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Running Time
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 0013131098990
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 14, 1999
Running Time: 70 minutes
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
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Editorial Review:
The selling point of Josh Becker's high-concept heist picture is a gimmick: the film is shot in one long, (seemingly) unbroken take à la Hitchcock's Rope. The necessary cuts are actually hidden in whip pans and covered in darkness, but for all intents and purposes it looks like a real-time You Are There thriller, and Becker has obviously put a lot of thought into making it look smooth and effortless. Would that he put that much energy into the collection of neo-noir clichés that make up the script. Bruce Campbell (from Sam Raimi's Evil Dead films) stars as the square-jawed street-smart crook sprung from jail only to heist the warden's illegal skim from the prison laundry. His plan is plotted down to the minute but, naturally, begins to unravel almost immediately. If a junkie getaway driver, a stolen van, and a crime scene cased by proxy isn't bad enough, the bickering criminals blow their cover in front of hostages with a juvenile case of name calling, hardly the work of a criminal mastermind. Played for comedy it might have worked, but Becker presents the improbable escapes and a hokey romantic subplot in all seriousness. With only Campbell's disarming tough-guy performance and Becker's technical bravura to carry the film, Running Time comes off as an adolescent's idea of a Tarantino movie: naive, implausible, and contrived, a neat idea undone by a bad script. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Really enjoyed it
There were some hilarious moments. The one-shot-like concept was great, but the ending was a little anti-climatic.
Bruce Campbell is great.
Rating:  - Nice
This is a cool little film here. It is a under 90 minute film that takes place in real time and achieves the effect of being all one continuous take, which is impressive. To the sharp eye, I believe there are actually 2-3 cuts in the film that are well hidden and take nothing away from the enormity of the project undertaken on a small budget. Bruce Campbell turns in a good performance, Anita Barone is hot, and the film moves along in an interesting way. Fans of unique cinema and Bruce Campbell ... Read More
Rating: - sweaty, nauseating, lovely
"Running Time" was Becker's take on Hitchcock's 1948 "Rope." Becker's film is a technically more difficult shoot as it proceeds in real time and in a 360 degree on-set world, requiring the coordination and excessive efforts of actors, director, cameraman, sound crew, etc...I am amazed at how well it turned out. From the cumbersome love scene to the display of ineptitude within the Laundromat, everything about the film was geared to put the viewer on edge. With hidden cuts and genius camera work, ... Read More
Rating: - Not "The Rope," But That's Good
You may remember the Hitchcock's movie, "The Rope" that was shot using one camera and uninterrupted real-time filming technique. Unlike the "The Rope" which was more of a stage play, "Running Time" actually runs. The main character played by Bruce Campbell, is released from prison, picked up by friend, has sex with a prostitute (later revealed to be his high school girlfriend), pulls off a heist, is shot, and runs from the law. Great chemistry between all the actors propels this unique film. Shot in ... Read More
Rating:  - An interesting curiosity...remember ROPE?
Like Hitchcock's ROPE, running time is told in real time and was designed to look as though it were all created with a single, stunning shot.
Also like ROPE, it gets tangled up in its own device.
I can understand why someone would want to make (or act in) a film like this--the technical and performance challenges require one to be at his sharpest during principle photography. At the other end, well, there's almost no editing to do: you shoot the thing, pick the reels that work best together, ... Read More
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