# Last (Hollywood) movie with an intermission **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086 "2009-08-02T19:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/21 "2009-08-02T23:35:12Z")
There’s an intermission in the very recent movie _[Sita Sings the Blues](http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/)_. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/22 "2009-08-03T00:03:26Z")
I remember asking my dad what the deal was when we say Gandhi and the Intermission title came up. I thought The Right Stuff had one as well, and it does run over three hours, but Google doesn’t know anything about it, so maybe it was just the particular screening we went to. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/23 "2009-08-03T00:29:17Z")
> [@Just\_Some\_Guy](#): > > Branagh’s Hamlet had an intermission in 1996. Yep, saw it in early 1997, and it had an intermission. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/24 "2009-08-03T01:51:44Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I think Titanic had an intermission. Nope, \*\*Titanic \*\*did not have an intermission, unless maybe it was something that was only added by your theater. Neither did **Jurassic Park**. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/25 "2009-08-03T01:59:48Z")
I remember the local cinema where I lived in NZ used to add intermissions to films over 2 hours long up until the early 1990s- I distinctly remember going to see _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ in 1991 when I was about 10, and it definitely had an intermission. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/26 "2009-08-03T02:09:42Z")
Gandhi was the last one I saw with an intermission. Made enough of an impression on me that I remember what theater I was in - the old Glenwood theater in Overland Park. Damn, I loved that theater. Curved rows of seats and deeply curved screen, so the front row was a comfortable distance from the screen. Chicago’s deeply missed McClurg Court theater had the same layout. I love Bollywood films, and every single one of those is around 3 hours and is designed to be shown with an intermission, and isn’t in the US. Which makes them serious bladder busters. I wonder if the new Indian-run theater in the Chicago suburbs is showing them with an intermission? ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/27 "2009-08-03T02:18:52Z")
I think 2003’s _Gods and Generals_ had an intermission, but I never actually saw the film. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/28 "2009-08-03T02:26:05Z")
> [@Soul](#): > > I think 2003’s _Gods and Generals_ had an intermission, but I never actually saw the film. I can confirm that. Saw it in the theater. Definately had an intermission. That is the last movie I remember seeing that had one. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/29 "2009-08-03T03:30:40Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I love Bollywood films, and every single one of those is around 3 hours and is designed to be shown with an intermission, and isn’t in the US. Not true–I’ve seen several Bollywood movies in the theater (most notably _Lagaan_) and they had intermissions, too (but they were also shown in cinemas that specialize in Indian movies anyway). ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/30 "2009-08-03T04:58:57Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Holy Grail had a fake intermission. 2:38 isn’t even enough time to go out and piss, let alone get more popcorn. [Watch it here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hmDZz5pDOQ). [nitpick]In reality, the Holy Grail fake intermission was about eight seconds long. That music is played in full at the end of the movie. [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/31 "2009-08-03T05:50:18Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Not true–I’ve seen several Bollywood movies in the theater (most notably _Lagaan_) and they had intermissions, too (but they were also shown in cinemas that specialize in Indian movies anyway). Nice to hear that the American theaters that specialize in Indian movies have intermissions. I wind up having to choose a song to skip, which is really a drag. I’ve seen Bollywood films at the AMC Piper’s Alley and AMC 600 in Chicago, and at the late, and not at all lamented Lincoln Village just outside of Chicago in Lincolnwood. I wish I had had the opportunity when I was visiting an Indian neighborhood in the suburbs of Atlanta when I was volunteering on the Jim Martin campaign. My wife and I saw _Lagaan_ at home, and we had to use the intermission - to stop and find a web site to explain the rules of Cricket so we could have some idea what was happening in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/32 "2009-08-03T06:15:47Z")
The question’s already been answered but I just wanted to throw up **“A bronx Tale”** had one. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/33 "2009-08-03T06:25:43Z")
Weird Al Yankovic’s “UHF” had an intermission. No, wait … that was just the projector having problems. (It totally seemed like it was part of the movie, too.) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/34 "2009-08-03T08:57:40Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Nice to hear that the American theaters that specialize in Indian movies have intermissions. I wind up having to choose a song to skip, which is really a drag. I’ve seen Bollywood films at the AMC Piper’s Alley and AMC 600 in Chicago, and at the late, and not at all lamented Lincoln Village just outside of Chicago in Lincolnwood. I wish I had had the opportunity when I was visiting an Indian neighborhood in the suburbs of Atlanta when I was volunteering on the Jim Martin campaign. If you’re ever in [Northern or Southern CA](http://www.naz8.com/), check it out (even the concession stands sell Indian food). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/35 "2009-08-03T10:27:05Z")
_Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_, last Thursday. Most Israeli theaters have intermissions (and reserved seats, too). If there isn’t one built into the movie - which is rarely - they just stop at the end of a scene and continue five minutes later. I don’t understand why U.S. theaters stopped using them; don’t they want to sell more popcorn? ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/36 "2009-08-03T11:55:05Z")
When I was in the Netherlands in 2003, I saw Ang Lee’s **Hulk** with an intermission. I could have done without it, though it was sort of nice, as it made the movie into more of a social event. However, I would’ve needed one when I saw **King Kong** in 2005. That movie was _long_, it really killed my back. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/37 "2009-08-03T12:33:14Z")
The only movie I have ever seen with an intermission was Michael Cimino’s famous flop _Heaven’s Gate_. What is surprising is that I saw it on DVD, intermission and all. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/38 "2009-08-03T12:40:16Z")
When I went to see _Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring_, the theatre was showing them as one film with one admission, and of course had an intermission. They later changed the format to two showings with two admissions; I think people weren’t sure they would like the film, and then could leave after the first one. Most people stayed for the second. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/39 "2009-08-03T18:38:10Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > Gettysburg (1993) had an intermission. It was 4+ hours long. > [Gettysburg (1993) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107007/) At the theater I went to, this movie had an intermission. We all refilled and emptied, and came back. Some left, apparently thinking the show was over. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086/40 "2009-08-03T18:55:08Z")
It doesn’t count as an intermission unless the score composer wrote [entr’acte](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entr%27acte) music for it. 🙂 I know there’s a title card to that effect in Gone With the Wind. Possibly Ben Hur, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-hollywood-movie-with-an-intermission/505086.md?page=3)