# Anyone remember "The 20 Mile Limit?"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-20-mile-limit/179840
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 5, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-20-mile-limit/179840 "2003-06-05T15:11:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-20-mile-limit/179840/1 "2003-06-05T15:11:29Z")
Does anyone remember when showtime had those short films they would run between movies back in the 80’s? Well, in, I’m guessing 1981, 1982 or so, there was one short film called, I believe, THE 20 MILE LIMIT. It was shot completely in negative and seemed as I remember to have this Orwellian feel to it. I can’t find any info on it anywhere. Who wrote it? Can it be purchased. I would appreciate any info anyone can scrape up. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-20-mile-limit/179840/2 "2004-10-04T19:03:53Z")
Still waiting? Anyone? 😕
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-20-mile-limit/179840/3 "2004-10-04T19:05:34Z")
I remember it. Only saw it once. I wouldn’t mind seeing it again.
“I’m _convinced_ that the 20-mile limit is just an old fishing limit.”
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-20-mile-limit/179840/4 "2004-10-09T02:54:16Z")
The problem with _über_-obscure films is that threads about them fall off the boards. I think you’d have better luck asking about _Quasi at the Quackadero_, another “Showtime Short”.
[sub]Actually, ISTR starting a thread about it a while ago.[/sub]
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### Author:  [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-20-mile-limit/179840/5 "2004-10-11T12:41:25Z")
The odd thing, well, more odd than remembering the short flick since I was only about 8 years old when I saw it, is that I’ve Googled it, I’ve been all over the web, I’ve asked other “Über Obscure Film” fans about it and they’ve never heard of it.
::::::::sigh:::::::: It’s becoming an obsession.