son of Kong" cut-down was 413 ft and was more costly than the King Kong New York scene which was 347ft long (but both were sold on 400ft reels).

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on November 03, 2011, 12:46 PM:

That's quite fair, JM

Anybody still remember when WHDM sold "Sorcerer Appprentice" which was full 200 feet compared to other Disney releases which were around 160 feet, was priced differently?

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