# Films that are \*not\* in real time--but pretty darn close **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-are-not-in-real-time-but-pretty-darn-close/669169 "2013-09-18T19:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-are-not-in-real-time-but-pretty-darn-close/669169/41 "2013-09-21T02:45:35Z")
• Cléo from 5 to 7 • Silent House • Time Code ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-are-not-in-real-time-but-pretty-darn-close/669169/42 "2013-09-21T03:42:26Z")
[When Do We Eat?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392908/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_16) recounts the tale of a dysfunctional family’s seder, so, 4-5 hours compressed down into a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-are-not-in-real-time-but-pretty-darn-close/669169/43 "2013-09-21T06:02:54Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Speaking of parties, there was the old Peter Sellers movie, _The Party_, which unfolded essentially in real time during an evening party at a Hollywood producer’s house. Yep, I thought of that after I’d posted. Agreed, and a favorite of mine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-are-not-in-real-time-but-pretty-darn-close/669169.md?page=2)