There’s an intermission in the very recent movie Sita Sings the Blues.
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
Yep, saw it in early 1997, and it 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.
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.
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?
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.
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).
[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]
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.
The question’s already been answered but I just wanted to throw up “A bronx Tale” had one.
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.)
If you’re ever in Northern or Southern CA, check it out (even the concession stands sell Indian food).
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?
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.
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.
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.
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:
It doesn’t count as an intermission unless the score composer wrote entr’acte music for it. 
I know there’s a title card to that effect in Gone With the Wind. Possibly Ben Hur, too.